Flashing Palely in the Margins
Should we?
I wrote a few tweets last night before going to bed, and I’m saving them here for posterity’s sake:
Some questions:
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
1. Should @ParksCanada show solidarity w/ @NationalPrks and spend the next few years talking overtly about climate change?
2. Should @CanadaFP jump in to supplement funding that will disappear because of #globalgag rule? (As some countries are already doing.)
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
3. Should @CanadaTrade speak out against the dismantling of trade agreements that will have negative affects for the whole continent?
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
4. Should @CanadaCouncil explicitly recognize artists who lose funding and support because of their opposition to the current US regime?
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
5. Should @CanadaFP advocate for the importance of the UN in light of the USA’s decision to malign the international organization?
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
6. Should @CanadianPM speak out against some of the decisions being made south of the border instead of being silently complicit?
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
In the end: how should we, as Canadians, demand that our elected officials and organizations not sit idly by in a time of global tempest?
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
(Not accusing anyone of anything, just asking questions and trying to figure out what it means to be a Canadian, but also global, citizen.)
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
Okay, enough questions from me. Back to listening to the horrifying-but-amazing recent @HardcoreHistory episode: https://t.co/FhGYPgs8FK
— Sameer Vasta (@vasta) January 27, 2017
I’ve been grappling with issues of what it means to be a Canadian, to be an activist, and to be a global citizen in these times; in fact, it has been keeping me up at night. I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas.