Resistance comes in many forms
Marsh Family, six people from the UK have messages for the world.
Norman Farrell
All politics is about real estate
All politics is about real estate. Postmodern politics is essentially a matter of land grabs, on a local as well as a global scale. Whether you think of the question…
John Rustad: Trump is the victim
When Paul Willcocks writes commentary, I pay attention. The Tyee's Senior Editor recently asked, "Which Side Is John Rustad On? Following are a few of the points made in The…
Chaos — the autocrats’ game plan
Neofascists in the 21st century care nothing about the consequences of tyranny, but they understand how tyrants gain power. They intend to control media, damage the economy, and cripple the…
Not everything is broken in our world
World Central Kitchen, founded by Spanish-American chef Jose Andres, is an example of humanitarianism at work. WCK has become one of the world’s leading relief organizations since its 2010 launch…
“It was more like an extortion”
U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett and Canadian comedian and actor, writer and producer Dave Foley will join as guests on this week’s episode of CNN’s Have I Got News For You,…
The threat to democracy
Dan Froomkin is an American journalist worth following. Andrew Coyne is not afraid to speak out, but Froomkin wondered why most people in legacy media don’t appear to believe the…
Trump “metastasizing, mutating, rapidly worsening”
A brilliant essay in The Globe and Mail. Andrew Coyne has spent decades observing and writing about Canada. He has interacted with politicians of all sorts, but none like the…
Media bias
Ad Fontes Media is a non-profit watchdog that rates media for bias and reliability. The name comes from Latin words meaning "to the sources." The organization concluded its own output…
America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed
Professor Robert Reich discussed the connections between wealth and power. Oligarchs have used their wealth and power to gain control of legacy media and that control is being used to…
Legislature loonies
On February 24, Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Jennifer Blatherwick made a motion in the BC Legislature asking the House to condemn U.S. President Trump's proposed tariffs and endorse retaliatory action. Eighty-six MLAs…
Unqualified, conflicted governance
Even without his massive conflicts, Is Elon Musk qualified to restructure programs created by elected representatives of the people?
Actively working for change…
Audre Lorde was particularly focused on issues involving race and oppression, but her words are relevant to all of today's critical issues. Individually, we may not affect material change, but…
Polluting Education
This report explores the involvement of the oil and gas industry in schools and climate-related education in Canada. Given that comprehensive, evidence-based climate education is essential to addressing climate change,…
Madmen and extremists…
One of the less frequently noticed luxuries of the postwar liberal order was the licence to be a fool. For the better part of a century, prosperous, scientifically minded countries…
Last honest election
Who needs competition in politics when rules can be rigged to favour people who make the rules? Real democracy is inconvenient for those who wish to govern.
“Who’d ever thought the USA could make Canada mad”
Build-grow-sell stories are repeated endlessly. It's a result of our neighbour's economic imperialism but also the lack of confidence in this country held by our corporate rulers. Sure, Canada beat…
The current world situation
This is a guest post from a school friend who has very serious concerns with the state of the world.
Canadians will never kiss the gangster ring
Charlie Angus, a longtime Member of Parliament from Northeastern Ontario, published his observations about recent NATO meetings in Brussels. American historian Heather Cox Richardson reinforced some of the concerns expressed…