This and that for your Sunday reading. – Stephen Maher writes that Michael Cooper’s choice to give voice to the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto represents a test of Andrew Scheer’s willingness to take action to match his words. And Scheer’s choice to quietly shuffle Cooper out of a single committee assignment
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Alex's Blog: Austerity and the Decline of the Collective
(Notes for Second Annual Arnold Amber Memorial Lecture, Toronto, May 29, 2019) I am honoured to be celebrating the life and values of Arnold Amber. Celebrating social justice and human rights and a life of activism has never seemed more important. Thank you to Arnold’s family and to all for
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On crisis acting
Shorter Brad Wall, Distinguished Statesman: Never mind the facts about my trumped-up grievances, I demand that we break up the country in order to burn down the world!
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The NDP has released its Power to Change climate plan, including steps to create green jobs and give effect to Indigenous rights while meeting emission reduction targets needed to contribute to the international fight against climate breakdown. And Christo Aivilis offers his first
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Stiglitz points out the need to move beyond neoliberalism and offers a useful policy framework to do so – though framing an alternative as “progressive capitalism” cedes far more ground than necessary in continuing to prioritize capital over social well-being. – The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Thanks UCP Voters #3
So today Jason Kenney officially scrapped the Alberta Carbon Levy (which has been successful in reducing emissions and transition us to clear energy sources) while Edmonton is covered in smoke. A move so garish that even Kenney couldn’t go through with the planned celebrations and instead pretended to care about
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeff Stein reports on Bernie Sanders’ plans to transfer power from capital to people. And PressProgress highlights the Saskatchewan Party’s continued reliance on corporate funding from outside the province. – Ron Walter recognizes that Scott Moe’s carbon tax posturing is purely a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Eavis points out how U.S. CEOs are only seeing their exorbitant pay soar even further due to Donald Trump’s tax giveaways. Kara Swisher interviews Anand Giridharadas about how “philanthropists” are bribing the public with small parts of the obscene concentrations money
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jo Davies points out the widespread recognition that Canadian corporations need to pay their fair share for a functional society. And Eric Levitz notes that Donald Trump and other right-wing pseudo-populists are ensuring the opposite, as the IRS has stopped any meaningful
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Leslie Hook offers a reminder of the dangers of methane as a particularly damaging type of carbon emission which is both associated largely with fossil fuel production, and poorly tracked when it is emitted. And the Edmonton Journal makes the case for Jason
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Piercing The Propaganda
It is indeed heartening to see so many young activists now regularly protesting the inertia that our political masters are mired in when it comes to climate change mitigation. If anyone has a right to feel outraged, it is the younger generation that will find life on our planet far
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On defining images
I’ve previously linked to Doug Cuthand’s column on the climate obstructionists who are endangering our future. But I’d think it’s worth putting his most powerful conclusion in a form which better connects the perpetrators to the problem. And so…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jerry Taylor writes that any reasonable evaluation of the risks associated with a climate breakdown demands that we transition away from carbon pollution as quickly as possible. Aria Bendix points out that multiple major U.S. cities stand to become uninhabitable over the next
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – CBC interviews David Wallace-Wells and others about the need for collective action as the only viable response to a climate crisis and the despair it would otherwise produce: “Individual action simply can’t get us to zero [carbon] emissions,” [Wallace-Wells] told Tapestry host
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Susan Bradley reports on Dave Phillips’ observations as to how Atlantic Canada is already facing the effects of a climate breakdown. Cameron Brick discusses the importance of seeing ourselves as more than consumers in developing a response to our climate crisis. And David
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The Day the Circus Came to Town
On May 21, 2019 Jason Kenney’s UCP government will officially be “open for business” in every sense of the word. Mr Kenney’s government will kick off with a Throne Speech which will outline how Mr Kenney intends to deliver on his promise to pull Alberta out of its state of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ian Austen discusses how Justin Trudeau plans to offer nothing but more of the same broken promises and favoritism for the Libs’ corporate benefactors. And Mike Smyth examines what’s set to be unearthed in British Columbia’s money laundering inquiry – which of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On cult leadership
Andrew Scheer’s scheming with oil lobbyists in advance of this fall’s federal election has received at least some attention. But it’s worth pointing out just how drastic a step Scheer has taken in aligning himself with a shadowy group trying to push dirty energy sources as “miracles” rather than commercial
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Your Climate, Your Choice
That’s the name of a new series which, in the coming weeks, will look at and evaluate the climate-change platforms of each of our political parties. Last night’s segment was on the Green Party, and since it is first in the series, I cannot tell whether the tone will be
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Stewart Elgie and Nathalie Chalifour write about the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s recognition of the importance of action on our climate crisis. Alexis Wright comments on the need for global action to address the common global problem of impending climate breakdown. Brian Eckhouse
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