How safe are Canada’s elections from fake news on Facebook?
Here is an interview I recently did on CBC’s The Current on the digital threat to the next Canadian election. My argument is that a focus on discrete threats (from…
2018
I Did NOT Support Jagmeet Singh For Leader Of Canada’s NDP (and his actions have confirmed that i voted correctly!!)
Dear Jagmeet Singh! It is unfortunate that your lengthy, ongoing mistreatment of current sitting New Democrat Member of Parliament, Erin Weir, continues! This is highly unacceptable!! You placed him in…
I Did NOT Support Jagmeet Singh For Leader Of Canada’s NDP (and his actions have confirmed that i voted correctly!!)
Dear Jagmeet Singh! It is unfortunate that your lengthy, ongoing mistreatment of current sitting New Democrat Member of Parliament, Erin Weir, continues! This is highly unacceptable!! You placed him in…
Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
Kent Momkman, The Daddies (2016) 60ii X 112.5ii, Acrylic on Canvas Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience may not be the art exhibit Canadians wanted during Canada…
Missing Shulamith and the Dialectic of #MeToo
Photo by Mihai Surdu I was 24 years old in 1970, when I read Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex, a year younger than she was when she wrote the…
I Did NOT Support Jagmeet Singh For Leader Of Canada’s NDP (and his actions have confirmed that i voted correctly!!)
Dear Jagmeet Singh! It is unfortunate that your lengthy, ongoing mistreatment of current sitting New Democrat Member of Parliament, Erin Weir, continues! This is highly unacceptable!! You placed him in…
Feb. 22: The biggest news story ever?
This could be it. But as I write this on Feb. 21, the irving press hasn’t noticed it. Indeed, it hasn’t been noticing for weeks as this story has been…
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…
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…