I grew up in the States in the turbulent times of the 1960s and early 70s. As a young child I lived in Detroit during the infamous riots there. My family also lived in LA during the Watts riots. Major race riots seem to break out in the US ever twenty …
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kirbycairo: Etiquette and Online abuse. . .
There is little doubt that as society has “progressed” notions of etiquette and manners have become considerably more lax. Of course, there are still some conventions that people adhere to in social situations, but for the most part these have become s…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Etiquette and Online abuse. . .
There is little doubt that as society has “progressed” notions of etiquette and manners have become considerably more lax. Of course, there are still some conventions that people adhere to in social situations, but for the most part these have become s…
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Sad State of US Race Relations. . .
When I was kid I lived in Santa Monica, California, and I spent a lot of my time on the beach and the pier doing what kids are supposed to do: having fun and not thinking about the troubles in the world. The Vietnam War was raging, there was trouble at…
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Sad State of US Race Relations. . .
When I was kid I lived in Santa Monica, California, and I spent a lot of my time on the beach and the pier doing what kids are supposed to do: having fun and not thinking about the troubles in the world. The Vietnam War was raging, there was trouble at…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Globalizing misery. . . .
There is no doubt that many people are angry with the current state of politics and globalization. There was a time not that long ago when working people in Western nations were on the rise; union membership was high, economic equality was better than …
Continue readingkirbycairo: Globalizing misery. . . .
There is no doubt that many people are angry with the current state of politics and globalization. There was a time not that long ago when working people in Western nations were on the rise; union membership was high, economic equality was better than …
Continue readingkirbycairo: Brexit and fanning the flames of Racism. . . .
One needn’t be an historian or an academic to understand that hate and racism often lurks in the shadow waiting for an opportunity to come out in the light of day. That opportunity is often offered by a process of public legitimation.We saw this proces…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Brexit and fanning the flames of Racism. . . .
One needn’t be an historian or an academic to understand that hate and racism often lurks in the shadow waiting for an opportunity to come out in the light of day. That opportunity is often offered by a process of public legitimation.We saw this proces…
Continue readingkirbycairo: The EU dilemma; A Socialist Perspective. . . .
From a socialist point of view, the EU has always presented something of a dilemma. The idea of the EU represented some important aspects of our socialist hopes: more international cooperation, less nationalist competition between workers, the idea of …
Continue readingkirbycairo: The EU dilemma; A Socialist Perspective. . . .
From a socialist point of view, the EU has always presented something of a dilemma. The idea of the EU represented some important aspects of our socialist hopes: more international cooperation, less nationalist competition between workers, the idea of …
Continue readingkirbycairo: Britex implications. . . .
Watching England vote to leave the European Union is a strange experience. It is one of those events which leave you dazed and confused but which may, a few years from now, prove to have huge implications of the future of Europe and the world in genera…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Brexit implications. . . .
Watching England vote to leave the European Union is a strange experience. It is one of those events which leave you dazed and confused but which may, a few years from now, prove to have huge implications of the future of Europe and the world in genera…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Watch out, the "NDP sex Marxists" are out to get you!
Why is it that some people (and rightwingers are particularly notorious for this) think that they can just throw out provocative words and imagine that they are saying something?Such was the case the other day when the perpetually failed candidate of A…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Watch out, the "NDP sex Marxists" are out to get you!
Why is it that some people (and rightwingers are particularly notorious for this) think that they can just throw out provocative words and imagine that they are saying something?Such was the case the other day when the perpetually failed candidate of A…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Minister Wilson-Raybould is Apparently Above the Law. . . .
Well, it seems pretty clear now that those of us who have been questioning the Liberal’s commitment to the constitution were right. Sorry Simon and all the rest who have been so eager to give the Liberals the benefit of the doubt. It seems fairly clear…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Minister Wilson-Raybould is Apparently Above the Law. . . .
Well, it seems pretty clear now that those of us who have been questioning the Liberal’s commitment to the constitution were right. Sorry Simon and all the rest who have been so eager to give the Liberals the benefit of the doubt. It seems fairly clear…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Bill C-14 and the Liberals: What’s up with that???
I must say that this whole assisted dying brouhaha baffles me.First of all, it always baffles me when conservatives say that the courts are “making laws,” as the ‘seldom correct, but never in doubt’ Rona Ambrose claimed the other day. This claim always…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Bill C-14 and the Liberals: What’s up with that???
I must say that this whole assisted dying brouhaha baffles me.First of all, it always baffles me when conservatives say that the courts are “making laws,” as the ‘seldom correct, but never in doubt’ Rona Ambrose claimed the other day. This claim always…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Whither the NDP?