Leftist debate on politics and power

A fascinating exchange of ideas on, amongst other things, the limits of the Occupy movement and the need to explore ways to bring about change of (not in) the system through the exercise of political power. Protests alone are an important start but, according to expert leftists and activists will

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Alex's Blog: A Bad Day: What Now?

C10, the omnibus crime bill, passed third reading and is now over to the Senate for what is supposed to be sober second thought.  The vote could only have been a depressing anticlimax for the many Canadians who were fighting to stop or amend this legislation.  And the implacable inevitability

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The Skinny: And here’s to you, Attawapiskat

And Here’s to You, Attawapiskat
[Sung to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson]

And here’s to you, Attawapiskat

Harper loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)

God bless you please, Attawapiskat

Harperland’s a place for those who pray

(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)

I’d like to know a little bit about you for my files

I’d like to see you learn to help yourself

Look around you, all you see are lazy eyes

Stroll around the cruddy shacks that you call home

And here’s to you, Attawapiskat

Harper loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)

God bless you please, Attawapiskat

Harperland’s a place for those who pray

(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes

Put it in your mind that is far away.

It’s a little secret, just the ‘Wapiskat affair

Most of all, you’ve got to hide it from the kids

Coo, coo, ca-choo, Attawapiskat

Harper loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)

God bless you please, Attawapiskat

Harperland’s a place for those who pray

(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon

Gonna watch the candidates debate

Laugh about it, shout about it

When you’ve got to choose

Ev’ry way you look at it, you lose

Where have you gone, Attawapiskat

A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)

What’s that you say, Attawapiskat

Harperland has left you, gone away

(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)

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DeSmogBlog: Bowing to Republican Pressure, EPA Eases Boiler Emission Standards, Threatening U.S. Economy and Health

boiler emissions.jpg   The U.S. EPA has bowed to pressure from Republican members of Congress and relaxed the proposed rules for boiler emissions. By allowing utility industry companies to make “upgrades” to existing boilers, rather than replacing them with lower-emission boilers, corporations will save an estimated $1.5 billion in their attempts to

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