Quick Thoughts on Oppressor Reflexes
People from oppressor groups develop reflexive ways of reacting to any and all challenges emanating from oppressed groups. These oppressor reflexes can both express and reinforce the dominant position of…
May 2016
Harper goes “quietly into the night.”
That line from Shakespeare’s Henry V is a haunting phrase that can give deep meaning to a legacy. The only problem for Canada’s failed and former Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
Black us out
Apropos of nothing, this was our wedding song. That’s how we roll, man.
The End Of Globalization?
This year's American presidential campaign has given citizens around the world much to trouble their dreams. But, Murray Dobbins writes, behind the ugliness something good may be emerging -- the…
A Reminder Of What We Have Done To Our Planet
Tornadoes may be nothing new, but their increasing intensity is. This is where our heedlessness has brought us:Recommend this Post
The Con Convention and the Foul Legacy of Stephen Harper
It was as ghastly as I had imagined. The tacky tribute video looked as if it had been put together by the same Cons who brought us the Porky Action…
The Socialist Revolution Beyond Sanders and the Democratic Party
Photo by Gage Skidmore The wave of revolutionary politics that Bernie Sanders and his supporters are riding can be traced back to George W. Bush. When Bush decided to Invade…
The Looting Stage of Capitalism: Germany’s Assault on the IMF
Photo by Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño Having successfully used the EU to conquer the Greek people by turning the Greek “leftwing” government into a pawn of Germany’s banks, Germany now finds…
Last Rites #nlpoli
This week Premier Dwight Ball became the punchline to a joke.Ball spent yet another day not giving straight answers to simple questions about what they knew and when they knew…
Watching the Wildrose in the Legislature: Beverly Hillbillies … or Deliverance?
PHOTOS: The Beverly Hillbillies in campaign mode. Actual members of the Alberta Wildrose caucus may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, left, and Alberta Premier Rachel…
Kevin Vickers: Hero or Embarrassment?
As you may or may not know, the Irish Republic is marking the 100th anniversary of the so-called Easter Rising. The brutal battle in the heart of Dublin, which eventually…
What if activists could more accurately predict political events?
Brian Martin on how "activists could be more effective in targeting their campaigns" if major political events had been easy to predict. The post What if activists could more accurately…
Left Bloc’s Political Motion and the Struggle Against Austerity
By Hugo Monteiro | 23 May 16 | Portuguese politics is in limbo. The good news is that this limbo, the thin ice on which this agreement is skating, also…
About the Toronto Dispensary Busts
To be honest, I don’t think I can add a lot of context to this discussion because I’m neither a pot smoker, a pot dispensary, nor a police officer in…
Shell CEO – No Solar Until It’s Profitable
Royal Dutch Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden, says the energy giant won't be moving into solar energy until it proves profitable.I know something that might change Ben's mind. Eliminate all…
On bell hooks
I came across a bell hooks essay about writing with passion, as a "space of transgression," which I like very much. And then PEL (The Partially Examined Life - a…
On bell hooks
I came across a bell hooks essay about writing with passion, as a "space of transgression," which I like very much. And then PEL (The Partially Examined Life - a…
Honouring a great Edmontonian with Michael Phair Park
It was a sunny day and there was a great turnout to honour a great Edmontonian at the dedication ceremony for the new Michael Phair Park on 104 Street north…