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…
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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…
Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in French first round presidential election poll (repost)
Front National leader Marine Le Pen has taken a sizeable lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in a new French presidential election poll. Read the rest of this post on the original…
Lyon : affrontements à la librairie anarchiste “La Plume Noire” (repost)
Le Parti de Gauche dénonce “l’attaque de la librairie Plume Noire à coups de barres de fer et de battes de baseball” par une vingtaine de militants d’extrême droite ce…
A Red Guards Reflection on the Recent “White Lives Matter” Protest (repost)
As organized fascists have been attempting to make a presence and gain traction here in Austin, communists and otherwise revolutionary-minded folks have been ramping up our antifascist work. Read the…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment 2016-11-21 00:32:00
‘DEBT HAPPENS’: Goldman Sachs just ran its first-ever ads trying to sell you something Consumer debt in Canada is, frankly, a problem. According to a recent report from credit monitoring…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment 2016-11-20 23:32:00
‘DEBT HAPPENS’: Goldman Sachs just ran its first-ever ads trying to sell you something Consumer debt in Canada is, frankly, a problem. According to a recent report from credit monitoring…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment 2016-11-20 23:32:00
Consumer debt in Canada is, frankly, a problem. According to a recent report from credit monitoring agency TransUnion, the typical Canadian now owes $21,686 excluding their mortgage — a number…
Running on Half a Platform
Can we stop campaigning on half a platform? Brian Jean and Jason Kenney are united in one thing—the conviction that they must free Alberta from the “socialists” and return it…
Clark’s big loss to teachers is an opening for NDP’s Horgan…at last
BCNDP Leader John Horgan (Flickr/BC NDP) and Premier Christy Clark (Flickr/Province of BC) You have to feel sorry for John Horgan, the BC NDP leader. He has had a hell…
Status of ARC Collective Onward
So…. Anything interesting happen during the past few weeks? Yep, the events of November 8 and onward have sort of sucked and we would be lying if we didn’t say…
Donald Uber Alles: Manitoba
Trump Virus spreads: now at the University of Manitoba this week. Spotted by Prof. Helmust-Harry Loewen.
Kinder Morgan’s Expansion. This Could Turn Into A Political Battle For The Ages.
Kinder Morgan protest draws huge crowd in Vancouver Vancouver mayor warns of protests ‘like you have never seen before’ Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson The hour is growing late for…