It’s going to be a busy week for protesting injustice. On Saturday the Occupy Regina protest is underway, and now on Friday evening I’m again organizing a protest in front of CBC. Last time was for the federal election’s anti-democratic debate format that excluded (subsequently elected) Green Party leader Elizabeth May from the Broadcast Consortium’s […]
The Progressive Economics Forum: Why occupy? It’s the inequality.
The Occupy Wall Street protests hinge on injustice, in particular a malaise with the current economic system that has brought us a tremendous inequality and the rise of the super-rich, or top 1%. But surely that is just the US? Alas, no. The figure below shows the change in BC labour income (wages and salaries) and […]
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Robert Bryce – The Media’s Industry-Funded Go-To Guy
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Robert Bryce, a fellow at the dirty industry-funded Manhattan Institute, is under increasing scrutiny as media outlets continue to use him as an “expert” on e…
Continue readingNew Affiliates, Final reminder on Prog Blog meeting
First off, please welcome new Prog Blog affiliates: Finding Clarity, Edwin Current and Politics Canada. Secondly, to our affiliates, there is still time for you to let us know that you’d like to attend the meet-up in Toronto on Saturday afternoon. Please get a hold of me by this Friday
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: No pumping from Chemainus Aquifer for now
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Last July (2011) we told you about the Halalt First Nation’s win…
Continue readingImpolitical: Tories heap scorn on PBO, news at 11
You know, originally I thought this was a mole hill being made into a mountain, here’s today’s escalation: “Tories heap scorn on budget watchdog’s ‘lapse in judgment’.” It’s a story that’s turned into something a little bigger than the facts at i…
Continue readingCops Behaving Badly: A phrase goes literal
This was taken at Occupy Wall Street. Somehow, I don’t think this will go down as an effective way to improve police/community relations.
Continue readingThings Are Good: G(irls)20 Summit 2011
The 2011 edition of the G(irls)20 Summit is happening this weekend!
The G(irls)20 Summit brings together one delegate from each G20 country, plus a representative from the chair country of the African Union. The delegates debate, discuss and design innovative ideas necessary to empower girls and women globally. While the agenda is the same as the […]
Austerity More Important Than Justice For Victims Of Conjugal Violence in Topeka, Kansas
Is there nothing the Batshit crazy won’t stop at in the name of austerity? Here’s something that could warm the heart of Super Vic Toews. According to a report from Daily Kos, it appears that Topeka Kansas, nor Shawnee County, can “afford” to prosecute perpetrators of domestic abuse.
The Topeka City Council on . . . → Read More: Austerity More Important Than Justice For Victims Of Conjugal Violence in Topeka, Kansas
Continue readingThe True Story of Che Guevara
A documentary about the life and death of the Argentine hero of the Cuban Revolution. Features Jon Lee Anderson, the author of the best Che bio by far.
Continue readingTerahertz: Students get an A in anti-abortion activism
I was going to post this on Canadian Atheist, but I was beaten to the punch by one of my co-authors. It lives here instead. Canada’s biggest secular battlefield is over the publicly-funded Catholic school districts in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, but a number of provinces also fund private religious schools to varying amounts. In […]
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Party Math VERSUS Reality
(Image courtesy Saskatchewan Party Website – Click on image to enlarge)Everyone in Saskatchewan knows that Premier Brad Wall honed his political skills when he worked for the disastrous Grant Devine administration as a Senior Ministerial Aide in the 19…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Building Consensus: The EFF and Green Party
It’s an exciting time for Internet defenders! The highly-revered international digital rights organization, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is lending their support to the Stop Online Spying campaign.
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Politics and its Discontents: Gerald Caplan Writes on The Occupy Wall Street Movement
In an online article entitled This is what democracy looks like: Occupying Wall Street and Bay Street, Gerald Caplan and Amanda Gryzyb discuss why the occupation movement is a healthy expression of the people, and address some of the inequities that wi…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Canadian Brownies and Guiding…
… what an enlightened organization! Let me explain… My youngest daughter wanted to join our local Brownies Chapter – largely because one of her best buds was into it. And given why I knew about it, it would be a good fit for her and her personality. Yet, I have had some issues with organizations […]
Continue readingThe Mumpsimus Blog site Community Blog List: The Mumpsimus Blog – Latest blog for Huff Post
I’m blogging sporadically for the Huffington Post these days. So far all about municipal issues. Roughly once a week. Here’s my latest effort:
www.huffingtonpost.ca/ian-chadwick/municipal-bonusing_b_999666.html
You can link from there to my previous po…
Premier Redford’s male cabinet
The recent election of Alison Redford as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, and thus the premier of the province, was healthy progress for women in Canadian politics. Now Premier Redford has selected her cabinet and there the prog…
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Occupy Bay Street’s Open Letter to Toronto Police
Given the backdrop of the G20 in Toronto, this is worth sharing: To Chief Bill Blair and the Toronto Police Service: In June, 2010 at the G20 summit Toronto saw the largest mass arrests in Canadian history. Complaints too numerous to mention were filed against police officers and many of the investigations and law […]
Excited Delirium: 70% Agree: Occupy Wall Street Reflects Their Concerns About Corporate Greed
A FOX poll (yes, FOX) reflects what we’re all thinking: it’s time for corporations to pony up.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: US pushing for (at least) one more front
US blaming Iran for the threats against the Saudis equates to a wolf saying that it was the rooster that killed the chickens.
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