Karl Marx on the struggle for a shorter workday
Photo by Cherie A. Thurlby This year marks the 130th anniversary of the May 4, 1886, rally at Haymarket Square in Chicago, called to protest a police riot the day…
May 2016
The Wildrose Sips Leninade. Really?
Just when you thought you’d seen it all the Wildrose Official Opposition upped the ante on red-baiting. They’re using Members’ Statements, a part of the Legislature’s Daily Order of Business,…
Justin, Rachel and Brad – Completely Out of Touch with Canadians
Justin Trudeau, Rachel Notley and Brad Wall are determined to continue Canada's sullied fossil fuel past but the Canadian people want a fossil free future for Canada.An Ekos poll found…
Not So Fast on the Nenqay Accord
My initial response to the successful negotiation of the Nenqay Demi Accord announced this February was highly positive, because I viewed the Accord primarily from the perspective of the Chilcotin…
Not So Fast on the Nenqay Accord
My initial response to the successful negotiation of the Nenqay Demi Accord announced this February was highly positive, because I viewed the Accord primarily from the perspective of the Chilcotin…
Not So Fast on the Nenqay Accord
My initial response to the successful negotiation of the Nenqay Demi Accord announced this February was highly positive, because I viewed the Accord primarily from the perspective of the Chilcotin…
First Nation Chief to Trudeau: “You can demonstrate that Indigenous lives and Treaties do matter”
Last week, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Chief Erwin Redsky welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to his community by reminding him that "unfortunately, we have a whole museum full of…
"New Pipelines to Tidewater"
Prison culture has its own lexicon, words that have a prison-specific meaning. One of these is "bitch." In prison the word describes a person who is easily cowed and then…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Robert Frank comments on the connection between recognizing the luck and social support which lead to one's own success, and being willing to…
When controlling media, look like you’re not.
The other day Lisa LaFlamme of CTV News was actually gushing when she said she was reporting from Northern Iraq. She was flattered and delighted to be reporting from just…
From The Same Folks
We've been told that the "Sharing Economy" is the way of the future. But a new book by Tom Slee questions that proposition. Tom Walkom writes:But as Tom Slee writes…
james connolly, sid ryan, and marxism 2016
This is The Proclamation. The Proclamation was read by Padraig (Patrick) Pearse outside the General Post Office in Dublin on April 24, 1916. This marked the beginning of the Easter…
Montreal Simon 2016-05-01 02:18:00
The other day I told you that the ultra secretive right-wing Civitas Society was holding a conference in Ottawa this weekend.And how I was sure that Stephen Harper would attend…
Ten years of Daisy
Ten years ago today, Daisy Group opened for business in Yorkville. We’re still here (as a business, and in Yorkville, too). Ten years late, I will confess this much: I…