Time to reverse Canada’s peacekeeping decline
At one time, back in the early 90's, Canada contributed more troops to UN peacekeeping missions than anyone else. We were number one. Today, with only 26 military personnel involved,…
2016
From inside Attica: Interview with Jalil Muntaqim (By Mitchell Jones)
In the communities of Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., there is a growing campaign to support Jalil Muntaqim, Black liberation activist, revolutionary, writer and political prisoner. He has spent 45 years…
On rebuilding steps
I've posted before about the NDP's strong progressive stance since the October election - which looks to be a positive move in terms of principles and politics alike. But there's…
How Shiite Islam Sees Saudi Arabia and Why We Need to Take Notice
Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, is furious at Saudi Arabia's execution of that country's top Shiite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr. Khamenei wasted no time posting this image to his web page.Amnesty International…
Slouching Toward Global Disaster
Photo by _Gavroche_ There are many disturbing signs that the West is creating conditions in the Middle East and Asia that could produce a wider war, most likely a new…
The Panic of the Cons and the Idiocy of Margaret Wente
As you know, the Con zombies and their friends in the media have been attacking Justin Trudeau and his plan to change the electoral system as if there was no…
Remembering Sammy Yatim
To listen to James Forcillo, the Toronto police officer who shot Sammy Yatim eight times as the knife-wielding teen stood inside an empty streetcar, he had no choice but to…
Celebrating the challenge of Canada.
That is so tacky. In the Toronto Star the other day a reporter decried the misery of the squalid life in Ottawa of 1867 when Canada became a nation. What…
Crazy America, Canada, and the Right-Wing Menace
It should be obvious by now that Donald Trump is taking the United States to a very bad place.And that the bigoted demagogue is stirring up ignorant and violent right-wing…
The Problem with Proportional.
Fair Vote Canada in an open letter sent to the Prime Minister has come out strongly for the Democratic Voting Task Force to involve citizens from the beginning on Trudeau's…
Canada’s Role In Iraq And Syria
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/The Conservatives -- and the Right Wing Media -- accuse Justin...
The Problem with Proportional.
Fair Vote Canada in an open letter sent to the Prime Minister has come out strongly for the Democratic Voting Task Force to involve citizens from the beginning on Trudeau's…
Up the harbour and down the shore, again #nlpoli
Today marks SRBP's anniversary. The first post appeared on January 3, 2005.Events of the past few weeks are a reminder of both how much has changed - we have a…
An end-of-year email re: end-of-year emails
Sent from the office on my last day of work in 2015. To a much, much younger cohort of coworkers. (And man, that’s depressing!) This is my last day in…
Newsletter publisher apologizes and takes full responsibility for wrong MLA message – but Team Angry’s still angry at NDP
PHOTOS: Spokespeople for the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties stand by to comment in the media on the latest manufactured Alberta political crisis. Actual opposition politicians may not appear exactly…
On Justice and Hatred
I had an online discussion at Dawg's Blawg about the primary theme of Tarantino's newest film, The Hateful Eight, and it got a bit too provocative to manage a sincere…
"Actually, it’s about ethics in galactic domination"
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much - Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA. Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo…
"Actually, it’s about ethics in galactic domination"
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much – Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA.Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren…
"Actually, it’s about ethics in galactic domination"
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much - Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA.Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren…
"Actually, it’s about ethics in galactic domination"
No wonder MRAs and the manosphere hate Force Awakens so much - Kylo Ren is an embodiment of Gamergate and the MRA.Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren…