Meeting ordinary Canadians at Kananaskis.
You have to hand it to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He really knows how to get out there and meet with ordinary Canadians. And when your cabinet needs to discuss…
April 2016
An Albatross For A Long Time
The Conservative Party of Canada is in a bad place. Even Conservative cheerleader L. Ian MacDonald admits that -- as a recent EKOS poll suggests that those who call themselves…
Stephen Harper and the Incredible Shrinking Legacy
Once the swaggering bully must have thought that his monstrous legacy would last forever.And that he would change this country and its values beyond recognition.But only six months after he…
A Rich Businessman’s Humility
Far too many employers see their employees as disposable, fungible, or, even worse, targets to exploit. I am happy to report that the CEO of Chobani yogurt, Hamdi Ulukaya, is…
AP: South Korea covered up mass abuse, killing of “vagrants” (repost)
BUSAN, South Korea — Three decades ago, a policeman tortured Choi Seung-woo over a piece of bread he found in the boy’s schoolbag. After being stripped and having a cigarette…
Back on Track: the Object of Third Worldism (repost)
Posted by on 2014/07/28 in Africa, Asia, Colonialism, History, Imperialism, National Liberation, Neo-Colonialism, Revolution, Revolutionary Foreign Policy, Theory | Read the rest of this post on the original site at…
‘Widespread’ workplace abuse persists for Chinese restaurant workers (repost)
A new study finds some 43 per cent of Chinese restaurant workers earn less than minimum wage while more than half said they worked over 40 hours a week. Read…
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LGBT magazine editor stabbed dead at Dhaka home (repost)
Talking to The Daily Star, Mohammed Iqbal, officer-in-charge of Kalabagan Police Station, said they suspect the involvement of militants in the killing. Editor of LGBT magazine ‘Roopban’, Xulhaz Mannan was…
Philip K. Dick Conference disinvites white separatist (repost)
Organizers of an upcoming literary conference at California State University, Fullerton on the late science-fiction author Philip K. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Philip…
Will the Cons Bring Back Stephen Harper From the Dead?
It's almost impossible to believe. It's like a scene out of an old made in Harperland horror movie. Stephen Harper may have led his Con zombies to disaster. His depraved…
Winston Churchill and taxes #nlpoli
You have probably seen the quote and a picture of Winston Churchill flying around Facebook or Twitter since the provincial government introduced its budget in the House of Assembly a…
Here comes November
It’s 4 a.m. At the airport on the way to Miami. But even my sleep-deprived noggin knows this: Clinton or Trump – that’s the choice. The others are irrelevant, now.
What’s a Manitoba Lefty to do?
Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives won a majority government last week, leaving many left-of-centre citizens feeling somewhat shell-shocked and adrift on a sea of uncertainty after 17 years of predictable but increasingly…
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…
Leap Manifesto Supported By 40 Per Cent Of Canadians: Poll
Supporters of the Leap Manifesto rejoice! According to a new poll from EKOS Research, your beautiful, bold, controversial, forward-looking document is supported by 40 per cent of Canadians. The post…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Social cats.
Streaming Truth to Power: CPVOD Launches!
The last 48 hours have been quite the whirlwind of activity at Cinema Politica HQ here in Montreal. We’ve been planning a launch date for our newest expansion of the…
The Duffy Trial: Why the RCMP Still Doesn’t Get It
Almost two years ago Gilles Michaud, the RCMP's Assistant Commissioner, held a splashy news conference to announce that the force had laid no less than 31 charges against Mike Duffy.And…