Yesterday, on the 23rd, Vladimir Putin announced he would start a military intervention in Ukraine, moving Russian forces from the north-eastern frontiers to the rest of the country, dropping missiles and fear, sending the smell of gunpowder within the rest of Europe.
The read-in protest - organized by the newly organized Mile-End Ensemble - was to draw attention and attempt to stop the soulless and insidious effects of gentrification by - and these are my words, not theirs - serious morons who have cash.
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police department was widely viewed as a turning point in racial politics, largely because of the conversations it sparked about systemic racism. But while a dialogue may be a good start, dialogue alone is no solution; a turning point with n…