Silvia Federici : Un salaire pour le travail gratuit (FR/EN)
Jeudi le 18 mai, à 19h / Thursday May 18 at 7pm Collège de Maisonneuve, au Vivoir (local B-2210) 3800, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal À proximité du métro Joliette et…
2017
Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of May 8, 2017
Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 8, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates,…
“You’re a disgrace to the world.”
Pretty much. An actor is playing Trump, but Trump will never be a real president, so it all evens out. who is she pic.twitter.com/amElWRGFdp — najahta (@najahtaa) May 7, 2017
BC election: too close to call
But if the ballot question is economy/jobs – and it usually is – then Christy Clark’s BC Liberals will win. Take a look at this info-heavy Ipsos chart: She is…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 8, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 1, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: OxyContin maker agrees to $20M settlement in Canadian class-action case ‘He also…
Le Pen, Trump, Brexit and the voiceless, rural unemployed person
The relationship is direct, and undeniable. Look at this fascinating graphic from the New York Times’ extensive coverage (and their cool interactive map here). If you came from an area…
An Orwellian Moment
Paul Krugman’s analysis of Trumpcare is withering: Even without a proper analysis, however, it’s clear that Trumpcare breaks every promise Republicans ever made about health. Deductibles will rise, not fall,…
Emmanuel Macron and the New French Revolution
It was a beautiful sight. Tens of thousands of people waving red, white, and blue flags, cheering Emmanuel Macron, France's newest and youngest president, after his victory over the far-right…
Bill Maher Goes After the Progressives Who Helped Elect Trump
When I think of all the damage Donald Trump has done in just 100 days, and how many more people he might hurt or kill before his day is done.Or…
ALBERT WOODFOX!!! @ Montréal – Causerie publique/Public Talk
QUAND/WHEN: 19 mai, 18H00 / May 19th, 6pm OÙ/WHERE: Concordia, Édifice Hall, salle H-110 du 1455, de Maisonneuve Ouest Facebook Event : https://www.facebook.com/events/353463735055993/ LE FRANÇAIS SUIVRA PLEASE SHARE IN YOUR…
Cole bites the hand feeding his activism.
Just who is the racist here? Do Torontonians need black activists stirring imaginary pots in our polyglot society? What is it Desmond Cole is peddling? If he has a case,…
Journalist Assaulted By Anti-Muslim Protesters in Toronto
ARC has just learned that there was an incident at the anti-Muslim rally yesterday. It seems that the Islamophobic "free speech" protesters opposed to M103 decided to assault a journalist…
Call for Chapters: Book on Indigenous representation in Canada’s Media Arts
Image above: Dana Claxton’s The Mustang Suite, image courtesy: http://alternatorcentre.com/explore_art/archives/exhibition/exhibitions_2008/edges_of_diversity/dana_claxton_the_mustang_suite/ CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Insiders/Outsiders: The Cultural Politics and Ethics of Indigenous Representation and Participation in Canada’s Media Arts Edited…
What Would the Romans Do?
It’s a pity Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt hadn’t read Jane Jacobs’ Dark Age Ahead before he launched into his description of how the ancient Romans dealt with governments that were,…
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Several of the candidates have been doing plenty of touring over the past week. And while not all the stops have…
First Wilders, Now Le Pen. The Centre Has Held in Europe Again
A great sigh of relief was hard through Europe when Dutch right winger, Geert Wilders, fell short in the March election, coming in 2nd, handing his party 20 seats in…
Merci Dieu! Allez à l’enfer, les nazis!
Vive la France!
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 16: I’m done with the NHL.
When the Oilers are eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs — maybe tonight, maybe Wednesday, maybe in the next series — I can officially quit watching hockey. I can’t do…
Desmond Cole, the Toronto Star and Another Existential Crisis for Professional Journalism
DISCLOSURE: I worked as a mainstream news reporter between 2003 and 2012. I see this as a two-fold issue; firstly, actions and secondly, words. I’ll consider both briefly and then…
We Need to Have This Figured Out by 2019. That Is a Huge Challenge. On It Rests Our Democracy.
If we don’t get it figured out, you can pretty much kiss goodbye any hope of exercising your “democratic franchise” when you go to the polls to elect our next…