wmtc 2015-06-21 17:00:00
I stumbled on this letter to the New York Times Book Review from a few weeks ago. It’s in response to a review of two books about precarious work –…
June 2015
Montreal Fringe: Three for the road
Cootie Catcher, written and performed by Lucas Brooks, focuses on Brooks’ close encounters of the transmissible kind. Using a cootie catcher, better known to some as a fortune teller, Brooks…
In Which John Ibbitson Continues His Audition For A Senate Seat
But he’d better hurry. There is talk of regime change this October. Watch The Sunday Scrum as John consistently, stoutly and steadfastly defends Dear Leader at every turn while opining…
The Media Should Be Talking About This
It was in Frank, apparently the one day last month when I was not on the Internet. It’s seedy, a sex scandal, although everything between the two parties appears to…
Politics and its Discontents: Some Days I Don’t Have To Write Anything-Lorne
Original post by Lorne: “Politics and its Discontents: Some Days I Don’t Have To Write Anything: … thanks to groups like this:”
Thomas Mulcair and the Canadian Senate
The Senate Chamber Tom Mulcair has been campaigning against the Canadian Senate, taking advantage of antipathy to the institution in the wake of Senate scandals. The NDP has long promised…
Thomas Mulcair and the Canadian Senate
The Senate ChamberTom Mulcair has been campaigning against the Canadian Senate, taking advantage of antipathy to the institution in the wake of Senate scandals. The NDP has long promised to…
Thomas Mulcair and the Canadian Senate
The Senate Chamber Tom Mulcair has been campaigning against the Canadian Senate, taking advantage of antipathy to the institution in the wake of Senate scandals. The NDP has long promised…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jeff Spross argues that in addition to ensuring that employees are fairly paid for the overtime hours they work, we should also…
For Blacks, That Goddamned Flag Is Their Swastika
That the Confederate flag still flies atop the South Carolina state capital is an affront to decent people everywhere. For white trash southerners, they’ll defend it as a symbol of…
They’re Even Advertising It Now
“It” is the blatant affront to the laws of war practised by Israel and now known as “Dahiyeh“. It’s a war crime that has become central to Israeli tactics against…
Numbers or it didn’t happen: measuring success on the internet
Live tweets plus deck from a 90 minute presentation I gave to union communicators at the Canadian Association of Labour Media conference in Victoria June 18-20.
Cut Paste and Post: using open source content management systems
Live tweet of a 90 minute workshop I gave at the 2015 CALM Conference in Victoria about using open source content management systems for union communicators.
Some Days I Don’t Have To Write Anything
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First reform the parties, then voting.
It is great to see the Liberals and New Democrats beating the drum on a similar issue. It is because both parties have recognized that the harder they fight each…
He Knows An Easy Mark
Opposition to the Prime Minister is building. But Stephen Harper has always known that more voters despise him than support him. That’s why the Fair Elections Act — with its…
Connection Got It Wrong
The story in this weekend’s Connection about Block 9 underground parking incorrectly suggests council is doing something right when it was actually trying to do something wrong. But they tried…
my feminism includes trans people. all women need to listen to each other.
The continuing liberation of transgender people is a marvel to behold. We are witnessing history, as trans people and their issues become part of the mainstream. From Chelsea Manning to…
Voices for Democracy
Voices-Voix is a non-partisan coalition of Canadians and Canadian organizationscommitted to defending our collective and individual rights to dissent, advocacy and democratic space. They have documented attacks against organizations, individuals…
Stephen Harper Takes On The Russians: The PMO Movie
Well I'm sure you remember the day Stephen Harper borrowed a Canadian frigate, the HMCS Fredericton, and went for a spin on the Baltic Sea.And how the appearance of two…