Its Achilles Heel
Doug Ford is setting himself up for failure. He’s looking at province wide teachers’ strikes because he has failed to learn the lessons of recent history. Martin Regg Cohn writes:…
November 2019
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jeremy Rifkin sets out how Canada can implement a Green New Deal – while also reminding us of the costs of failing to…
On unreliable suppliers
There’s been plenty of bluster between Jason Kenney and Yves-Francois Blanchet over equalization and its relationship to the oil industry. But it’s worth pointing out that to the extent Quebec…
“5 Questions” Interview(s) with Ontario Liberal Party Candidates: Steven Del Duca
Our next candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party Leadership to submit replies to the questions is Steven Del Duca (you’ll find his website link in one of the replies to…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 18, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 18, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Media asks judge to make today’s Mulvaney hearing public Sportsnet cuts ties…
Decolonize Games at the Toronto Biennial
This coming Saturday (Nov. 23) from 2-5pm you can play a game which challenges the colonial narratives present in too many games. Presented as part of the Toronto Biennial, Unsettling:…
In the job nobody wanted.
Watching the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson trying to interview Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Bloc Québécois, on Sunday caused mixed emotions. Here is the guy who took on the job…
I’m part of the warm-up act for a president
Today, at the kick-ass OREA conference – which earlier features Jean Chretien, Doug Ford, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott – I’m on a panel (with my sister Adrienne, Kathleen and…
Excellent question: If a referendum’s good enough for the CPP, why not for the teachers’ pension fund?
“Jason Kenney says he will use a referendum to determine if Albertans want their Canada Pension Plan shifted to AIMCo,” Jonathan Teghtmeyer, Associate Communications Coordinator of the Alberta Teachers Association,…
Iron March Leak: Bernie Miller, Dimitri Balitsky, and Teaser
NOTE: If the screen shots in this article are too small to read, please right click and open in a new tab. You can then size the image appropriately. We…
The Fog of Politics
The fog of politics is like the fog of war. It’s hard to see what’s really going on. Albertans are choking in UCP fog. We wonder why Mr Kenney who…
Green Party losing members over their alliance with the Lib Dems
Split In Green Party Tied To Brexit MEMBERS are quitting the Greens in protest against its Remain election pact with the Lib Dems, an eco-socialist group within the party claimed…
The Bolivian Coup: What the Mainstream Media Don’t Tell You
Bolivia’s oligarchy launched an orgy of racist and fascist violence to oust president Morales November 12, 2019 Francisco Dominguez MORNING STAR Police detain a supporter of former President Evo…
Winnipeg solidarity with Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela
Photograph: Paul S. Graham Winnipeggers rallied at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in solidarity with the people of Bolivia, Venezuela and Chile who are facing a variety of imperialist…
Why the ‘Ok Boomer’ phenomenon is short-sighted
Starting as an internet meme, the ‘OK boomer’ trend has exploded, from TikTok videos to merchandise including hoodies, iPhone cases and shower curtains. Image taken from Amazon.com. The “Ok Boomer”…
Oh, Those Republican Enablers
Given the absurdity of the world these days, my passion for writing about it has waned. Fortunately, Chip Franklin provides ample material to fill the void that my blog is…
The Leafs, defined
#Leafs #HNIC pic.twitter.com/GdwrxEomG6 — Kevin Doherty (@magictoasterfi1) November 17, 2019
FAIR: Western Media Whitewashes Bolivian Election
by Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz The phrase AP (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 11/13/19) is looking for is “self-declared.” Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media…
We’re In Deep
UBC economist William Rees argues that we are — in George Bush Sr.’s memorable phrase — “in deep do do:” We can probably agree that techno-industrial societies are utterly dependent…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Chris Hedges writes about the damage oligarchs are doing to humanity and the planet. And Dominic Rushe points out how whiny the…