There has been an unending stream of propaganda coming from the people in big-oil about the tar sands. In particular a group that calls themselves CAPP (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) representing the exploiters of the tar sands, have been busy greenwashing the destruction that is taking place in Alberta
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NEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Some Truth About The Tar Sands
There has been an unending stream of propaganda coming from the people in big-oil about the tar sands. In particular a group that calls themselves CAPP (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) representing the exploiters of the tar sands, have bee…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Some Truth About The Tar Sands
There has been an unending stream of propaganda coming from the people in big-oil about the tar sands. In particular a group that calls themselves CAPP (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) representing the exploiters of the tar sands, have been busy greenwashing the destruction that is taking place in Alberta
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: For The Good People At Occupy Montreal
I promised a friend who has been sleeping and cooking for the good and earnest people at Occupy Montreal that I’d post this rather brilliant speech by the American Journalist Bill Moyers, given at a memorial for the historian Howard Zinn. The speech manages to encapsulate all the reasons the
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: For The Good People At Occupy Montreal
I promised a friend who has been sleeping and cooking for the good and earnest people at Occupy Montreal that I’d post this rather brilliant speech by the American Journalist Bill Moyers, given at a memorial for the historian Howard Zinn. The speech ma…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: For The Good People At Occupy Montreal
I promised a friend who has been sleeping and cooking for the good and earnest people at Occupy Montreal that I’d post this rather brilliant speech by the American Journalist Bill Moyers, given at a memorial for the historian Howard Zinn. The speech manages to encapsulate all the reasons the
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Why Occupy Wall Street?
I don’t think you can view the documentary film “Inside Job,” and not be clear on what the Occupy movement is all about. It’s about the criminals who have savaged our economic system for greed and their own personal gain. It’s about the lives they have…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Why Occupy Wall Street?
I don’t think you can view the documentary film “Inside Job,” and not be clear on what the Occupy movement is all about. It’s about the criminals who have savaged our economic system for greed and their own personal gain. It’s about the lives they have ruined and the need
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Why Occupy Wall Street?
I don’t think you can view the documentary film “Inside Job,” and not be clear on what the Occupy movement is all about. It’s about the criminals who have savaged our economic system for greed and their own personal gain. It’s about the lives they have ruined and the need
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver:Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York:And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple p…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver: Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York: And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple phrase that happily fits into
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Tom Morello At Occupy Vancouver
Tom Morello happily inspiring those in attendance at Occupy Vancouver: Pete Seeger doing the same at Columbus Circle in New York: And if anyone ever asks you why people are angry with Wall Street in the first place, you can always begin with the simple phrase that happily fits into
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TWELVE: Quick Hitters (#3 in a series)
A bunch of links from around the Canadian web all related to the upcoming democratic exercise that is so pissing Stephen Harper off!
The Conservative Leader refuses to comment on reports of campaign rally attendees being kicked out or barred entr…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TWELVE: Campaign Quick Hitters (#2 in a series)
Not discussed in any detail yet on this campaign was the gutting of an important Canadian institution: Statistics Canada. For those with short memories here is a sample of the fear-mongering, that preceded their doing away with the mandatory long for…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TWELVE: Campaign Quick Hitters (#1 in a series)
This is rich! The Liberals have quickly put a very timely ad out there about Canadians being denied the right to attend Harper rallies if they’re wearing the wrong t-shirts or have the wrong bumper stickers on their cars or have befriended sketch…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY ELEVEN: The Bush/Rove Propaganda Playbook
When writing about the 2011 Canadian election, it could be a pretty facile exercise to point to the Conservative candidate, proclaim he’s just like his American counterpart (Bush) and then go further and declare that the tactics used as being t…
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: DAY TEN: Still TheTeflon Tories… but for how much longer?
As the parties enter their second full week Harper’s strategy of attacks based on a fictional premise, taking credit for the recovery, avoiding answering inconvenient questions and pretending he has nothing to do with the sketchy cast of characters su…
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