I don’t normally do much with the roasts and toasts in the Lethbridge Herald, but there were several today that criticized the local supervised consumption site, so I thought I’d address some of the points they raised.
Author: Kim Siever
I live in Lethbridge with my spouse and 5 of our 6 children. I’m a writer, focusing on social issues and the occasional poem. My politics are radically left. I recently finished writing a book debunking several capitalism myths. My newest book writing project is on the labour history of Lethbridge.
I’m also dichotomally Mormon. And I’m a functional vegetarian: I have a blog post about that somewhere around here. My pronouns are he/him.
At the end of December, the Lethbridge Herald published an article with the title “Lethbridge still affordable for renters”. The first sentence read, “Lethbridge remains one of Canada’s most reasonably priced cities for renters.”
Anyone who thinks Jeff Bezos built Amazon with the sweat of his own brow doesn’t understand the position of privilege he came from. His parents were able to afford investing heavily into his business.
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The media aren’t objective
Several years ago, a friend of mine shot and killed several people. I had only ever known him as quiet, mild mannered, and always willing to help others, so this violence shocked me.
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Racism isn’t about skin colour
We often frame racism the wrong way. Racism isn’t really about the colour of our skin. It’s about power.
I decided to try a new feature here on my blog a few months ago: my most popular social media posts. Well, here’s the 6th instalment:
In January, the provincial government announced that they would be moving towards performance-based funding for post-secondary institutions.
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4 takeaways from the new SCS study
Last week, Dr. Em Pijl, a researcher at the University of Lethbridge, presented to City Council “Urban Social Issues Study”, a study into the impacts the Lethbridge Supervised Consumption Site has had on the local neighbourhood.
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Being vegan is a position of privilege
Being vegan is more expensive to be vegan than it is to be omnivorous. For example, at Superstore here in Lethbridge a package of a dozen veggie dogs cost $4.98; a package of a dozen regular hot dogs is $2.28. A 2-litre carton of soy milk is $3.98; a 2-litre carton of cow’s milk is $3.68. A package of ground round is $1.11 per 100 grams; a package of regular ground beef is $0.61 per 100 grams.
- Shackled and fettered in chains
- Sacrificed body and brains
- Hooked up straight into my vein
- Labour gets sucked down the drain
- Only for capital gain
- Ignoring my illness and pain
- Begging and pleading in vain
- Silenced each time I complain
- Speak up considered profane
- Hours each day on the train
- Ever extinguishing flame
- My number is now my new name
- Whispers in secret start swayin’
- Conspirators also are sayin’
- All of us no longer playin’
- Time for the head to start payin’
- Together our voices outweighin’
- As long as we’re standin’ and stayin’
- Our message more strongly conveyin’
- Power and strength we’re displayin’
- This isn’t pretend we’re portrayin’
- No longer on us are they preyin’
- Instead, they are cowerin’, prayin’
- The shackles and fetters decayin’