Letter from Bomani Shakur of the Lucasville 5
The Lucasville 5 are five prisoners who were framed for the murder of snitches and guards in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot. The 1993 riot and hostage taking was one…
July 2011
Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the King’s English
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene iv
Like It or Not, DSK Reveals a Lot About Ourselves
‘Don’t worry, this guy has a lot of money. I know what I’m doing.’There has been no shortage of supposedly progressive bloggers who were more than ready to assume Dominique…
Leaving the rat race behind
We decided to get out of town for few days – traffic was brutal yesterday but side roads helped – for some R & R. And we must’ve needed it,…
B.C. man launches suit over wrongful convictions
There is a common thread in wrongful convictions -- a lack of disclosure. If we want to avoid sending the innocent to jail (here for nearly three decades) we cannot…
report on war resisters fundraising dinner from u.s. peace activist bruce beyer
This past week, the Toronto chapter of the War Resisters Support Campaign hosted a fundraising dinner at the United Steelworkers Hall. These dinners, which we hold four times a year,…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Janice Kennedy highlights the consequences of turning back the clock 80 years when it comes to collective bargaining rights:In the world of Stephen Harper…
While Marc Emery rots in jail, people wring hands over Conrad Black
Many progressives have been harsh towards Conrad Black, the fraud who has been convicted of multiple charges despite a phalanx of lawyers and friends in high places. He really is…
Sanyika Shakur, August Third Collective, On July 1 Hunger Strike
Due to the recent strike, i only received this letter dated June 13 a few days ago:i was given an indeterminate SHU term in 1989, for being a threat to…
In Virginia dead people can vote
Now that is true dedication to democracy. People are dying to vote.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyVirginia has passed a law that if a…
Case against DSK on shaky ground
The free world was shocked when Dominique Strauss Kahn was charged with sexual assault a few weeks back. But now, DSK's bail conditions have been significantly relaxed after the Manhattan…
Fraser Institute Tries New Ethical Disclosure Tack in Bid to Promote Private Healthcare, Fails Miserably
The Fraser Institute’s latest propaganda piece is Access Delayed, Access Denied, an attempt to solve the very real problem of delayed access to important new medications in Canada by bogus…
3895…Canada Day
Like a good little Canuckistanian I only watched Canadian TV yesterday.CFL is so amazingly cool/weird.Love it.WFDS
Exploding the Myth: Conservatives as Able Managers of the Economy
Well, we have confirmation by Thomas Walkom in today's Star of two facts about Conservatives: a) They are ideologically opposed to government being in the business of businessb) They are…
AG finishes term with more fumbles
Outgoing auditor general John Noseworthy held to his pattern of making less-than-accurate claims or claims without evidence, this time with respect to the offshore regulatory board. Noseworthy’s claims and the…
Socializing Losses
For the last thirty years, conservatives have maintained that government must be run like a business, adhere to market principles, be lean and mean. But it is always instructive to…
BP Is Creepy: NRDC Issues Damning Water Quality Report on Gulf Beaches One Year After Oil Disaster
The NRDC released its annual “Testing the Waters: A Guide To Water Quality At Vacation Beaches” report last week, which included a special section dedicated to oil-related closures, advisories and…
TIME Promotes Myth That Many With Autism are Highly Intelligent
In Could Amanda Knox Have an Autism Spectrum Disorder? TIME adds its influential voice to those who propagate the myth that "many with autism are highly intelligent". Amanda Knox is…
Why Has Our Atomic Energy Been Sold to a War Profiteer?
SNC Lavelin is in the news a lot.As one of the primo war profiteers, they are often the object of protests. They have been involved in scandal and yet have…