Making sense on vote reform.
It was a delight the other day to sit and read a presentation to the special house of commons committee on electoral reform that made sense. The committee has been…
August 2016
The Supreme Court of Canada #nlpoli
When the Church Lady shows up, you know your comment on the Internet has hit the mark.The term comes from the self-righteous character made famous by Dana Carvey on Saturday…
The Supreme Court of Canada #nlpoli
When the Church Lady shows up, you know your comment on the Internet has hit the mark.The term comes from the self-righteous character made famous by Dana Carvey on Saturday…
Unsatisfying report on leak of former PC leadership candidate’s phone bill fails to answer the questions everyone’s asking
PHOTOS: Thomas Lukaszuk in his political heyday during the summer of 2012, telling a scrum of reporters about his bid to run for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative…
Justin Trudeau and the Pornography of the Cons
As you know I am up in the north of Scotland, where it has been too wet and too windy to take off my shirt.But even here I heard about…
NYT Magazine – One Issue, One Issue
It's a first for the New York Times magazine. An entire issue devoted to just one story - how the Bush/Cheney/Blair invasion of Iraq proved to be the undoing of…
The Century of the Self – A Brief History of Psychoanalysis and Corporate Control
I just watched this four-hour doc on propaganda and social change and how we're swimming in Freudian concepts like it or not. It's older (2002), but it's compelling viewing useful…
A feminist case for Basic Income: An interview with Kathi Weeks
Poster by See Red Women’s Workshop, a U.K. feminist silk-screen collective formed in Camden, London in the 1970s. Katie Cruz: Since you wrote The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork…
A feminist case for Basic Income: An interview with Kathy Weeks
Poster by See Red Women’s Workshop, a U.K. feminist silk-screen collective formed in Camden, London in the 1970s. Katie Cruz: Since you wrote The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork…
The Century of the Self – A Brief History of Psychoanalysis and Corporate Control
I just watched this four-hour doc on propaganda and social change and how we're swimming in Freudian concepts like it or not. It's older (2002), but it's compelling viewing useful…
Introduction: Basic Questions
Photo by Russell Shaw Higgs, March 3, 2013; posted on Basic Income U.K. Facebook page. What do Erik Olin Wright, Yanis Varoufakis, Hugh Segal, Elizabeth May and the Liberal Party…
Delivering Community Power – Winnipeg
Photo by Ian Muttoo Winnipeg, June 17, 2016 - Representatives of Friends of Public Services, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Solidarity Winnipeg discuss how Canada Post could become…
Eleven Organizations Call on Federal Government For New Energy Efficiency Standards
Thicker insulation may not be the first thing one imagines as a top solution to climate change (heck, it probably doesn’t even crack the top five list). But a new…
Eleven Organizations Call on Federal Government For New Energy Efficiency Standards
Thicker insulation may not be the first thing one imagines as a top solution to climate change (heck, it probably doesn’t even crack the top five list). But a new…
Bill Whatcott’s Back
Last I heard, he had moved to the Phillipines because they hate the gays more. But he’s back in Toronto, his old stomping grounds, at least temporarily: The class action…
Bill Whatcott’s Back
Last I heard, he had moved to the Phillipines because they hate the gays more. But he's back in Toronto, his old stomping grounds, at least temporarily:The class action lawsuit…
Bill Whatcott’s Back
Last I heard, he had moved to the Phillipines because they hate the gays more. But he's back in Toronto, his old stomping grounds, at least temporarily:The class action lawsuit…
August 11: My birthday is coming. Think about that.
This article is kinder to Trump than I would be - but it's bang on about Clinton.https://www.opendemocracy.net/mikhail-molchanov/what-does-security-establishment-attack-on-trump-say-about-establishment?utm_source=Daily+New______________________________...
August 11: My birthday is coming. Think about that.
This article is kinder to Trump than I would be - but it's bang on about Clinton.https://www.opendemocracy.net/mikhail-molchanov/what-does-security-establishment-attack-on-trump-say-about-establishment?utm_source=Daily+New______________________________...
Ascent from Social Media
The sad part is, most of you won’t read this message. Not because you don’t want to. You probably do. You actually followed me just for that purpose. But because…