Stuff Still Happens, week 23: The year of the fallen icons
The Oxford English Dictionary defines icon as ‘a symbol or graphic representation on a screen of a program, option, or window’, which doesn’t work until you look at the second…
2016
How the Bernie Sanders Movement Must Last Beyond the Election
Photo by Phil Roeder In a new video on The Real News Network, Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer shares his views on the political movement that grew from the…
Beyond the Boliburguesía Thesis
Photo by Joka Madruga “Oil didn’t wreck Venezuela’s economy, socialism did.” That’s what Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, of the Washington-based conservative think tank Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote ea...
Canada Since 1960: A People’s History book launch
L-R, James Lorimer, Nahanni Fontaine, Cy Gonick, Arthur Schafer and Jim Silver • Photo by Krishna Lalbiharie Winnipeg, June 10, 2016 — First published in 1963, Canadian Dimension is Canada’s…
An Unsettling Experience
At a time when CEOs are comparing Donald Trump to fascists like Hitler and Mussolini, the experience I had yesterday must surely qualify as deeply disturbing.I entered a local grocery…
Demagogues and dictators
I’m not sure why they fascinate me, but I’ve been reading about demagogues and dictators for many decades now and still can’t seem to get enough of them. Of course,…
Vote Reform Primer: Preferential.
The following is a new primer as we did not consider preferential voting a factor in the Democracy Papers of 2007. This is the third of the updated series. Preferential…
Donald Trump: The Fraud and the Con Artist
Donald Trump likes to claim that he's a great businessman, who is going to protect American jobs, and that all his employees love him.He even claims that the Mexican-Americans he…
Those Who Could Stop It Remain Silent
In Israel, the voices arrayed against the Netanyahu government are becoming louder. Murray Dobbins writes:In the space of two days, new critics emerged from within the highest positions of Israel…
The F-35 Fiasco and the Shape of Aerial Warfare to Come
I'm glad to see the Trudeau government has told Lockheed Martin to take its threat to blackmail us, and shove it. And that if it doesn't provide the jobs it…
Wilting Roses: Wildrose ‘coup’ bid pushes party toward social conservative fringe, former leader Danielle Smith says
PHOTOS: Danielle Smith leads Wildrose Party members in the 2014 Calgary Pride Parade, with then-MLAs Kerry Towle is on her right and Jeff Wilson on her left. She was punished…
Please Help Save the Brutalized Albinos of Malawi
As you may know, I despise bullies of any kind with a passion. Especially those who terrorize children.And this has to be one of the most horrifying bullying stories I've…
What Commissioners and Councillors get up to when you’re not looking…
City Councillor Raymond Louie, Park Board Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung and yours truly at the Champlain Heights Community Fair today. Just a little bit of fun for everyone.Everyone loves a bouncy…
What Commissioners and Councillors get up to when you’re not looking…
City Councillor Raymond Louie, Park Board Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung and yours truly at the Champlain Heights Community Fair today. Just a little bit of fun for everyone.Everyone loves a bouncy…
There Is Something Rotten in the State of California, New York, Arizona, Nevada . . .
William Shakespeare Oh my God, what’s that smell. It stinks to high heaven. Incredibly, the stench from what’s now going on during the US primaries is making it’s way all…
There Is Something Rotten in the State of California, New York, Arizona, Nevada . . .
William ShakespeareOh my God, what's that smell. It stinks to high heaven. Incredibly, the stench from what's now going on during the US primaries is making it's way all the…
There Is Something Rotten in the State of California, New York, Arizona, Nevada . . .
William ShakespeareOh my God, what's that smell. It stinks to high heaven. Incredibly, the stench from what's now going on during the US primaries is making it's way all the…
Power, naked ambition, and corruption
No matter how many times you watch the film, Titanic, the ending is always the same: the ship hits the iceberg. Sort of like watching Collingwood Council these days. They…
"YWN" Writer Can Dish It Out, But Can’t Take It
A few days ago we posted an article noting the decision by Judy Foote which ordered Canada Post to stop delivering the neo-Nazi rag "Your Ward News." Now, we would…
"YWN" Writer Can Dish It Out, But Can’t Take It
A few days ago we posted an article noting the decision by Judy Foote which ordered Canada Post to stop delivering the neo-Nazi rag "Your Ward News." Now, we would…