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May 2015
The Morning after…
Time to get back to writing and ranting: last night my novel River Music was officially launched. It’s now available at good bookstores, and on line in Kobo and Kindle…
Wildfires Rage Near Oilsands Operations, Raising Climate Questions
Forest fires covering 8,200 hectares of land in northern Alberta continue to burn out of control, spurred on by extremely dry conditions and unseasonably warm temperatures. The fires have forced…
Ranked ballots in 2018: Democracy is coming to Canada!
Politician with Courage And not a moment too soon! The Liberal Party government of the province of Ontario deserves the congratulations of every Canadian for their bold step in dragging…
Polluted People
In 1935 the DuPont Corporation ran an ad campaign under the slogan “Better Things for Better Living… Through Chemistry.” Many of the vast number of synthetic chemicals introduced by industry…
Ambitious Effort to Map Future of Canadian Progressive Movements Falls Short
Alan Sears’s Next New Left presents a unique analysis of the past, current and possible future Left, post social democracy. There are thoughtful and constructive components here, but there are…
Israel-Palestine: It’s Time to Abandon the Two-State Solution
Jeff Halper. Posted on screenbooker.com. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is currently in a process of collapse. So says Jeff Halper, an American-born anthropologist, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, co-founder and director of…
First Nations in the Crosshairs
Graphic from VHS jacket for the film Blockade: Algonquins Defend the Forest (1991). Written and directed by Boyce Richardson, the film recounts the struggle of Barrier Lake Algonquins to defend…
Gaming for Equality: Komma Lika Finds a Friendly Way to Raise Awareness at Home
Photo from kommalika.se. Everybody wants the revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes … or the laundry … or the grocery shopping … or take out the trash. Specifically,…
Dissenting Big Time: E.P. Thompson, C. Wright Mills and Making the First New Left All That’s L
E.P Thompson and the Making of the New Left: Essays & Polemics. Edited by Ca Winslow. Monthly Review Press, 2014 E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left: Essays…
Is anyone seriously surprised Alberta’s books might be in worse shape that we were told?
PHOTOS: Uh-oh! Newly appointed NDP chiefs of staff start to check the books left by the now-departed Prentice Government, and they don’t like what they’re finding. Actual government political staffers…
Canadian law experts applaud Tsleil-Waututh Nation snub of Kinder Morgan pipeline
Several Canadian law experts released this statement applauding the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s snub of Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion proposal The post Canadian law experts applaud Tsleil-Waututh Nation snub of…
Plea Negotiations in Criminal Matters Subject to Settlement Privilege
R. v. Delchev, 2015 ONCA 381: The appellant asks this court to find that the evidence of the plea bargaining discussion was admissible for the purpose of alleging abuse of…
Ask General Kang: My tinfoil hat isn’t keeping out the voices — what do I do?
The first thing to remember, in the immortal words of Douglas Adams, is: “Don’t Panic!” Hearing voices is a common occurrence for über-chimps who are just starting to come out…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, May 28, 2015
Your news links for today: You’re on Your Own: How the Government Wants Canadians To Sacrifice Their Personal Security – Michael Geist “Torus”: has one word in a Snowden leak…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Sean McElwee examines new evidence of the deliberate choice of past U.S. governments dating back to Ronald Reagan to completely discount the…
New column day
Here, on the Saskatchewan Party’s devaluation of the music teacher (among other cultural and community-building parts of our schools). For further reading…– CBC reported on the Prairie Spirit School Division’s…
Podcast: Austerity and economy in Quebec
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/podcast150525-iris.mp3 Many in English Canada recognize the CCPA, but relatively few know of IRIS. Tucked away in an old Montreal school that has been repurposed as a home for a…