Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP The Trudeau government is seeking to empower an influential, if little-known, arm of Canadian imperialism. Bill C-59 would authorize the Communications Security Establishment to carry out…
The more unviable the Athabasca Tar Sands become, the more extreme measures politicians will accept to keep that corpse warm. There’s nothing for it but to drag it out into…
Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa. Conflict is coming. There is no getting around that fact. Anyone who believes that reconciliation will be about blanket exercises, cultural awareness training, visiting a native…
Palestine Nakba Day demonstration in Berlin • Photo by Libertinus Israel has been crafting a dishonest counter-narrative ever since the Nakba, one that historians scouring the archives have exploded. On…
She’s the bain of the Oil Patch and every greasy, dishonest petro-pol in Canada, Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley very much included. Robyn Allan is a force to be reckoned…
I read today in an article that “Modern liberals have no working theory of authoritarianism. Of its causes. Its spark. Its fuel.” I’m not sure that this is true, and…
Israel didn’t act alone yesterday when its snipers slaughtered 58 unarmed Gazan protesters and wounded another 1,300. Trump, being the truly vile snake that he is, blamed the killings and…
Review of Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance by Frank Ackerman *** Long ago economics was termed “the dismal science,” but in recent years that title has arguably…
I was asked to review Frank Ackerman’s Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance. I’ve learned a lot from his writing over the years so it was a pleasure…
Down with capitalist exploitation, colonialism, and racist and sexist politics! The heads of state of the seven most powerful imperialist and colonialist countries will gather on June 8th and 9th…
There must be an independent investigation of the Gaza massacre, and those responsible must be held to account. My Commons statement today: pic.twitter.com/ig7c3bXg0j — Emily Thornberry (@EmilyThornberry) May 15, 2018…
WHERE: CEDA, 2515 Rue Delisle, Montréal, QC WHEN: June 1-3, 10am-6pm FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/239455783465853/ The North American Anarchist Studies Network conference (NAASN) is intended to be a space where disciplinarity and…
WHEN: Thursday, May 24 at 7pm WHERE: Q-PIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Room 204 (Guy Metro) FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/172388626754372/ Speculative fiction has a long history of creating stories that challenge…
OPEN THE BORDERS! REFUGEES WELCOME! STOP THE RACIST FAR-RIGHT! All out to the Canada-US Border at Roxham Road! Saturday, May 19, 2018, 11am-5pm At the Canada-US Border, 1 hour south…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joel French discusses the need for Alberta to implement a more thorough and progressive tax system in order to ensure it has…
A few weeks ago he was spotted at an Ottawa McDonald's, trying hard not to be recognized, and apparently content to be living in well deserved obscurity.But appearances can be…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 15, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. An employee who has been temporarily “laid off” may be…
People are more aware than ever before about the damage to our planet caused by plastics. The whole life-cycle of plastics causes harm from collecting non-renewable oils to the long…
Now that Ontario’s election is underway – and Quebec’s and New Brunswick’s are in the offing – you’re going to hear this tired old chestnut a lot: “campaigns matter.” Do…
The Conservative Party of Ontario prefers cult to policy. That’s increasingly obvious in the Ontario election. Martin Regg Cohn writes: At a Doug Ford rally, the leader is always late,…
