Far Right Infighting Part ∞ + 1: Alberta Northern Guard Split
This is late in coming not because ARC wasn't following it practically in real time but because we wanted to see where it was going. We do however have to…
2019
Another Good Reason To Vote For Justin Trudeau
I have to say that Justin Trudeau really made Canada look good at the G7 Summit in France.He seemed to stand out from the other leaders, as the fresh face…
May? Maybe, maybe not
If the Green Party of Canada truly wants to do politics differently, it’s time to state clearly whether or not they will support Harper-style extremism, and worse.
Humbly growing older on the Left
Photo courtesy 350.org (Twitter) I’ve recently returned to a something I wrote in my twenties. Back in 2005, I contributed a “Letter to older activists” to the book Letters From…
The Politics of Ecosocialism
View of the refinery from the Fourth Congress of Biological Diversity, Paraguana. Photo by Quincy Saul/Ecosocialist Horizons Ian Angus is interviewed by Rebel News, a critical source of news and…
Are U.S. capitalists going soft?
The aristocracy of American capitalism can be found on the membership list of the Business Roundtable. The Roundtable, one of Washington’s top lobbyists, includes among its 193 members the chief…
Another Great Reason Not to Vote Liberal
Justin Trudeau’s unforgivable sin was when he broke his promise on electoral reform. That, and a decade of Stephen Harper, is what gifted him his false majority. Like Harper before…
"Clinging to Fantasies"
Years ago when I stumbled across the Dark Mountain collective I was drawn to how it was a place for ‘people tired of the lies society tells itself.’ Now with…
Podcast on Sunday
Jeff Cliff interviewed me for his Facebook Live stream on Sunday. We discussed Saskatchewan politics, media, blogging, censorship, and the Amazon Fires. For instance, I can link to Facebook, but…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Peter Wade reports on new polling showing that American voters remain angry about a political system which benefits a privileged few at the…
Bike trainers: one way to pedal when life intrudes
A strange question for August in Canada — how do I choose an indoor bike trainer. But life intrudes and the question came from a friend whose work precludes riding…
Nathaniel Rich’s Losing Earth
This is a quick read outlining the history of the efforts to do something to slow down fossil fuel use. Everything we know now about climate change, pretty much, we…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 26, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 26, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: New York policeman fired for actions in death of Eric Garner What…
Support for fascist forces growing in Germany
Alexander Gauland • Photo by Alexander Gauland The wise priest Laocoön, old legends say, vainly warned against the famous “Trojan horse”. A hostile god sent giant serpents which strangled him…
On Maintaining Firm Categories: Do Labels Matter?
This link about people on the spectrum came to my FB feed as “Sponsored Content,” so I’m wary at the get go, but they present this argument to be addressed:…
Communications Failure
Communications is key in our modern political world and the importance of having a clear message cannot be understated. That’s always been true in politics long before now, but in…
Elizabeth May accepts right-wing billionaire’s debate
Photo by Munk Debates It is great that Elizabeth May wants to debate foreign policy issues, but why would the Green Party leader want to participate in an event designed…
Too Far Left?
Justin Trudeau is brandishing — rhetorically, at least — his progressive credentials. His predecessors would not have lurched this far to the left. Chantal Hebert writes: None of Trudeau’s predecessors…
On running a national campaign.
My late friend Senator Keith Davey used to start every day at his office with a ruled pad on which he would make all his notes for the day in…
Balancing the Economy #nlpoli
Both Delia Warren and Dwight Ball believe that we need to diversify the provincial economy and reduce our dependence on oil. They both believe that our future should lie with…