Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jonathan Aldred calls out the combination of handouts to the rich, cultivated attitudes of self-reliance and antisocial assumptions which have exacerbated inequality…
2019
June 6: Forgive me. I have no patience left.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-public-sector-wage-cap-1.5163753 What a collection of soggy wimps Canadians can be. They elected Doug Ford as premier. Ford has used his position to kiss up to the rich – and I…
Fintan O’Toole – Fascism’s Trial Run
There are few journalists with the intellect of the Irish Times’ Fintan O’Toole. Here’s an opinion piece from June of last year in which O’Toole writes that we’re in an…
An Amazing Protest Group – Led By Donkeys
Four guys from North London calling themselves “Led By Donkeys” have been posting billboards laying bare their despair of the “lies, lunacy and hypocrisy” of Brexit and the Brexiteers. For…
This is Great! When Boris Dumped on Trump.
Donald Trump has been effusive in his praise of Boris Johnson and supports his bid to replace Theresa May as the next Tory prime minister of the UK. I wonder…
Back When D-Day Was More Than a Photo-Op
D-Day memorials, today’s included, have been transformed into a photo-op for a gaggle of politicians, some of which should be ashamed not proud of their attendance. Sabre-rattlers, likeTrump, come to…
A timely reminder on this historic day: The hammer of D-Day crushed Hitler on the anvil of Russia
FREDERICTON, N.B. – It’s now been 75 years since our magnificent Canadian soldiers went ashore at Juno Beach in Normandy to play their part the grim and deadly task of…
The Madness of Fish Farming
More than half the fish that reaches store shelves around the world today is farmed fish. There are some, quite a few in fact, who claim aquaculture will become increasingly…
On This, the 75th Anniversary of D-Day
A day of commemoration. Lest we forget.
On the Other Hand
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer says switching to a zero-carbon reality by 2050 would cripple the UK economy to the tune of a trillion pounds. Of course, Philip Hammond, also…
Examples of Ways People Already Live a Low Carbon Lifestyle
As the climate crisis continues there are many ways that we all can try to slow it down. The biggest changes need to happen at the political level enforcing sustainable…
Freedom House Maps the Decline of Democracy
Freedom House has released a report, Freedom in the World, 2019: Democracy in Retreat. The illustration speaks volumes. So far it has been antiliberal populist movements of the far right—those…
A Green New Deal Needs to Fight US Militarism
Photo by Scott Lowe The war on terror unleashed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack has led to almost two decades of unchecked militarism. We are spending more…
Disrespecting Democracy, Again: An Update from the Senate
Back in April I wrote about one of the things I am proudest to have been a part of during my time on Parliament Hill; Bill C-262, An Act to…
Between Dystopia and Democratic Socialism
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread sense that liberal capitalism had triumphed in the battle of ideas, and that socialism as a plausible alternative was…
He’s Running True To Form
Doug Ford has announced that public sector wages in Ontario will be capped at one percent — because the province is in a fiscal emergency. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Doug…
Unprepared for the Fall?
The first week of June has finally come and with that the Fall Federal Election keeps getting closer and closer. There are only a few weeks left on the Parliamentary…
“Send in the Clowns.”
“There ought to be clowns – Well, maybe next year” are the haunting words at the end of the Stephen Sondheim song that is a lament using a circus metaphor.…