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2017
Life In Scarborough: Paul Bernardo’s Old Neighborhood
Famed serial killer Paul Bernardo graduated high-school from Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate, down in The Guild. Apparently they’ve left the picture of his graduating class (him included) on the wall…
join the ndp and vote for niki ashton: deadline aug 17
The deadline to join the NDP and vote for Niki Ashton is August 17. Last night I saw something that shocked me, and today I did something I’ve never done…
Coverage of Winnipeg’s Rooster Town Blockade Reveals Media’s Anti-Indigenous Biases
Photo by James Wilt Winnipeg’s Rooster Town Blockade has been standing for almost a month now, with Indigenous land defenders and allies successfully blocking a large aspen forest from clearcutting.…
What Was Really on Display Yesterday in Charlottesville
You might have thought Ezra Levant’s Rebel Media would be all over yesterday’s riots in Charlottesville, Virginia. Haven’t heard a word. Can’t find any reaction piece online either. Nothing. We’ve…
Leadership 2017 Candidate Rankings – August 13
As I noted here, there have been a number of key developments in the NDP’s leadership campaign since last week’s rankings. And two in particular have changed my impression as…
Unfit For Office
I am not writing as much these days, preferring to read, learn and reflect. Perhaps serendipitously, I am currently half-way through a book entitled The Blood of Emmet Till, a…
On Slippery Arguments and Women at Google
You can read most of the infamous Google memo here, and for the record, I don’t think opening up this discussion should be a fireable offence, but I’m just concerned…
What a Week
The week started out strange and got a whole lot stranger. Derek Fildebrandt’s Bev Oda moment This week we learned that Derek Fildebrandt Airbnb-ed his taxpayer subsidized apartment, pocketed the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jerry Dias writes that corporate greed is the common thread in numerous stories about Canadian workers being left without jobs or support.…
Sunday Sermonette
A friend of my high school days was very, very religious. He belonged to the Pentecostal church and, after getting a degree he entered the Penecostal clergy to become a…
The Dude, the Tao and the Dharma
I suppose it all began with Benjamin Hoff. Hoff was one of the first contemporary writers to attempt to distill Taoism in a lighthearted form for Westerners when he wrote…
Bigotry And Fake History
What happened in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend provides a vivid reminder of who and what propelled Donald Trump into the White House. Michael Eric Dyson writes: In attendance was white…
Can a prince quit being a prince?
Wearing a bowler hat and a trench coat, the Windsor’s Prince Philip walked off into the sunset recently. You would suppose that scene should be followed by the words “Cut”…
Donald Trump and the Neo–Nazi Terrorists
Along with the religious fanatics they have always been Donald Trump's most loyal supporters.The ones who call themselves alt-rightists or white nationalists, but I call white supremacists and Neo-Nazis.Since their…
My country, tears of thee…
Racism and bigotry are nothing new. In my youth, I assumed these scourges would fade away through enlightenment ensured by modern education, communication and human migration made easier in a…
Events in Charlottesville, VA: Some Canadian Racists React
I imagine that many of ARC's readers have been following the White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA as well as the large counter protest opposing them. The anti-fascists, anti-racists, and…
On Community, Again
I just read local author Paul Born’s Deepening Community. In places, it’s very close to what I’ve written about in terms of ensuring that we’re kind to one another at…
The Faces of Charlottesville
Here are a few photographs of what transpired in Charlottesville, Virginia, last night in preparation for today’s murderous rally. These are the faces of Charlottesville that Donald Trump couldn’t bring…
MONTRÉAL: Manif contre l’extrême droite en solidarité avec Charlottesville
When: Sunday, August 13 at 7 PM Where: Square Phillips (Corner of Saint Catherine St W, Montreal, Quebec H3B 3E9) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1878076755852605