Sketching The Fight: Bill McKibben On How To Save The Planet
Photo by Tar Sands Action “If we don’t win soon, we don’t win. We’re pretty far behind. The best science indicates that we have a narrow window left in order…
April 2016
Search for future Governor General raises ghosts of Canada’s scandalous past
Rafe Mair reflects on how the "law and order" Conservative government and our outgoing Governor General whitewashed the Mulroney/Airbus scandal and made a mockery of Parliament.The post Search for future…
Horgan Stuck Between A Rock and a Hard Place- Premier Notley Sells out the BC NDP!
We are at a crossroads. The old way got us here. Time to discuss, consider, debate and find new ways to manage our energy needs in a way that does…
Let’s Give the Conservatives a Hand In This Their Moment of Despair
Pity the Conservatives as they face their rudderless future. They don't know to whom they can turn. Their panic is such that a good many of them would welcome the…
april 28: national day of mourning
Across Canada, April 28 is the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on their jobs.The image of the canary reminds us that, not so very long ago,…
April 27:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/climate-change-fossil-leap-economy-pipelines-1.3551585This is an interesting opinion piece from CBC news.It caught me eye on several points. One was the unique way of presenting the case. Another was the irony of the…
My books for Tingfest III 2016
These are four books specially printed for Tingfest. 20 Monsters is also available as a free ebook at iTunes, though this is a special limited edition print run of 20…
Only One Canadian University Has Divested. Here’s How Alumni Can Help Change That
Protests and petitions were never really my thing. I’ve never owned a Che Guevara t-shirt and my haircut would be entirely appropriate for a police officer. But the more I…
A Noble but Futile Effort
They're the backbone of human rights organizations in Canada. They've written an open letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau calling on the Liberal government to rescind its approval of the…
Top Republican Kid Diddler Gets-15 Months
“The defendant is a serial child molester, Nothing is more stunning than having ‘serial child molester’ and ‘Speaker of the House’ in the same sentence.”With those words, US Federal District…
Another Reason Why the Demise of PostMedia is Way Overdue
There it is, right on the National Post. "'An Unequivocal Act of Integrity' - Harper's lawyer defends former PM's role in Duffy Affair."The Ottawa Citizen's Ian MacLeod introduces us to…
Justin, Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned
A word of caution for the prime minister of Canada - Don't even think about it."It" is the loathed Northern Gateway pipeline initiative designed to transport hazmat sludge, also known…
Marx and Engels: On Colonies, Industrial Monopoly and the Working Class Movement
Author: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels Format: Paperback Size: 160 pages ISBN: 978-1-894946-79-7 Publisher: Kersplebedeb Publishing 2016 Price:$10.00 (USD) available for purchase from leftwingbooks.net Originally compiled and edited by the…
It’s time to stop beating up on Hillary Clinton and instead help her beat Trump (or Cruz)
Win McNamee/Getty Images It’s been quite a race so far for the Democratic Party nomination south of the border. And a bit of deja vu. Hillary Clinton again has been…
It’s time to stop beating up on Hillary Clinton and instead help her beat Trump (or Cruz)
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesIt's been quite a race so far for the Democratic Party nomination south of the border. And a bit of deja vu.Hillary Clinton again has been challenged by…
Hitting Children Doesn’t Help
We now have solid evidence that spanking is more harmful than good for children. In the largest study of its kind researches have found that children who were spanked displayed…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Fred Dews highlights Alice Rivkin's suggestions as to consensus policies which can reduce inequality while facilitating economic development. And Sheila Regehr looks at how…
Odd tuxedo on green
A Matisse-like cubism. Made with the earlier version of Tayasui Sketches. The new version has some interesting new brushes, and as I was browsing the gallery I noticed this, which…
LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 27, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 27, 2016 at 6:34am…
Why I Wrote a Book About How to Clean Up Toxic Debates
I wrote my last book, Climate Cover-Up, because I wanted to take a deeper look at the science propaganda and media echo chambers that muddied the waters around climate change,…