The new episode of The Ryan Painter Show Podcast is up: Occupy Canada and Legislative Advice from Texas. Feel free to leave questions, comments or calls to action. Thanks for listening. Ryan Painter Filed under: Progressives
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Murray Dobbin Repost: Occupy: What can it teach the left?
Occupy: What can it teach the left? Posted on October 21, 2011 by murraydobbin The occupy movement has been a like a powerful cleansing wind blowing over the political landscape – exposing not just the obscenely rich, and criminally irresponsible …
Continue readingConservatives Wrong On Crime…So Says Texas
The Conservative government is wrong on crime, at least if the goal is to reduce tax payers dollars and keep Canadian streets safe. Please watch the report from the CBC here. Conservatives talk a big game about caring for the taxpayer. But Texa…
Continue readingHarper’s Plan For The Poor and Mentally Ill/Sign Crime Bill Petition
I had to distribute this as I felt it was VERY apt! Credit goes to artist Malcolm Mayes, Edmonton Journal and Leadnow.ca. Please sign the petition at http://www.leadnow.ca/keep-canada-safe so we can make Canada safer, no meaner. Filed under: …
Continue readingGordon Campbell: Enemy of the Environment
In 2009 Gordon Campbell was praised as an environmental hero by environmentalist Tzeporah Berman who went as far as quitting the NDP over the NDP’s opposition to the Carbon Tax (something that many environmentalists liked but consumer advocate…
Continue readingIs This Accountability? (Re-post from Edmonton Journal)
Tories push crime bill through committee OTTAWA — Critics and proponents of the controversial omnibus Conservative crime bill traded barbs in the House of Commons Tuesday as the Tories sought to again fast-track debate on the proposed legislation tha…
Continue readingA Punishing Regime | Articles | Canadian Dimension
Really liked this article. Please give it a serious read. A Punishing Regime | Articles | Canadian Dimension. Filed under: Progressives
Continue readingMurray Dobbin: We’re Seeing How Badly Harper Misread Canadians
Posted as is from Thetyee.ca. All publications are the right of the poster, Murray Dobbin, Greg Perry (cartoonist) and The Tyee. We’re Seeing How Badly Harper Misread Canadians Occupy Wall Street — and now Bay Street? The 99 per cent? Conse…
Continue readingOctober Is Women’s History Month
Reposted from rabble.ca. All credit for this publication goes to National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) Women continue to raise our social conscience, give voice to issues of inequality and work to build a future free of discrimination…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Much on the Progressive’s Wishlist but much for which we should be grateful
We should be grateful to the occupy wall street folks who may just have started the non-violent socio-economic revolution for which we’ve all been waiting. The democratic character of this movement, the rapidity with which it is spreading, and its brea…
Continue readingInsite Victory, Tar Sands and the Conservative Attack on IPPF
The newest episode of the Ryan Painter Show podcast is up. Click here to listen. If you want to go to the main podcast page, please click here. As usual, please feel free to comment, leave a question or an activist call to action and I will read it on …
Continue readingB.C. New Democrats pull to a decisive lead, poll finds
B.C. New Democrats pull to a decisive lead, poll finds. Filed under: Progressives
Continue readingConservatives Clueless On Environmental Monitoring
Greenhouse gas, oilsands monitoring ineffective: auditor – CTV News. Canada’s environment auditor called on the Harper government today to better understand the environmental impacts of their decisions before moving on with oilsands project…
Continue readingHarper: The Private Members Bill Puppet Master
Doesn’t it seem too much of a coincidence that upon the resumption of the new session of parliament all these new private members bills are coming from his back benches? Certainly there have been private members bills before but usually they are …
Continue readingLet’s Get Dewar Some Support. Use Hashtag #PD4NDPL
I don’t know if one has been created yet, but I want to get a Twitter hashtag going for a “Draft Paul” campaign, as also called for from Dawg’s Blog. I think it’s imperative that we get Paul Dewar into the NDP leadership R…
Continue readingWe Are Repeating Our Historic Mistakes
The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana once said Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it I majored in history in University. It was startling to see how often we repeat the mistakes of the past, thinking that we are sm…
Continue readingThe Ryan Painter Show Podcast Episode 3
The latest episode of the Ryan Painter Show, The Omnibus (Unreported) Crime Bill and Adler-cution, is now up. Please feel free to visit the site, listen, and comment on my most recent podcast. I hope you enjoy it! In solidarity, Ryan Painter Filed unde…
Continue readingSun News Has Gone Spy-Happy
On a week when Sun News has claimed that Chinese spies and intelligence officers are in every dark corner in Canada and are even being fronted by the Xinhua News Agency, the Network has once again gone spy-happy. Now the Network claims that 175 North K…
Continue readingRyan Painter Show Podcast Episode 2
The Ryan Painter Show Podcast Episode 2 has been released. It is titled Fall Session, Dechert and Income Inequality. Head on over to the podcast page to check it out, or click here. Thanks for listening. Filed under: Progressives
Continue readingThe Globe and Mail: What’s Their Game?
Entering a leadership race, at least for the first few days, should be a relatively simple affair. You come before the cameras with your best smile on, supporters in toe ( in this particular story…
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