The Importance of Making Trouble: In conversation with Frances Fox Piven
Photo by Johnny Silvercloud Dr. Cornel West has said, “The future of the United States depends in part on how it responds to the legacy of Frances Fox Piven.” Frances…
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Postal Workers Confront Canada Post
Photo from Public Domain A major confrontation is in the making at Canada Post. On the one hand, post office management is seeking to extract a series of far ranging…
Walk #10
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright Started off at Sherbrooke Metro. The view south. The view north. Apartment building on Rigaud. Mural on building
July 26: a new record for trivial news.
http://web.archive.org/web/20150805164144/http:/www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/jimmy-carter-is-correct-t_b_7922788.htmlThis article is correct, though Jimmy Carter said it a year ago. In fact, it would still have been correct if he had said it in 1...
Parties have duty to supervise counsel
Southwestern Sales Corporation Limited v. Spurr Bros. Ltd., 2016Southwestern Sales Corporation Limited v. Spurr Bros. Ltd., 2016 ONCA 590 ONCA 590: As part of its obligation to move its construction…
Parties have duty to supervise counsel
Southwestern Sales Corporation Limited v. Spurr Bros. Ltd., 2016Southwestern Sales Corporation Limited v. Spurr Bros. Ltd., 2016 ONCA 590 ONCA 590: As part of its obligation to move its construction…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Lana Payne comments on the combination of low wages and nonexistent security attached to jobs for younger workers. And Catherine Baab-Muguira examines the…
Radical Bookfair at the World Social Forum in Montreal
(scroll down for english) Joignez-nous du 10 au 12 août pour le Salon du Livre Radicale, lors du Forum Sociale Mondiale à Montréal! OÙ: 315 rue Saint-Catherine Est, Pavillon Sciences…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday July 26, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul 26,…
Looking Into The Abyss: A Guest Post By Pamela MacNeil
Yesterday, my post consisted of three letters culled from a larger series by Star readers reflecting on the dire state of both the U.S. Republican Party and American society. Pamela…
The political zoo keeper’s dilemma.
One of the difficult dilemmas facing you when organizing a major political convention, is keeping the news media in their cages, fed, watered and occupied. As mother used to tell…
Pierre Would Be Appalled
Sometimes silence isn't golden. June 21st marked the anniversary of the passage of Bill C-51. When Justin Trudeau's party voted to pass the bill, they did so saying they would…
Berned: it matters
I was at Star Trek Beyond with Sons Two and Four, last night, so I missed much of the antics by the Bernie Brigade. With their booing, or with their…
How a Universal Basic Income Might Work in the USA
This year the idea of a basic income is growing in popularity, it’s even going to be tested in Ontario. The core concept that every citizen should be able to…
Pigs
They kill an 84-year-old priest, celebrating Mass in Rouen. These pigs need to be hunted down, like the animals they are, and killed. They are not human beings, if they…
The Desperate Cons and the Referendum Obsession
It's the Con's worst nightmare. The spectre of electoral reform coming after them, and threatening to drive them from power forever. And since they know only a referendum can save…
How many days does a Provincial Court sit? #nlpoli
If you listen to some people, Provincial Courts in the province are seriously overloaded such that with the loss of a couple of court houses - not judges, but buildings…
NDP moves to end secret Klein-era scheme to offload corporate losses on the public – the opposition, predictably, screams
PHOTOS: Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman, a photo that wasn’t taken yesterday, obviously, but has the advantage of having been taken by your blogger. Below: Wildrose electricity and renewables critic Don…
On Ghostbusters
It's got an amazing cast, each of whom I absolutely adore. The director directed some of them in Bridesmaids, which is absolutely hilarious. The editors were responsible for 40-Year-Old Virgin…