Crawford Killan’s ‘Opinion Piece’-Originally posted on the Tyee. Coming two grim days after the U.S. presidential election, Thursday’s judgment by the Supreme Court of Canada was exhilarating: B.C. teachers had…
Members of the Prison, Labor and Academic Delegation to Palestine, working with The Freedom Archives, have developed and released a new booklet focusing on the struggle of Palestinian women prisoners.…
On Friday, The Globe and Mail and The Hamilton Spectator reported that Ontario Justice Bernd Zabel wore and then prominently displayed a pro-Donald Trump baseball cap in his Hamilton, Ontario,…
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In Canada, Trudeau, like Obama is an enthusiastic and obedient supporter of the TPP and catering to the fossil fuel forces. Trudeau also embraced Obama’s military adventurism committing Canadian troops…
The numbness is beginning to wear off following the strangest election campaign in modern history. I do not choose to write off all Trump voters as misogynists, racists, and the…
On Friday, The Globe and Mail and The Hamilton Spectator reported that Ontario Justice Bernd Zabel wore and then prominently displayed a pro-Donald Trump baseball cap in his Hamilton, Ontario,…
Photo by Darron Birgenheier PAUL JAY, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. In the aftermath of the Trump victory, a lot of people are…
Photo by Gage Skidmore ‘The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters’, Antonio Gramsci. Donald J. Trump, the outsider…
Photo by Cindy Boyce Winnipeg, Nov. 9, 2016: Israeli filmmaker and correspondent for the Real News Network Lia Tarachansky screened and discussed the motivation for and the making of her…
They’re not like us. They’re not our religion. They’re not our colour. They don’t speak our language. They don’t dress like us. They don’t eat like us. They don’t drive…
Canadians might be disappointed to learn that Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North is not about Canada. We sometimes refer…
A leaked recording of a conference call between Hillary Clinton and top party donors reveals Clinton puts her election defeat down to FBI director James Comey’s interference in the campaign.…
Here, a rare Saturday column on the lessons we should draw from the election of Donald Trump in how we organize and work within our political system. For further reading…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Arancha González Laya distinguishes between international trade and corporatism – arguing that we should be looking to ensure people benefit from the former…
Forget Hillary Clinton’s emails. That was all nonsense anyway. If Trump wants to “drain the swamp” the only way he’ll do it, the only thing that will do his people…
“You’ll get used to it.You’ll get used to it.The firsst time is the worst time,Then you’ll get used to it.” The commentary and opinion pages in the irving press are…
Two videos for a Saturday: Jonathan Pie argues that the left is responsible for this result because they’ve given up putting up any argument at all: “Clinton…a candidate who’s been…
I’ve been to two other Gwynne Dyer lectures at the U of R, and each time they are very interesting presentations of what has happened in the world. There is…
This isn’t a 2ºC or bust fight. It’s a fight to limit consequences. It’s a fight for every 1/10 of a degree. If we fail to hold to 2ºC, we…
