America’s ‘Primal Scream’
You need to read this article from the New York Times. The piece explains very well what the big problems are. Although the article is primarily discussing the American situation,…
October 2011
Progressive Blogger’s Meetup
Great event -- good times -- blog on!!!http://new.progressivebloggers.ca/
#Occupy Toronto pictures.
While in Toronto for the day on Saturday for our Progressive Blogger meet-up, some of us bloggers sauntered down to Bay Street to check out the Occupy Toronto “pre-protest” protest…
Occupy Toronto
Occupy Toronto looks to have been a success. 3,000 people arrived at the Bay Street address of the stock exchange. People listening to speaker at Occupy Toronto The demonstration was…
Who Will Lead?
We may be at one of those moments when the whole world changes. Like 1848, 2011 may turn out to be a historic year for world governments. David Ignatius writes…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Exhale…. Underworld – Oblivion with Bells
Whither the Liberals #nlpoli
The tale is not told in the view of columnists - Stephen Maher, Chantal Hebert and Susan Delacourt - who try to link a series of different events into one…
open letter from the middle class: two responses to the 53%ers
I have been steadfastly avoiding the so-called 53%, the US right-wing reaction to the Occupy movement, but two responses to their claims caught my eye.Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post…
John Steinbeck and the Occupy Wall Street Movement
In my days as a high school English teacher, one of my favourite books to teach was John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, the story of dispossessed farmers who, due to…
Occupy Wall Street Commercial
April Reign Reposting in the tradition of the people’s mic h/t LeDaro April Reign – In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
The Samara Report – The Outsiders Manifesto
Samara is anindependent charitable organization, founded in 2008 to study citizenengagement with Canadian democracy. Their work focuses on threeareas: political leadership; the participation of citizens in publiclife; and public affairs…
A Closer Look At The NDP Bill To Guarantee Quebec 24% Of Seats In The House
On October 3rd, New Democrat mp Jean Rousseau introduced Bill C-312, the Democratic Representation Act. The bill seeks to guarantee the Province of Quebec a percentage of the seats in…
Greens Launch Healthcare Platform Planks
A portion of the Green Party of Saskatchewan’s healthcare proposals are available on CBC.
Quebec to be Represented in Parliament?
Representation by Population Brown's idea way back to even before confederation. In Canada we are not quite there at total representation. In Canada some Provinces are massively over represented while…
Globe vs. Geller?
From Media Culpa:It’s a sad day when Atlas Shrugs looks like better journalism than the Globe and Mail. Indeed. Interesting too is that this article appears to mark climate-change denier…
Peter MacKay outed by caucus aide
OTTAWA- Defense Minister Peter MacKay was today outed by a Conservative staffer. The party insider told reporters that MacKay has long been a "man trapped inside the body of a…
Robert Reich readings
Robert Reich is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton. Reich is currently Chancellor's Professor of Public…
SHRIEEEK!
Look out!! He’s got a… …HAMMER!!!: Two men were apprehended by security officers around 4 p.m. at Commerce Court near King and Bay streets. One of them allegedly had a…
Occupy Edmonton: Up to 1,000 protest corporate greed and income inequality in Edmonton
The Edmonton Journal estimated that “up to 1,000” people marched through the city’s chilly streets yesterday afternoon to join the rest of the world in protest against corporate thievery and…