The 1960s counterculture fostered movements for organic food, natural childbirth, civil rights, participatory democracy, and new concepts of community based on non-violence, non-commercialism and unfettered joy. Activists of this era created change by altering frames of reference, frames that determined how they and others understood the world. They invented consciousness-altering events: street theatre, […]
by Ted Smith To the tune of “God bless you merry gentlemen” Jah bless you health-y can-na-bis, let free-dom pave your way, Re-mem-ber Ter-ry Park-er, Was cleared one hap-py day, To save us all from leg-al troub-les, And stop the war some-day. O, Tidings of cookies and buds, cookies and buds, O, Tidings of […]
Over the fall and winter I had the privilege and honour to witness and help guide a renewed vision on the landscape of cannabis activism in Canada—the uniting, empowerment, and amplification of the voices of women who have had enough of the laws interfering in their lives, and the lives of their families. I call […]
