Monbiot, Again – This Time on the Scourge of Wealth Accumulation
It’s not a plot. The hyper-rich haven’t masterminded some scheme to suck the wealth and power out of the rest of us. Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, says it’s an entirely…
February 2018
Lisa Kinsella, Arthur Potts fighting hate – with me providing backup
It’s been a few years since a hate group jammed a rifle in my chest. Could be an interesting night. Change of plan: I wasn't going to attend @apottsmpp's terrific…
Another Reminder of Why Athabasca Bitumen Must Be Left In The Ground
It’s February. In the Arctic it’s pitch black. The darkness lasts until early March. February in the Arctic is normally cold, very cold. Only it’s not, not this year. It’s…
The Working Poor and the Working Income Tax Benefit
Here is a short research paper I wrote for the Broadbent Institute. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/broadbent/pages/7073/attachments/original/1519312305/Canada’s_Working_poor_and_the_Working_Tax_Benefit_-_Report.pdf?1519312305 And here is a short summary: The Liberal government have promised to make progressive changes to the…
It Ain’t Over Until Fat Donald Cries "Uncle"
Donald Trump is so desperate to get free of his very own Russia scandal that he’s reading things into documents that simply aren’t there. Ed Luce, writing in the Financial…
Winter Pride Mini Queer Between the Covers
Tuesday, February 27 at 12 PM – 4 PM Concordia University’s EV Atrium (the building glued on to the metro; you can enter via the metro or Guy though the…
Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair: March 3rd and 4th
The Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair – Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4, 2018 – takes place at Westdale Secondary School (700 Main St. W. MAP) Easily accessible from the 403…
New Classes for a New Class Politics (Gabriel Kuhn)
I spent the past weekend writing a German review of the new Kersplebedeb edition of David Gilbert’s Looking at the U.S. White Working Class Historically, originally published in 1984. While…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Elizabeth Piper reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s much-needed declaration that under a Labour government, the financial sector will serve the public rather than…
Murdoch’s Right
If you had any doubts about Donald Trump’s exploding insanity, yesterday should have put them to rest — because yesterday he floated his solution to school shootings. Amanda Holpuch and…
Conspiracy, Anyone?
Probably because I am in possession of a reasonably well-functioning brain and had the benefit of a good education, conspiracy theories have never held any particular allure for me. You…
Birds a feather, etc.
Judge Patrick Brown by his friends. Says plenty.
The Parkland Kids Take On Donald Trump and the Gun Lobby
It was a day to remember. A day of extraordinary sights and sounds. Like Donald Trump being forced to listen to sobbing teenagers and the parents of their murdered friends.…
Joey Deluca, Leader of the WCAI, Is An Idiot In Two Acts
Really, I just felt that people would like a reminder.
Am I still standing with Patrick Brown? Read and find out…
I just got off the phone with my brother, a long time member of Ontario’s PC party. He wanted to know if, in light of recent revelations, I still supported…
In case you missed it … Conservatives are in the news, making sure today’s bad ideas are tomorrow’s horrible reality! For you!
PHOTOS: Former Canadian Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, now leader of the Conintern. (Photo: Remy Steinegger, Wikimedia Commons.) Below: Margaret Thatcher, just another moderate leader of the “centre right.” Dig…
Maia Caron’s Song of Batoche leads Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List for fiction this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 18, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…