You can call me Al
Seriously, I usually revel in my depressions and what would you expect from someone who names their blog after an old suicidal salesman. However, the way things have been stacking…
2012
The Forgotten Issues of Quebec’s Student Strike
The ongoing three-month strike by Quebec university students over tuition increases has sparked near-unanimous outrage from members of Canada’s mainstream commentariat — and not just over the violence, but over…
Trashy in China 4.0
Day 7… forgot to take melatonin edition. Dammit! Up since 4 am so it’s gonna be a loooonnnnggg day… oh well… last full day of meetings and discussions. We have…
Tories train their intellectual big guns on Tom Mulcair: if Rex Murphy fails, there’s always Don Cherry!
“BRIEFING NOTE: Respond to criticism about economic impact of high-Loonie, everything-for-petrochemical-industry policy by making voters see Thomas Mulcair as recklessly un-Canadian…” This isn’t an actual quote from the Tories’ current…
Who could believe this?
I would hope that, to most readers of this blog, the material referenced below would read like something produced by a raving lunatic. However the writer, the late Julian Simon…
Who could believe this?
I would hope that, to most readers of this blog, the material referenced below would read like something produced by a raving lunatic. However the writer, the late Julian Simon…
Who could believe this?
I would hope that, to most readers of this blog, the material referenced below would read like something produced by a raving lunatic. However the writer, the late Julian Simon…
Who could believe this?
I would hope that, to most readers of this blog, the material referenced below would read like something produced by a raving lunatic. However the writer, the late Julian Simon…
Time for big ideas: Imagine Canada after Harper
Stephen Harper, too, shall pass into history, recorded as one of the most destructive, personally malignant personalities ever to have soiled the Canadian political landscape. But in the meantime, Canadians…
Philosophy, Music and Art in the Service of the Quebec Student Protests
Un grand tonnerre Mai 22 Ariane Moffatt contre la loi spéciale Melissa Fillion, Capital Humain Tweet
After IMFAR Some Green Therapy
My 4 days at IMFAR 2012 in Toronto were an incredible experience. After 4 days spent largely inside a hotel though I was in need of some “therapy”. Yesterday I…
Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike Update: May 18, 2012
Another visit to the doctor today, which is day #66 of my indefinite hunger strike protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cruel new crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and…
The monster in motion is one we’ve all created
In Quebec 300+ have been arrested, fascist laws passed, and the anger builds. At the NATO summit journalists are again being attacked as hundreds of thousands protest the “war on…
Will Climate Denial, Like, Ever End?
The_Heartland_Institute_logo.png This week, as the Heartland Institute commences its annual conference, the organization is clearly back on its heels. Funders, experts, and even some staff are bailing, reports The Guardian.…
Unpacking my Canada Crime Bill C10 hunger strike
Today, May 21st is the day 69 of my indefinite hunger strike protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cruel new crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, formerly…
Who Are The Australian Backers Of Heartland’s Climate Denial?
heartland.jpg ANY conference worth its salt needs a nice long list of sponsors to give the impression of widespread diverse support for whatever the conference organisers are advocating. In the…
Toronto Photo Gallery Mixes Artistic and Political
So, I’ve released ‘Toronto‘, a living gallery of photographs taken in Canada’s largest city. Frequently vibrant, at times dreamlike and often gritty, ‘Toronto’ captures the light, the dark and the…
Raised Beds And Riots
Another Monday and my hugelkultur piles aren’t done; in fact they are growing daily; I didn’t realize they were like rabbits, and would start reproducing at a crazy rate! As…
Why I Support the Quebec Student Protests
Because this is what the other side does. My French isn’t good enough to follow the conversation very precisely, but that doesn’t really matter. There is nothing anyone could have…