One of the major disappointments I have lived to experience is the fragility of democracy. That democratic traditions, customs and practices are so vulnerable to dismantlement, often with either the passive acquiescence or full-throated approval of ‘the people’ is something I never would have anticipated. The latest example of this
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Politics and its Discontents: A Work In Progress
The website SHD (Shit Harper Did) is currently completing a documentary looking into Canada’s surveillance programs. Now in post-production, it is seeking donors to help complete the process. If you would like to contribute, you can click here. Following is a trailer of their work: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Guest Post: The Mound Of Sound
Yesterday, inspired by a link sent to me by The Mound of Sound, I wrote a post on some of the dire implications of the surveillance state and the preparations being made by The Pentagon to deal with mass civil breakdown.Today, a guest post by The Mound offers a sharp
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: They’ll Be Watching You
Every breath you takeEvery move you makeEvery bond you breakEvery step you takeI’ll be watching you. -The Police – Every Breath You Take Recent revelations, some of which I have written about, should make us all acutely aware that in the surveillance state, which now describes much of the world,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Who Is Invading Your Privacy?
Like many bloggers, I ‘enjoy’ frequent visits to this blog from the federal government. While I have no idea whether a profile of me exists within the dark bowels of the Harper regime, in my more grandiose moments I like to think that my ruminations are a source of some
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Chalk Up Another One For Orwell
Or, to update the metaphor, computers being destroyed by the govenment: The message is clear: citizens do not have the right to material that would allow them to decide for themselves whether the overarching and illegal domestic spying being carried out by western ‘democracies’ is justified. Following revelations of the
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