The stateless state of ISIS.
How do you go to war with stateless brigands? How do you bomb the locations of thieves who move about usurping the homes and authority of people weakened with years…
October 2014
War: The Ultimate Wedge
http://www.ipolitics.ca/ Stephen Harper planned to win the next election on the economy and tax cuts. But his numbers have tanked for a year. And the latest EKOS poll reveals that
Penetrating The Fog Of War
Yesterday, in response to a picture I posted quoting Herman Goering on the ease with which people can be manipulated into war, Scotian, a frequent commentator, responded to the picture,…
Harper’s War and the Last Desperate Gamble of the Con regime
Eleven years ago Stephen Harper tried to drag us into a war in Iraq, and today he finally succeeded. Canada is heading to war in Iraq after Stephen Harper’s announcement…
Hotel Propaganda
Photo by Fanny Schertzer On the evening of April 6, 1994 a plane carrying the Hutu leaders of both Rwanda and Burundi was shot down as it approached Kanombe airport.1…
The Wolf Is Real
“The Wolf of Wall Street” is a gross movie about the excess of American greed. It’s not excessively gory, it instead depicts non-violent financial crimes, and drug abuse. == The…
Musical interlude
Arcade Fire – Ocean of Noise
Conservative Prostitution Bill: Two Steps Back
Protest against Bill C-36, Toronto, June 14, 2014; photo by Jenn Peters. Last year, Canada’s Supreme Court made a landmark decision for sex workers. A major step towards occupational health…
Alain Deneault in Conversation with Canadian Dimension
Jethro Tulin, an Indigenous Ipili from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea and leading organizer of resistance against the mining bosses. Here Tulin is speaking outside Barrick Gold’s 2009 Annual…
Harper Speech Announces Canada’s Air Strikes Against ISIS
Here’s an unedited text of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech in the House of Commons on Friday, announcing Canada’s air strikes against ISIS in Iraq. The post Harper Speech Announces…
Derailing the Status Quo: Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer Written and directed by Joon-ho Bong 2013 Following in the footsteps of recent allegorical and dystopian films such as The Hunger Games and Elysium, Bong Joon-Ho’s summer blockbuster Snowpiercer…
Opening Up to Media Democracy
In January 2008, Canadian Dimension published a theme issue on Big Media highlighting the need for progressives to organize a movement to “break the monopolies” and democratize communication policy. Articles…
Hotel Propaganda
On the evening of April 6, 1994 a plane carrying the Hutu leaders of both Rwanda and Burundi was shot down as it approached Kanombe airport.1 The assassins had little…
Why Canada is going to war in Iraq: From Harper’s Mouth
I recently wrote a post about the motivations for middle powers like Canada to join international coalitions for wars such as the recent war in Iraq. Now that we have…
Why Canada is going to war in Iraq: From Harper’s Mouth
I recently wrote a post about the motivations for middle powers like Canada to join international coalitions for wars such as the recent war in Iraq. Now that we have…
Why Canada is going to war in Iraq: From Harper’s Mouth
I recently wrote a post about the motivations for middle powers like Canada to join international coalitions for wars such as the recent war in Iraq. Now that we have…
Why Canada is going to war in Iraq: From Harper’s Mouth
I recently wrote a post about the motivations for middle powers like Canada to join international coalitions for wars such as the recent war in Iraq. Now that we have…
amazing but true: mlb does the right thing and increases fans’ access to the postseason
The biggest surprise of the 2014 baseball postseason isn’t the absence of both the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. It isn’t the Baltimore Orioles, making the postseason…
Leon Panetta Dishes on Dick Cheney
Former US defense secretary, Leon Panetta, offers this comparison of his own political career to that of former vice president, Dick Cheney: “Looking back on my career, I’ve been a…
The Globe and Mail: Streaming TV isn’t going anywhere, so why is the CRTC pretending it doesn’t exist?
Google Chairman to CRTC: stop trying to stifle innovative new online TV services and let Internet users decide. Article by Omar El Akkad for The Globe and Mail Eric Schmidt…