Back to the Drawing Board, Rachel.
If there’s one thing that petro-states know it’s that honesty never pays. In fact, honesty almost always costs and sometimes the costs can be huge. And, yes, by petro-states I…
October 2017
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh embraces Imperialist Policies of Helene Laverdiere
Photo taken from Jagmeet Singh’s Twitter page Shouldn’t leaders who claim to support the interests of the poor and working class inside Canada also take left wing positions internationally? Yet…
Basic Income as a Socialist Project
Most discussions of Basic Income revolve around two clusters of issues: first, the normative implications of Basic Income for various conceptions of justice, and second, the pragmatic problems of the…
Catalonia’s Paradox
Photo by Adam Jones October 1 has passed, closing a period of the shared history between Catalonia and the Spanish state and beginning an uncertain future. It was a day…
The Future of Learning Management Systems: Development, Innovation and Change
Phil Hill Summary notes from the presentation at from at the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto. Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/PhilHill3/hill-slides-world-congress-session-20171018/1 We forget about the perspective of time. Let’s look at 2011-2017.…
Using Math to Solve for Inequality
Inequality has been increasing globally for years, and developed nations have seen inequality rise in rates comparable to the start of the great depression. This situation is understandably problematic and…
Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook
In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, VA, and Donald Trump’s initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the “antifa” opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere.…
WCOL Opening plenary – Wednesday
I missed the first talk: I have put in some tweets. A full summary of the last two talks is below. Phil Hill and Fiona HollandsTomorrow’s Learning Platform Patrice Torcivia…
Ministers of the faith #8
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Robyn Maynard’s POLICING BLACK LIVES available now!
Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday October 18, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. The property rights of common law spouses upon separation are…
2018 Slingshot Organizers Have Arrived!
By far the most popular way for anarchists to stay organized, the Slingshot 2018 organizers are here, complete with mini-calendar, daybook planner, address book section, international radical contact list, and…
How The Cons Became The Levant Party of Canada
As you know, Andrew Scheer shocked a lot of people the other day, by abruptly ending a newser and running away from reporters.After one of them asked him a question…
Does blogging have purpose?
After working on this blog for the past nine years, I am starting to wonder what the hell is the objective. As much as I call it a commentary, it…
In a pragmatic move, Premier Rachel Notley appoints former Tory minister from Calgary to infrastructure portfolio
PHOTOS: Newly appointed NDP Infrastructure Minister Sandra Jansen speaks during yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. With her are new Parliamentary Secretaries Jessica Littlewood and Annie McKitrick, left…
Why every vote matters.
Here is a good example of why every vote matters, and can make a difference, on election day. It might be the closest election result in the province. In Smoky…
Former Tory Sandra Jansen appointed to Notley NDP cabinet
Photo: Sandra Jansen (left) and Premier Rachel Notley (right) at the press conference announcing the PC MLA had crossed the floor to join the NDP in November 2016. (Photo from…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Curved cats.
Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance
The recent Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline and eight-year Unist’ot’en resistance camp in northern British Columbia are a manifestation of “indigenous resurgence” against colonialism and fossil fuel…