THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

2009-05-31

Richard's GPS Trail Maps

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My new site for posting my trail maps is up and running and I think it looks good. I have some background information posted plus links to a...
2009-05-28

No More OC Transpo Strikes - Why

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One sentence says it all : " Acting Mayor Michel Bellemare, along with the city manager, solicitor, and OC Transpo general manager wor...
2009-05-27

The Joy of Undocumented Trails

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On the weekend we were hiking near the Lime Kiln and came across a trail that I was unaware of. We had skied or snowshoed along this route b...
2009-05-23

Stittsville's Secret Trail System

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click on map to enlarge OK, it may be somewhat presumptuous of me to call it a secret trail system just because I was unaware of it. Actuall...
2009-05-20

Why The Religious Right Should Embrace Homosexuality

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The religious right claims to believe that homosexuality is a form of sexual deviation. The religious right claims to believes that god crea...
2009-05-08

Gatineau Parkway: A Cyclists Dream or A Drivers Nightmare

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In an earlier Fifth Column I stated: A few weeks ago I was driving home from mountain biking along the Gatineau Parkway when I noticed ju...
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2009-05-01

May Day – Time To Organize

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If ever there was a time for workers to organize it is now. As a proud former member of USW Local 6500 I present these videos in honour of ...
2009-04-30

And Then God Created The Tar Sands

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And then god created the tar sands and placed them beneath the ground, while the dinosaurs roamed above, and instructed his followers to des...
2009-04-29

Mind Your Own Business

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If you work for Siemens Building Technologies and you see people breaking the law, and they are doing it right beside a sign advising them t...
2009-04-20

Completing The Cuban Revolution - An Open Letter to Raul and Fidel Castro

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The time is ripe for the completion of the final stages of the Cuban Revolution and the transition to a truly democratic and socialist soc...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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