Anita Krajnc

Toronto Pig Save gives away vegan BLT's during holiday season

Anita Krajnc — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:22:04 +0000

Toronto Pig Save bears witness of pigs transported to Quality Meat Packers slaughterhouse

Anita Krajnc — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:48:08 +0000

On August 18, 2011, five members of Toronto Pig Save bore witness and protested on "pig island" - a traffic island at Lakeshore and Strachan where transport trucks carry hot, dehydrated and often scared and scarred pigs to Quality Meat Packers - Toronto's pig slaughterhouse.

Take the vegan challenge with Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker

Anita Krajnc — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:25:24 +0000

Glenn is a leading environmental and animal activist in Toronto City Council who has played a leading role in saving Rouge Park, protecting migratory birds, spaying and neutering dogs and cats, proposing a ban on the sale of shark fins, fighting for a sanctuary for the elephants at the Toronto Zoo and preserving the Oak Ridges Moraine, among many other progressive initiatives.

Toronto Pig Save releases graphic footage of "kill floor" at Quality Meat Packers and of pigs transported in extreme heat

Anita Krajnc — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:00:27 +0000

Toronto Pig Save is releasing footage of activists taking temperatures with a digital thermometer inside pig transport trucks stopping at the long lights at Lakeshore and Strachan (near the Exhibition's Prince's Gates) during Thursday’s heat wave.

Jaggi Singh Trial

Anita Krajnc — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:56:04 +0000

The Jaggi Singh trial is about the criminalization of dissent and a fundamental attack on free speech, says Jaroslava Avila of the Women's Coordinating Committee for a Free Wallmapuand. Jaggi Sighn is being tried for statements he made to the media about taking down the G20 "security fence."

Judith Butler speaks about BDS at Toronto's Israeli Apartheid Week (1 of 5)

Anita Krajnc — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:50:23 +0000

Judith Butler, world renowned scholar and writer, speaks to rabbletv before her lecture on "The Academic and Cultural Boycott" of Israel during Israeli Apartheid Week in Toronto, March 9, 2011.

Toronto celebrates Mubarak's ouster

Anita Krajnc — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:56:00 +0000

After 18 days of a popular uprising led to the overthrow of Egypt's dictator Hosni Mubarak on Friday, February 11, 2011, Toronto's Egyptian community and Torontonians of all backgrounds came out to celebrate at Dundas Square with hugs, chants, songs, drumming, and dancing. The Egyptian uprising, which began January 25, has politicized Canadian Egyptian youth.

"Mubarak you're fired!" Toronto rally in support of Egyptian uprising

Anita Krajnc — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:59:30 +0000

'Mubarak, you're fired!'
Rally for freedom and democracy in Egypt

Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Queen's Park

Christina Piovesan on The State of Contemporary Palestinian Cinema - Part 1

Anita Krajnc — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:44:44 +0000

The State of Contemporary Palestinian Cinema

TVA's Support Local Farm Sanctuaries walk

Anita Krajnc — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:13:32 +0000

Toronto Vegetarian Association's first-ever support local farm sanctuaries trot-a-thon fundraiser on Aug. 21, 2010, began at Christie Pitts and headed towards Panacea Vegan Eco-Shop and then back to the park for a delicious and bountiful vegan potluck lunch and raffle.

Pride Toronto's POLITICAL Trans March 2010

Anita Krajnc — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:58:10 +0000

Pride Toronto's 2nd Annual Trans March, Friday, July 2, 2010

The POLITICS of PRIDE...

*Ontario MPP Cheri DiNovo reintroduced Toby's Act, a private members bill, for the third time on July 2, 2010

Derrick O'Keefe on media coverage of war and torture in Afghanistan

Anita Krajnc — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:34:13 +0000

IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND PALESTINE: UNDER SIEGE
THE LEGACY OF OCCUPATION AND THE CHALLENGES FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST

June 21, 2010 at the Beit Zatoun House, Toronto

Toronto Veggie Pride Parade 2010

Anita Krajnc — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:59:30 +0000

Hundreds participated in Canada's first Veggie Pride Parade on June 5, 2010. The parade featured everything from burlesque dancers to firefighters, a policeman (dressed as a very cute pig), singer-songwriter Loganberry ("Veggie Pride"), Grupo Axé Capoeira, Bollywood dancers along with about two dozen animal rights groups.

Toronto rally against Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre, part ii: Naomi Klein

Anita Krajnc — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:21:15 +0000

Toronto rally against Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre, part i

Anita Krajnc — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:39:56 +0000