Welcome to Fred
Williams' Web Site
In 1987 I left the
arms industry for reasons of conscience.
I try to be an exponent of peace and
social justice.
My paper on: The Secret of Money
This is my latest concern and I have put a fair amount of time into it's
preparation.
Anyone who is interested in the flow of world events and
in equality and
democracy, should read this and pay attention. You don't
have to take my word
for anything that I say here. I do urge you to
examine the events in the news and
in the world around you and see for
yourself how they support my model or not.
NOTE: The second edition
is now released. See it here:
The Secret of Money: Beyond Socialism.
Haiti is a lesson for us all
Haiti has been an impoverished state through the actions of the U.S.,
France, and more recently Canada. The history is important for all
who love freedom to read.
It is summed up
here
and I highly recommend this reading.
Other Haiti sites you should know about are:
Haiti News
and Haiti Action
Music
I play piano, but not as well as some of
my friends. There is a piano duo,
Duo Scarbo
who are truly magnificent. On the 9th of Feb 2008 I drove
from Ottawa to Brampton
to hear them play live with the Brampton
Symphony. I got to chat with them twice
before I had to drive home.
It was well worth the trip. These two beautiful women
are recognized
as the best duo pianists in the world and if you get a chance to hear
them play, take it. You'll see and hear something really special.
You can find out
more at: Duo Scarbo
Order CDs Here
Now I have some other musical friends; folk singers Sara &
Kamila who have
two CDs out now and I love their music. Some of their songs are
folksy, and
sometimes they draw from country, or jazz, stylings, but it's insightful,
liberated and heartwarming. They have a web site at:
Sara & Kamila's Site
and you can listen to cuts from their latest CD, if you've got your sound
system set up right. Just poke around on their site and you'll find it.
Photograph
I have had an interest in photography
since high school.
Here are samples of my cat
photographs
You want high speed
access for this because the page is large!
Figure Skating
I can now call myself a figure skater,
since I have bought
a new pair of figure skates and I skate at the Minto Club in
Ottawa.
Some of my Friends skate better then I do, which isn't hard.
The discussion board is a continuation of the discussion board
started by Barbara Underhill. We still owe it's existence to Barb and
she
has move on to other things, including her work for child safety with the
The Stephanie Gaets Keepsafe
Foundation. The foundation exists to promote
safety for children and it's
a very worthwhile cause. Please visit the site and
consider making a donation. I do
regularly.
My Figure Skating board is a friendly place where skating fans
can discuss
skating and whatever free of trolls and fighting that so often
permeates brother boards. Anyone can read the board.
To post you must be a
member.
Figure Skating
Discussion Board
Fair Trade
As a sideline, I used
to sell Organic, Fair-Trade coffee for
Just
Us Coffee Roasters' Cooperative.
I still recommend their products.
You can learn more about the Fair Trade Movement at
Transfair Canada.
Cuba
Cuba is much maligned in the
mainstream press and even in the
entertainment media. When you stop
listening to that and go looking for the
real facts, there are some revelations that
will be very surprising for most
people. I've been reading up on the subject and
encapsulated a bit on a web page.
Click here for information
on Cuba.
You can contact Fred by writing to
[fred (at) fredwilliams (dot) ca].
Just replace the (at) with an "@", and the
(dot) with a ".". Right?