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Update on Zainab al-Hosni
An update our article on the fate of Zainab al Hoseni. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch had reported that Zainab Al Hoseni had been found dead, tortured, burned and decapitated in a morgue in Syria. A young woman had been tortured, burned, and killed by Assad’s gangs. The body was difficult to identify and now…
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Working Shirts
Many people ask why this online magazine has the name WorkingShirt. It’s a cool name, so I’ve been told by a few people whose opinion counts. Our online magazine has been around for quite a while, since 2007, in fact. People have naturally asked, how I came up with the name WorkingShirt. To tell the truth, I…
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Hiking in Iraq
I might be the only one thinking this, but hiking in Iraq doesn’t seem like such a great idea. If you search the internet for the term “hiking in Iraq,” the first listings in search engines such as Google, basically say, just don’t. It might be dangerous. Duh! So, it goes without saying when I…
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Syrian Atrocities
Amnesty International and other human rights organizations claim that between April and August the number of people killed in the Syrian government’s brutal crackdown of Syrian protestors is officially numbered at 2,200 people. They have also stated that cases of horrific torture is up and there have been over 10,000 arrests. A top-ranking Syrian official Adnan Bakkour,…
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How to live “green” in a “brown” world
The world is on the brink of ecological disaster because of the choices that people and governments have made over the past century or so. Natural disasters such as the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan have set off another ecological disaster coming from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, with massive levels of radiation being leaked.…
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Protesters Clash with police in Diyarbakir
Kurdish protesters clash with police in Diyarbakir February 15th. The protesters were protesting against police brutality and other issues which effect the Kurdish people in Turkey. The protesters – about 20,000 of them threw stones and the police responded with water cannons and gas bombs. It would appear that the longing for human rights and…
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I Miss My Hybrid
I recently owned a Hybrid car for close to a year. I loved it, so cheap on gas, on maintenance, and so fast to drive: it was a 2008 Camry Hybrid. Like everyone else, prior to owning one, I knew little about the technology of hybrids, nothing about its behaviour or cost in real life,…
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Crucial Referendum Vote in the Sudan
The crucial vote in the Sudan begins today. Already there has been violence in the lead up to today’s referendum. George Clooney, actor, director and a Messenger of Peace for the United Nations is currently in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba. He is here for the week long independence referendum vote in his campaign…
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Climate Change Conference in Cancun reaches agreement
An agreement was reached today at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun. The Climate Change Conference took place at a luxury resort in Cancun, Mexico, attended by delegates from over 190 countries. Consensus was reached in the Cancun agreement in spite of objections from Bolivia. However, deeper cuts are still needed to reduce carbon…
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My Daymak E-Bike Adventures
My Daymak E-Bike I’ve got several things going on here. I hate using the TTC (the Toronto Transit Commission – our subway system in Toronto, I like to save money and I’m trying to do my part to save the environment. In late June, my partner bought me an e-bike – a Daymak e-bike, otherwise known as…