We want to be clear: On Via Fani on March 16th it was no mysterious “007s” from who knows where who went into battle; it was comrades from the political…
Last year saw the 40th anniversary of the 1978 Spring Campaign of the Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse, or BR), a month-long offensive against the Italian state initiated by the kidnapping…
In the transition from armed peace to war, the revolution/counter-revolution confrontation grows increasingly direct and generalized, but there is not, as some claim, a transformation of the democratic state into…
They’ll feed you no end of horseshit about how fossil fuels are critical to the Canadian economy. They don’t want to tell you why they never have much, if anything,…
This week’s day trip with my Mom was the town of Sointula. One of my libraries is located in Sointula, so I’ve been there a couple of times, but had…
RCMP announce the bodies of Schmegelsky and McLeod have been found in northern Manitoba.
Land back is land back. For the Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) of Kanehsatà:ke, the return of stolen land – fraudulently sold first by a religious order and then by the municipality of…
it’s great to see this hit the mainstream media. A full in-depth coverage of doctor prescribed opioids, potentially creating the crisis that we’ve got on our hands today. Check it…
Like neoliberals everywhere, Alberta’s Conservatives overrate the virtues of big business and undervalue those of democracy. This is not exactly news. This was a clear message yesterday from the vote…
Midsommar Ari Aster B-Reel Films, 2019 Midsommar has been turning heads since it debuted in theatres earlier this month, and the jury is still out on whether it is incredibly…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – George Monbiot writes that the fossil fuel companies most responsible for endangering our living environment are also polluting our politics: …What counts, in…
There are a few sayings that I really follow closely and/or truly believe in the wisdom of. One of those sayings that seems to come back with increasing frequency these…
While the average cossetted North American may feel smug about the following, since the water shortages discussed seem far, far away, they are the stuff that social unrest, rioting, regime…
The last century witnessed multiple calls for shorter work days (8 hours!) and more vacation time; this century we’ve been focussed on helping companies make more money. We presently live…
Max Boot writes that it’s time for white people in the United States to get a grip. They’re not victims. The evidence to support his assertion is overwhelming: Whites are…
Reading other blogs can be a sometimes painful mission. You do it to see what others are writing about, to study their style (or lack thereof) and to see what…
Flattened cats.
At long last, people have realized that the politics of economic growth are conceived to enrich the top 0.1% of the population at the expense of the bottom 99%. However,…
At long last, people have realized that the politics of economic growth are conceived to enrich the top 0.1% of the population at the expense of the bottom 99%. However,…
