After the Big Zero, the Alberta Party awaits the Big Goodbye
Your blogger with Dave Taylor, back in 2010. Below: Glenn Taylor, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Chima Nkemdirim. While it’s true former Alberta Party MLA Dave Taylor never crossed a…
2012
Quebec, the Con Media, and the Greek Obsession
It's funny eh? When I see pictures like this one I see people standing up for their rights, telling a corrupt government to take their fascist bill and shove it,…
Let’s see Mitt Romney’s marriage license
Bill Maher raises some important questions about the legitimacy of the Republican candidate for President in the 2012 election:
Make a little noise
I don’t think this is about tuition hikes anymore. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Unravelling Conservative Labour Market Policy: The Maximum Wage Law.
The OECD and the CATO institute have both consistently ranked Canadian labour markets as some of the most flexible in the advanced capitalist world. Indeed, Canada ranks only second to…
Casseroles – poignant video of the nightly pot-banging events in Montréal
I love this video. Brings me to tears every time.
We Are All Québécois: Solidarity From Chilean Students And Academics
Below is a statement of solidarity with the ongoing Quebec student protests from Chilean academics and student leaders. (English translation via Translating The Revolution.) We Are All Québécois! We the…
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Benny and Suzanne Hinn reconciling?
Benny Hinn Ministries Charisma Magazine isn’t taking Benny Hinn’s word for it: With regard to the reconciliation, it was Suzanne who may have been surprised to hear the news of…
Marine pollution program cut by feds
News that the Conservatives have scrapped a vital marine pollution program is just one more indicator of how Harper’s Conservative government is failing Canadians on the environment front. Times Colonist:…
May 27: Sunday night – two, brief notes
1. The current events group will meet at Moncton Library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. June 5. The topic will be” Quebec Student Strike:Protest or Revolution?”I lived in Quebec most…
4684…A Tale Of Two Cities
Montreal, the city where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis and Toronto, Canada’s Cincinnati. In one, the fun one, there is a revolution going on as you read this.…
marxism 2012 a smashing success
We’ve just returned from the Marxism 2012 conference, a weekend of inspiration, education, and revolution. I plan to transcribe all the talks that either I or Allan attended, either from…
Free Riders and Dire Needers
Breaking news: bad jobs exist. In a classic case of Conservatives boiling down an issue to a wide-sweeping preposterous claim, Jim Flaherty claimed that “there is no bad job”. Yikes…
Jeez.
Enough is enough, no? Tragic. So many children. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Join the Campaign to build ‘One Big Campaign’
Dear Friends, I won’t be writing a blog very often for a while. I have decided instead to focus my attention on encouraging hundreds of progressive groups and the top…
4683…He IS Spending More Time At The Buffet
Rob Ford, Toronto’s mayor, announced on his weekly radio show, I believe it is on CFRB, that he is chucking his very public diet. Dude was 330 when his challenge…
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CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT:THE VICTORIA ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR: Fall rolls around once more, and, as the leaves are turning colour the colourful Victoria Anarchist Bookfair will be blowing into town out there…