UPDATE Jan 4/11: BC Liberal Leadership – Order of preference
It's early days yet in the BC Liberal leadership race, but it appears there will be only the five contenders who have already declared - although a BC Liberal in…
January 2011
Stay off the ice on Vancouver’s lakes and ponds
The Vancouver Park Board is asking would-be skaters not to venture out onto frozen lakes and ponds in city parks. Most ice is too thin to support people or even…
Panem et Circenses South African Style
USA v Algeria, 2010 World Cup by jasonwhat A recent Sports Illustrated article, World Cup’s Empty Legacy, reports on the state of South Africa’s sports infrastructure several months after this…
Book club summary #27 – Financial Intelligence
Hmm… life’s busy-ness sure didn’t return to normal, there… Anyways, here’s the 27th book we covered in the work business book club: Financial Intelligence. It was chosen because of the…
Caring Doesn’t Have Jurisdictions
The ideal state is not where citizens care about the government, the ideal state is where citizens care about everything.We often care about watching the government, knowing what it does…
Workers, community converge at Southern Human Rights conference
DSC_0361.JPG DSC_0336.JPG By Dante Strobino Birmingham, Ala. Published Dec 22, 2010 11:47 PM Under the theme “From Exclusion to Power,” hundreds of ...
Six goals for 2011
It is hard to believe that this is the last year of my mandate from 2008. Time flies! With about 11 months left in this term I have 6 major…
HAITI: Hold New, Open, Fair Elections
DSC_0418.JPG BY NICOLE PHILLIPS and NICOLAS ALBERTO PASCAL www.HaitiJustice.org Photo by Wadner Pierre As a special team from the Organization of American States tries to resolve the country's el...
2010 Vs 2011: Same As It Was, Same As It Will Be
The following struck me as the very essence of the (now past) first decade of the 21st century, in effect constituting at the same time a resounding call that will…
subMedia Riot 2010! Triple Cheeseburger Worldwide Exclusive Interview
This week: 1. Olympic Resistance in Vancouver 2. RBC gets torched 3. They few, we many 4. Talkin' bout a revolution 5. Matthew Morgan-Brown speaks to subMedia (Interview with MMB…
James Laxer Lecture: The Crash and After—Economic Choices for Canada
I will be delivering a lecture on Wednesday, January 5 from 4.00-6.00 p.m. in the Senior Common Room at Vanier College (Room 010 Vanier), York University. The lecture will deal…
I know this much is true?
“Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...”Michael StipeIt seems that the biggest troubles come about from what…
Alberta Election
I am starting to look forward to the upcoming Alberta provincial election in 2012. Of particular interest to me are the candidates who will emerge in support of Green Principles.…
Overcoming Elitism
In politics, while the term elite has no negative connotations, the term elitism does. As the criticism of being elitist is a growing powerful attack against politicians, they should be…
Obama’s Afghanistan Review
Obama’s Afghanistan Review: A Whitewash of a Disastrous Occupationby Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin, from Z-Net, December 28, 2010. Apparently nothing can happen in the U.S. war in Afghanistan that…
Obama’s Afghanistan Review
Obama’s Afghanistan Review: A Whitewash of a Disastrous Occupationby Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin, from Z-Net, December 28, 2010.Apparently nothing can happen in the U.S. war in Afghanistan that doesn’t…
Obama’s Afghanistan Review
Obama’s Afghanistan Review: A Whitewash of a Disastrous Occupationby Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin, from Z-Net, December 28, 2010. Apparently nothing can happen in the U.S. war in Afghanistan that…
Coalition a reality?
With the possibility of an election once again (still?) in the news it was good to see that Gov. Gen. David Johnston has been busy brushing up on constitutional governments…
Happy New Year
Still too busy to blog, but Happy New Year to folks out there. Apparently, 2011 is the year of the rabbit which happens to be my chinese Zodiac sign… Talk…
Happy New Year
Still too busy to blog, but Happy New Year to folks out there. Apparently, 2011 is the year of the rabbit which happens to be my chinese Zodiac sign… Talk…