Montreal Serai

June, 2010

Editorial

26-06-10

The environment through a variety of viewpoints Patrick Barnard

  THE ISSUE:  This summer  Montreal Serai focuses on the environment through a variety of viewpoints. Jacqueline Fortson, who has  Read more…

Art

26-06-10

Landscapes by Sandra Levy Sandra Levy

  Bio: Sandra Levy, originally from Montreal, now resides in Victoria, B.C. She studied art at Concordia University, École des  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

Deciding Which Path To Take – Our Critical Juncture On The River Of Time Avrom Shtern

                 Unpaved paths have been part of human activity for at least 12,000 years, and the histories of roads and  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

“It’s about ecology, stupid!” David Fletcher

  With apologies to Bill Clinton and Jean Charest              The word is in: we are now deep into the  Read more…

Photo Essay

26-06-10

What makes Montreal a liveable place? Jacqueline Fortson

  Note: At the bottom of this article you will find a powerful video version, best seen at full screen.  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

What it is we are fighting for Malcolm Reid

      When I was a boy, my parents often reminded me of the reality of the working class. Its work,  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

Green Space, Earth, and Essence Patrick Barnard

  I – Every Piece of Green on Earth “Everything come up out of ground –language, people, emu, kangaroo, grass.  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

BP – Beyond Perfidy Rana Bose

                    One does not have to be a militant environmentalist. Neither does one have to be a duck, a penguin  Read more…

Poetry

26-06-10

At Red River’s Edge & other poems Bryan Sentes

It is perhaps inescapable, my being born and raised in a North American suburb in the latter half of the  Read more…

Book Review

26-06-10

A Libertarian and India’s Independence Pietro Ferrua

  [First published in A. Rivista anarchica, anno 40, n.2 (352) aprile 2010, pp. 47-49, Milano, Italia. Translation  by Maya  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

Green Energy in California: Power and Politics Subir Das

In 1996, legislation was passed in the state of California that deregulated the production and sale of electric power for  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

Myth reinvented: the Urban Fox John Fretz

  The British, ever adroit in matters related to furry-four footed creatures (except perhaps for the English beaver that disappeared  Read more…

Music

26-06-10

Gaïa by singer/songwriter Louise Dessertine Louise Dessertine

     Artist Statement: Singing and songwriting has become an extension of my dreamtime, a way to distil spirit and  Read more…

Commentary

26-06-10

Living in Traffic Maria Worton

  I have a relationship to traffic, similar to the kind of relationship a goldfish has to the water in  Read more…

Commentary

25-06-10

The rural West Island: Montreal’s lost patrimony George Vassiadis

  Exactly two decades ago I left the West Island to come and live in the United Kingdom.  Like many  Read more…

Book Review

25-06-10

From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond. Images of India in International Films of the Twentieth Century Maya Khankhoje

  From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond. Images of India in International Films of the Twentieth Century, by  Read more…

Book Review

25-06-10

Soul Mountain Lingling Geng

Soul Mountain, by Gao Xingjian. Harper Perennial, 2001.  [NB: The reviewer has chosen to stay attuned to the Chinese style  Read more…

Photo Essay

25-06-10

Le taï-chi, c’est pour tout le monde! & Even birds perform clean-up operations Yung-chien Lew

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Poetry

25-06-10

4 Poems Shyamal Bagchee

  lines for qi baishi (1864-1957) dear qi baishi your neat little cottages worry me a lot are those just  Read more…

Poetry

25-06-10

Far Away & Río Lagartos Ilona Martonfi

       FAR AWAY     to the south     bayous—      ruptured oil well tar balls soiling protected wetlands  Read more…

Poetry

25-06-10

Where? Somewhere & Death of Life Anisha Dutt

  Where? Somewhere. She walked some more to reach the unknown. Some more, another mile to go there, where? Somewhere.  Read more…

Poetry

25-06-10

Scenes from Carthage Nadine Ltaif

  This morning I plunged into the arms of death. I immersed myself in wisdom.   In the silence the  Read more…

Poetry

25-06-10

Cold Questions Pat Osborne

  In the small, dark hours, I perceive frozen chunks set loose in me:                        jagged blocks of icy skin above  Read more…

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