Doug O’Halloran, UFCW 401 president, signs off with dignity and courage
When the United Food and Commercial Workers union held a solidarity barbecue last Friday for a group of Edmonton poultry plant workers it hopes will soon join its ranks, Doug…
August 2019
North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring Responds To Larry Pynn, and Peter Rusland
Hi Peter. Thanks for your note. NC Mayor Al Siebring To the specifics of Mr. Pynn’s accusations in the Times Colonist OpEd, I wrote and submitted a response to the…
Patriot Games
“Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.” Mark Twain Last week Mr Kenney joined the patriot squad. On August 4 and August…
Are We Blind to the Future?
One of the most serious drawbacks of the neoliberal era has been the rise of technocrats in place of what we used to know as leaders. Today they’re short-termers with…
Atomwaffen-Linked Extremist in Las Vegas Arrested: Connection to Barrie, ON Man
A Las Vegas security guard was arrested this past Friday in relation to a plot to attack a number of targets including synagogues and a bar that he believed served…
Tom Manning—Words of Remembrance, by Jaan Laaman
Class war prisoner, Freedom fighter, Man of the People, long held political prisoner, Thomas William Manning, died on July 30, of a heart issue at the federal penitentiary in Hazelton,…
Sept. 7th: 2nd Annual Halifax Anarchist Bookfair
We are living in a world where ecological collapse is imminent, and fascist forces militarize borders, destroy land and livelihoods; a world where basic freedoms are a further and further…
Saturday August 18: 12th Annual Queer Between the Covers Bookfair in Montreal
The 12th Queer Between the Covers Bookfair in Montreal is happening on Pride Parade day this year! Kersplebedeb is very happy to be tabling at QBTC again this year! Come…
On online reading
More and more, these days, I dislike what I read online. Probably like a lot of you who have found your way to these words, my online reading is mostly…
On online reading
More and more, these days, I dislike what I read online. Probably like a lot of you who have found your way to these words, my online reading is mostly…
Joey
Meet Joey Ramone Kinsella. The dog. Not the old punk.
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Larry Elliott writes that a corporate-centred model of globalization is unlikely to survive the Trump regime. And Jeff Spross proposes an alternative…
Stephen’s Ghost
If you think Stephen Harper has left the stage and relinguished control of the conservative agenda, Antonia Zerbisias suggests that you think again: Since he quit Parliament, Harper has spoken…
From small creeks do mighty rivers flow.
From the Manchester Guardian to the Toronto Globe and Mail, there have been reports of our federal government scientists testing spills of diluted bitumen from Alberta’s tar sands. As one…
Musical interlude
Tame Impala – Borderline
August 10: the end….?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/09/bolsonaro-blessed-brutal-assault-rainforest-sacked-scientist-warns The U.S. is intervening in Venezuela and Iran to steal their oil. It is intervening all over the middle east and Africa. It threatens China. Most of our news…
The Bronx are godlike geniuses
At @the_bronx show with @lisakinsella. Christ, I love this band. pic.twitter.com/FJUULDGhln — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 11, 2019
Far Right Infighting Part ∞: Ron Banerjee vs. Goldy Supporters
So one of the bigger stories in the world of Canadian far-right personalities was that Faith Goldy willingly gave up on Twitter to spend more time in thoughtful contemplation. However…
Motions on Council’s Agenda a Microcosm of Conflicting Vision for Our Future
They sit together, side by side, on the agenda for the upcoming August 13, 2019 meeting of the Council of the City of Greater Sudbury. Two motions that represent a…
Lemon Aid.
Mistake! Loaded a reference photo and drew on another layer not realizing it screwed up the size and pixel density making the inking fuzzy from resizing. Should have loaded a…