WCAI Turning Into Parody…. I Mean Even More So
Sometimes it is easy to forget how ridiculous and laughable the groups and individuals this blog tracks can be. This is especially true when one comes across a post in…
July 2018
Disaster warning
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You’re being lied to. Again.
On Tuesday, July 17, the Strategic Initiatives Standing Committee held a meeting. Its sole purpose was to retreat behind closed doors (as this council does at every opportunity) and discuss…
Ouch.
One of the smart young people who works with me said: “@MooreNpd should say: I stepped aside and submitted to an investigation of alleged sexual misconduct. I was cleared. Why…
Conversation with Torkil Lauesen on Anti-Imperialism. With Maria Berrios & Jakob Jakobsen
Listen to Torkil Lauesen introduce and discuss his recent book The Global Perspective – Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance. We asked him what happened to National Liberation and the Movement…
David Gilbert and SURJ Webinar: The Necessity of Cross-Class Organizing to end White Supremacy
We are happy to announce an upcoming SURJ webinar: “David Gilbert and SURJ: The Necessity of Cross-Class Organizing to end White Supremacy.” The webinar will take place on Monday, July…
Trump Threatens Canada: “Defence” Community Remains Silent
Photo from Public Domain A volatile leader in charge of a military behemoth prone to aggression has repeatedly attacked Canada and its prime minister in recent weeks. But, this country’s…
City of Vancouver hits local food goals two years early
By Melanie Green StarMetro Vancouver Thu., July 19, 2018 VANCOUVER—Vancouver has exceeded its local food target two years earlier than expected. The city created more than 5,000 food projects, which…
New column day
Here, on the need for Canada’s immigration policy to actually respect the human dignity of refugees and asylum seekers – contrary to both the rhetoric of the Cons and the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – George Monbiot discusses the dark money behind much of the political turmoil in the UK and elsewhere, while questioning why the secretive…
LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday July 19, 2018. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation. Examinations for Discovery are oral examinations of a party to…
How Good Policy Alongside Good Design Improves Lives
Tishaura Jones, the first female treasurer of St. Louis, set out to improve her city through good design. Through her own struggles dealing with the city’s bureaucracy she identified many…
Be Skeptical. Ask Questions.
Given the very strange times in which we live, some sound advice from Jonathan Jarry: Recommend this Post
What’s Around The Corner
Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet yesterday. He’s getting ready for the next election and for more immediate battles. And the most pressing battle will be with Doug Ford. Susan Delacourt…
Division in the Land of Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves: Donald Trump freed the truth. America is a nation divided as never before. It is increasingly vulnerable to its enemies. It has heaped scorn on…
Fildebrandt Agonistes: Hell hath no fury like a ‘Liberty Conservative’ scorned
Hell hath no fury like a “Liberty Conservative” scorned! Derek Fildebrandt, the former Wildrose Party and United Conservative Party finance critic scorned by UCP Leader Jason Kenney after a series…
This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt spends another week atop Audreys Books’ Edmonton fiction bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 2, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
There Really Is Life After Hate Part II
On May 1, ARC published an article by a young woman who had been able to get out of the racist movement. Since that time she has been working diligently…