Read this play last night – brilliant, classic Fennario. Having grown up in the Verdun/Point area his characters tend to send shivers down my spine
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Geopolitical Interlude – Conflict in the Ukraine
The lives of the common people seem to always come last when it comes to geopolitical considerations.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Top 10 List For Dismantling American Empire – Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Johnson wrote this piece for Tom’s Dispatch in 2009. I think the prescription remains as accurate, perhaps even more so in today, as we
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Syndrome “E” – The Neuroscience of Evil
Why do people do evil actions? How does one get from being an ordinary citizen to someone who oversees the genocide of their neighbours?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Is War Over? – In a Nutshell
Here’s hoping to making it through the next 75 years or so…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Loneliness and extremism
The need for social connection and community support for the people of our society has never been greater. Being alone, atomized, and unable to relate
Continue readingwmtc: welcome to the allan and laura new york city history reading club
The theme of this year’s TD Summer Reading Club — a national program (developed by Toronto Public Library) that more than 2,000 Canadian libraries participate
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Great Western Narrative – What’s Keeping You Obedient and Passive
Jonathan Cook writes poignantly about the media situation a that is imposed on the West. The prism from which we view things, at the very
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Community-Driven Map of Pre-Colonized Land
If you’ve ever wondered about the history of the land you’re on then this website (and app) is for you! The website Native-Land collects historical
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Exercising on Punishment Devices – The Prison Treadmill
Exercising is weird. Everyday I see people running or jogging down the street and I wonder to myself why are they doing that? Imagine if
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Time – How About some Context – In a Nutshell
It’s nice to get a overview of what we have done and where we might be going, and of course the final heat death of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: “Cool Even Handed Statesmanship”
We’re playing with nuclear fire. Hell, we’re doing a fire dance with twirling batons ablaze in a fireworks factory. This all started after the US
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Russian Intervention in Syria – Some Context – Robert Fisk
Why is Russia so involved in the conflict in Syria? Robert Fisk looks into some possibilities. “There are, however, other small Chechen ghosts floating over
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Denying History – How Many Times Will the Dead Have to Die? – Robert Fisk
The Armenian genocide of 1915 happened. Where you happen to live in the world determines if you would argue against the truth of this statement.
Continue readingThings Are Good: How Trent University Preserves Canadian Architecture
Like other art forms styles come and go in architecture; and when styles go in architecture it can result in demolition of buildings (and thus
Continue readingwmtc: what i’m reading: short reviews of fiction by margaret atwood, madeleine thien, frances itani, elizabeth kostova
I’ve gathered some thoughts about several novels I read but neglected to write about. I enjoyed them all to varying degrees; all are worth reading
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Managing Dissent and the threat of Populism in the US
We’ve had a few pieces on the disconnect between the public and the political process. This essay by Richard D. Wolff looks to answering the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What is Marxism?
In case you were unfamiliar. 🙂
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Queen Survived New Zealand Assasin
This is a wild tale of a misguided 17 year old kid who later killed himself after being in and out of jail.
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