July 21: A bad, bad day.
A reader sent the following item to me – and depressed the hell out of me. – Because I think what it say is true. It doesn’t mean that Hillary…
November 2016
Protesting the Capitalist University
Photo from UMFA.ca The University of Manitoba is on strike. Since 1st November, more than 1,200 faculty members took to the picket line to protest the lack of funding for…
The U of M stands at a historic crossroads
As I walk the picket lines with my colleagues, still strongly supporting the strike in its second week with no sign of a resolution, our stakes are very concrete: increased…
#TrumpTheRegime: Resources and Ongoing Resistance to Trump and the Far-Right (repost)
Trump’s win of the electoral college (despite losing the popular vote by 2 million votes) thrust many into the streets for the first time against the billionaire real estate mogul…
Important Things to Read in the Present Juncture
These are some specific documents available on Kersplebedeb and related sites that are of particular relevance in the present juncture: When Race Burns Class: Settlers Revisited, an interview with J.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Krugman writes about the dangers of Donald Trump’s crony capitalist infrastructure plan. And Tom Parkin warns us that Justin Trudeau’s Canadian equivalent…
No One Escapes Blame: A Guest Post
In this guest post, my good friend Dom offers a point of view worth serious consideration. In contrast to my post yesterday, in which I heaped scorn on those who…
Settlers the Mythology of the White Proletariat FREE DOWNLOAD
Until midnight on November 22nd (less than 36 hours from now), you can download Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern by J. Sakai, for free:…
Free Shipping at Leftwingbooks.NET
Just to let people know, for the remainder of 2016, Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks.Net is offering free shipping on orders of $50 or more, anywhere in the world. Please note that this…
This lunatic, who is going to be the most powerful person on Earth…
…is complaining about a comedy show being mean to him. Seriously. I’d love to be able to joke about him having access to the nuclear codes, but I just can’t.…
‘The world has turned,’ Stephen Lewis warns future leaders
Stephen Lewis is still one of the top orators in the political arena decades after he left electoral politics. Take a few minutes to listen to some straight talk…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 21, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Nov 21, 2016 at 7:42am PST Trump says gay marriage…
Ch-ch-changes: why the best candidates sometimes lose
My take, in today’s Hill Times: Warren Kinsella, a former assistant to Mr. Chrétien and now a Hill Times columnist, said sexism played a role in both Ms. Clinton’s and…
On carrying the weight of the world
I’m tired, of a lot of different things. I’m tired of repeating myself when it comes to people expressing suspicion and denigration of trans identities. I’m tired of educating my…
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever
Over the last decade or so there has been a big push in North America to get students in to STEM education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are important…
A Tall Order
It’s tempting, after Donald Trump’s election, to think magically. If you’re an evangelical, why worry about climate change if you’re convinced that The Rapture is just around the corner? And,…
Take no solace in bad governance.
Did you hear that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is staying in her job? We were in Ottawa last week during the bye-election in Ottawa-Vanier. It was no surprise that the…
The Horror of Trump and the Amazing Rise of the Resistance
I must say I really enjoyed what happened to Mike Pence, the sinister man from GLAD or MAGA, when went to the theatre the other night to take in a…
Poor Russell’s Almanack #nlpoli
Pity Russell Wangersky. Somebody is telling Russell he is part of the elite and Russell doesn’t like it. Not me, writes Russell, in one of his columns last week. No…
Trading press barons for social media behemoths: not an improvement for people who want news
PHOTOS: The Calgary Herald newsroom, back in the day. (Photo grabbed from Facebook, of course.) It’s quieter, nowadays. Below: Brodie Fenlon, managing editor of CBCNews.ca, and Gillian Steward, former managing…