Selected Documents from the Spring Campaign of the Red Brigades
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…
2019
THE IMPERIALIST STATE OF THE MULTINATIONALS IS NEITHER FASCIST NOR SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC (Red Brigades, 1978)
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…
How the Liberals and the Conservatives Jumped Into the Bag for the Fossil Energy Giants
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,…
island day trip with mom: sointula
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…
Manhunt Over
RCMP announce the bodies of Schmegelsky and McLeod have been found in northern Manitoba.
‘This is Our Land’: An Interview with Ellen Gabriel about Ongoing Land Fraud at Kanesatake
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…
Doctor Prescribed Opioid Crisis
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…
Symbolic MLA pay cut set stage for attack on public services – so why did the NDP support 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 Madness: the problematic portrayal of Bipolar Disorder in Film
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
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…
KINSELLACAST 75: Lisa, Warren and Spin Twins on the invisible election, bad ads and political stuff!
History Repeating: School Funding Edition
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…
Only The Beginning
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…
Inspiration from the Past: Be Less Productive
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…
Get A Grip
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…
This is not news.
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…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Flattened cats.
Connecting the Dots Between Electoral Systems and Income Equality
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,…
Connecting the Dots Between Electoral Systems and Income Equality
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,…
August 6: Sick world. Sick me.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/health-care-investment-1.5212828________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stock-indexes-plunge-china-u-s-trade-war-1.5236572 The U.S. routinely hammers poor and smaller nations with its economic power and it’s ability to destroy economies – as it has been doing with Venezuela and Iran.…