4597…Thomas Mulcair’s Divisive Strategies
The new leader of the NDP was on CBC Radio’s The House trying to play Alberta against the east. More to the point he was playing a province where the…
2012
Legislation would prohibit masks during riots: it’s already a crime. Doesn’t anyone read the Criminal Code?
Sometimes you have to wonder if MP's read the Criminal Code. My sense is they don't. And no one else does either. It is already against the law to wear…
Civil Disobedience Warranted for Pipelines, Tankers, Fish Farms, Private River Power
Civil Disobedience has had successes in the past in BC but too often there have been one or two who have refused to obey the law and once they have…
Mining in the NWT: Who Gets What?
In a recent blog post at Northern Public Affairs, Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox looks at the issue of ‘who gets what?’ when a mine is developed in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Here…
How To Terrify A Conservative
Some of my family from out West are visiting so I thought I’d take them on a tour of our neighbourhood. Walking along we passed the constituency office for my…
2013 BC Libs & 2015 Federal Tories will be booted out
The People are not stupid. They know when they are being taken for granted. They know when they are being lied to. They know when they are being discriminated against.…
4595…Joan Rivers Was Right
So right. You wash your dishes and b o o m six months later you gotta wash them all over again. What a way to spend a Sunday. Next Sunday…
Parliament in Review – April 2, 2012
Monday, April 2 saw the second day of Peter Julian’s extended budget speech. And perhaps the point most worth noting is how many Canadians outside of Parliament took the opportunity…
marxism 2011 program notes: keynes vs. marx: can capitalism be reformed?
These are my notes from the 2011 Marxism conference in Toronto. The series starts here. * * * * I was especially interested in this talk, as for much of…
François Hollande defeats Nicolas Sarkozy to become French president
http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1173954 PARIS—François Hollande swept to victory on Sunday, becoming the first socialist to become president of France since François Mitterrand left office in 1995. Hollande campaigned on a kinder,…
Review: Imagined Communities
A quirky book that takes as one of its starting points the historically lousy job that the liberal and marxist traditions had done of theorizing nationalism, Imagined Communities became a…
marxism 2011 program notes: workers rising: from wisconsin to ontario
These are my notes from the 2011 Marxism conference in Toronto. The series starts here. * * * * Workers rising: From Wisconsin to OntarioPanel Discussion, May 28, 2011 Allen…
One year
I missed posting on the one-year anniversary but Steve didn’t: This majority is Harper in his full glory. The bully with no regard for democracy, the authoritarian right wing ideologue…
The Quebec Students and the Great Victory
They marched for three months. In the cold of February and the chill of the Maple Spring. Many of them were roughed up, or arrested for no good reason. For…
Sarko No Mo
Widespread European unrest is reaching polling stations in several countries today. Most notable is France where president Nicholas Sarkozy has conceded defeat to new president Francois Hollande, the first socialist…
We are all Guy Fawkes now
Oh, those darn “civil libertarians” are at it again! But civil libertarians are concerned that the legislation will give police the power to break up peaceful protests, which are frequently…
Francois Hollande Wins French Presidential election
Bye-bye Sarkozy. Good for France. Another of Bush’s poodle is gone. Now it is Harper’s turn to take a hike. CBC news.
Diageo: Liquor giant backs away from science-dissembling Heartland Institute
Diageo brands.jpg The London-based liquor giant Diageo has joined the companies that are criticizing or cutting off the Heartland Institute in protest over its campaigns to confuse people about climate…