Joe
Not Cocker (although RIP to him, too). Strummer – our hero, our muse, our shining light. Twelve years today.
2014
#BlackLivesMatter Responds To Murder Of Two NYPD Officers
“An eye for an eye is not our vision of justice,” says #BlackLivesMatter in response to last week’s execution-style killing of two NYPD officers. The post #BlackLivesMatter Responds To Murder…
The OOC
I posted this: The conundrum of creating an open course in a closed site – Storyboard OOC updateGabi Witthaus, Art of e-learning, Dec 22, 2014 So this, I think, is…
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Why We Need Professional Revolutionists
Photo by David Berkowitz No revolt can succeed without professional revolutionists. These revolutionists live outside the formal structures of society. They are financially insecure—Vladimir Lenin spent considerable time in exile…
Here We Come A-Picketing! Christmas Carols, Class Conflict, and the Eaton’s Strike, 1984-85
Scanned from personal collection of Skeezix1000 By mid-December, the holiday shopping season is usually in full swing for Canadian retailers. Thirty years ago, however, several Eaton’s department stores in southern…
u.s. war resister corey glass speaks out from europe
Corey Glass, war resister from Canada by way of Indiana, speaks out from his travels in Europe in the current issue of NOW. I’m not going to bother to tell…
New York Times Editorial Board Calls For Prosecution Of Bush, Cheney And Torturers !
“Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried…
Trudeau — Mythic Hero?
http://merlin.wikia.com/ Michael den Tandt writes that the political narrative in Canada over the next year will be all about what Justin Trudeau does. That’s because — for better of for
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 22, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: My #clawbies2014 nominees: @andrewfeldstein, Lexology, Rule of Law Jurors in Luka Magnotta trial deliberates for seventh day E-cigarette use…
Real Journalism: Holding Harper To Account
Unlike the kind of faux journalism that the CBC’s most reverent chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge, has perfected, real journalism requires critical thinking and hard-hitting questions. In that, The Toronto Star…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ryan Meili examines why Craig Alexander of the TD Bank is calling for a move toward greater income equality in Canada: The OECD…
In Tuesday’s Sun: not me
Nor any Sun columnist, pretty much. They’ve given us the week off to run cartoons and whatnot (there’s a joke in there, if you think about it). The column will…
Lead from your strength, Justin.
Please Justin, just shut up and listen. The other day, you told Campion-Smith of the Toronto Star’s Ottawa Bureau that the economy will decide the next election. You had better…
Before we follow the LNG path
The Liberal Premier of New Brunswick announced a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and he offered advice that Christy Clark should note, “We’re not interested in putting all of our eggs…
President Obama: Keystone XL must pass climate & jobs test
In his final press conference of 2014, President Obama spoke frankly about the so-called “benefits” to Americans of the Keystone XL pipeline. He points out it’s Canadian oil being transported…
The Year Ahead and the Coalition Dream
It's a little too soon to take out my crystal ball and predict what's going to happen next year, like so many in the MSM are already doing.Even though the…
Imagine, Re-Imagine the Strawberries
i’m imagining it again tonight the mosaic tiles in strawberry fields in my ether in the intersection of idealist moonbeams and #BlackLivesMatter marchers swirling under the Manhatten hum feeling the…
All they need for Christmas is new talking points #nlpoli
Keith Hutchings – the provincial cabinet minister leading talks with the federal government on European trade – issued a statement on December 9, 2014.that began with a simple statement. “In…
Never mind the Mudville Nine: Nothing has changed, nothing ever will, that is all!
“Your health. Our promise.” It’s March 1, 2013, and then-premier Alison Redford announces plans to build a new cancer treatment facility in Calgary to replace the grubby and overcrowded Tom…