Resistance to the migrant concentration camps in the US seems to be growing. Or maybe I’m just seizing on anything that looks like hope. I wanted to collect all the examples I’ve seen so far, then I’ll post more in real time. June 2018: No Kids In Cages marches July
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Canadian Dimension: Open Letter to CLC President Hassan Yussuff on labour opposition to Canada-Saudi arms deal
A man walks past a graffiti, depicting drone strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (File photo) President Hassan Yussuff Canadian Labour Congress 2841 Riverside Drive Ottawa, ON K1V 8X7 June 26, 2019 Re: Open Letter to CLC President Hassan Yussuff on labour opposition to Canada-Saudi arms deal SIGN THE
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 readingDented Blue Mercedes: “Unthinkable”
American religious conservatives have a problem. Riding high on their partnerships with the Trump administration and the perception of being political kingmakers, they need to be sure that they will be able to sustain their momentum for years to come. And with the newly-stacked U.S. Supreme Court making the overturn
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Will We Be Putting Our Leaders on Trial?
An aboriginal claim hits the United Nations tomorrow. It is brought by Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders. A coastal group facing devastating sea level rise, they contend that their government and, by implication, every government, owes its people a fundamental duty to ensure a livable environment. …the Australians’ argument is the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday PSA: Abortion
Inspired by a recent conversation with a antediluvian blogger.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ellie Mae O’Hagan writes about the need for economic equality to be at the core of any push to eliminate the gender gap. And PressProgress highlights how the Trudeau Libs have gone in the wrong direction with tax handouts which favour wealthy
Continue readingwmtc: walking the walk: if canada is serious about reconciliation, the senate must pass bill c-262
Canadians, contact the Senate. Urge them to work together to pass Private Member’s Bill C-262, “An Act to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples“. My own letter included at the end of this post, in the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Talia Lavin writes about the value of shifting the Overton window to enable serious discussion of higher tax rates on the people who have far more money than they could possibly need: I think about how we view the rich, so often
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The Canadian Carceral State: What is to be done? Ask prisoners!
My name is Jarrod Shook. I am a writer, student, poet, activist, and, for the last twelve years, a number: 892083E. I suppose there isn’t anything exceptional about being a number; somewhere along the way we’re all reduced to digits, but my particular numbers signal that I am under the
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: 2018 in review at youtube.com/redriverpete
2018 was not my most prolific year in terms of video output, but it provided, nonetheless, some interesting and useful insights into the struggle for peace and human rights in various parts of the world. Here is a rundown of the past 12 months and as we like to say
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: The Arc of History – Podcast
All of us can wield a power that those who would divide us will never know: an ability to make common cause out of our common humanity and our common dignity, and a determination to join hands across the divisions that beset the human condition, to create a better world
Continue readingwmtc: this week, give 15 minutes of your time to defend human rights #write4rights
Are you writing for rights? I almost gave myself a pass this year. I’m living out of a hotel room and I don’t have easy access to a printer, and… what the hell? I’m one of the most privileged people on the planet. Surely I won’t skip Write For Rights
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jovanka Beckles writes that the housing crisis in California – like those elsewhere – needs to be addressed through public investment in social housing rather than giveaways to private developers. – Sharon Riley discusses Alberta’s gigantic problem with unfunded oil production liabilities.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Moscrop discusses the need for a more meaningful definition of “progress” which doesn’t hand-wave away the long-term harms and risks created by the single-minded pursuit of immediate gains in top-end wealth. – Rajeev Syal reports that the UK Cons pushed through public-sector
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Israel Palestine International Law Symposium
Earlier this month I attended and recorded the proceedings of the Israel Palestine International Law Symposium, held in Winnipeg September 7 – 9. While I thought I was better informed than the average Canadian going into the symposium, by the time it was over I was overwhelmed by the amount of
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The World Cup is a Crime Scene
Photo by Getty Images On the eve of World Cup 2018, soccer’s international governing body, the Federation Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, announced that the United bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States has been awarded the 2026 tournament. Canadian soccer fans, please hold your applause. At the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tracy Smith-Carrier comments on the importance of addressing poverty as an issue of human rights rather than charity: It is not a matter of being down on your luck or misfortunate, as if people are somehow fated to live a life of poverty.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Justifying Human Rights
A good piece, by John Tasioulas but I’m left wanting more. “But is it enough to rely on the supposed fact that human rights are embedded in a liberal democratic culture? Or do we need to be able to step back from that culture and offer an objective justification for
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the needless use of the notwithstanding clause is just one more of the ways in which Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party is dangerously similar to Doug Ford’s PC government. For further reading…– CBC News reported on the Saskatchewan Party’s own use of the notwithstanding clause to avoid a
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