One of the people I follow religiously on Twitter is Caryma Sa’d. A Toronto lawyer and satirist, her online presence is largely devoted to video she shoots of the unhinged amongst us, i.e., those Canadians obviously infected by the American disease whose symptoms include uncritical acceptance of conspiracy theories popularized by
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Politics and its Discontents: The Kidnapping Of The Capital
Some call it the freedom convoy. Others call it an occupation. I call it a kidnapping. What has happened and continues to happen in Ottawa is deeply disturbing. Not only is a minority (no matter how loudly their horns blare, that’s what the truckers and their collaborators are) seeking
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The FBI just moved white supremacist terrorism to the same threat level as ISIS
Originally posted in Upworthy.com By Annie Reneau Many people think of “terrorism” and immediately conjure images of ISIS or Al-Qaeda suicide bombers. But in the U.S., terrorism has another face—one that’s far more Read more…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Growing Darkness
Afterwards just about everybody agreed, it wasn't one of Donald Trump's better days. He was up at 3:14 am angrily tweeting out this: Which let's face it, wasn't very Presidential. Just very Trump.Only to have his day, a few hours later, become even worse.Read more »
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Canada’s Conservative Party, a once-great national organization, is being overwhelmed by its own extremists
PHOTOS: Federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a hard-working and talented former Edmonton Transit bus driver. Below: Alberta Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason, a hard-working and talented former Edmonton Transit bus driver. Mr. Sohi, a Liberal, and Mr. Mason, a New Democrat, are both used to cheap conservative shots about their former
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The 500 – A cautionary tale for North American Workers
The rights we enjoy today in Canada as workers and professionals were not given to us. It was through bloody at times, collective struggle that our rights as workers were imposed on the capitalist class. Power never makes concessions – struggles for basic working benefits must be fought for
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The 500 – A Cautionary Tale for North American Workers
The rights we enjoy today in Canada as workers and professionals were not given to us. It was through determined, bloody at times, never-say-die, collective struggle that our rights as workers were imposed on the capitalist class. Power never makes concessions – struggles for basic working benefits must be
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: FBI “plot to identify and assassinate Occupy leaders”?
The FBI hatched a “plot to identify and assassinate Occupy leaders”? It’d seem so, according to the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and civil liberties activists. Information obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund via a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that the FBI: a) “collaborated with other federal agencies,
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