Reflections on Illness / Réflections sur la maladie
available from leftwingbooks.net A new zine, as big as a book, that we are very pleased to now carry at Kersplebedeb leftwingbooks.net — “Reflections on Illness / Réflections sur la…
2019
WikiLeaks: US Shows Hand
As many journalists and others have been saying for a decade, the US was seeking Assange to charge him with an anti-Constitutional law that threatens investigative journalists around the world.…
Texas Can Power SK with Wind
With the Saskatchewan Government touting nuclear ambitions again, only 10 years after it was soundly rejected by the population, I’ve been reviewing what I wrote at the time then. One…
David Gilbert Interviewed by TREYF
For those of you who don’t know, Treyf is one of the best podcasts out there — “A debatably Jewish podcast. Recorded at CKUT in Montreal (on occupied Kanien’kehá:ka territory),…
Never mind the yuppies: Vancouver’s wealthy elites driving away workers who keep the city safe
Photo by Heydrienne (Flickr) Vancouver’s business community often bemoans affordability challenges faced by middle-class professionals in the upper echelons of the tech and corporate sectors. However, a more alarming consequence…
The Yellow Vests of France: Six Months of Struggle
Photo by kriss-toff I am writing you from Montpellier, France, where I am a participant-observer in the Yellow Vest (Gilets jaunes) movement, which is still going strong after six months,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sarah O’Connor examines how the future of work may echo past practices – including a misleading picture of wages for gig work which…
Historical Factors that Led to The Current Opioid Crisis – A Guest Post By Patrick Bailey*
The opioid crisis has captured the attention of policymakers and the public. It is becoming increasingly apparent that this is a multidimensional societal challenge that requires a new approach. Such…
Exile on Mainstreet
So, that Mainstreet poll. On the one hand, I like its founder and the people who work there. My firm has used them in the past. When the Lavscam scandal…
Daisy is growing again!
Daisy Group is looking for smart and creative people who love to write, research and advocate. If you fit the bill, send your CV to Rob Gilmour at Rob AT…
Erin Weir Debacle Will Haunt Jagmeet Singh
The Erin Weir debacle continues to haunt the federal New Democrats. It underscores party leader Jagmeet Singh’s seeming policy confusion and calls into question his political judgment.It just won’t go…
Erin Weir Debacle Will Haunt Jagmeet Singh
The Erin Weir debacle continues to haunt the federal New Democrats. It underscores party leader Jagmeet Singh’s seeming policy confusion and calls into question his political judgment.It just won’t go…
Erin Weir Debacle Will Haunt Jagmeet Singh
The Erin Weir debacle continues to haunt the federal New Democrats. It underscores party leader Jagmeet Singh’s seeming policy confusion and calls into question his political judgment. It just won’t…
Scheer would do better if he shut up.
Sure, it is almost five months until the federal election but everyone is out stumping anyway. You would swear that the election was in June and everyone is getting desperate.…
Jason Kenney fiddles (with climate policy) while Alberta burns
It is an irony, though not a particularly satisfying one to observe, that while Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party Government moves swiftly to repeal Alberta’s carbon tax, the province…
The Moral Capitulation of the News Media
Bill Moyers asks, “What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of the second world war?“ Moyers addressed young journalists to mark the launch of Covering…
Will Doug Ford Cost Andrew Scheer’s Cons the Next Election?
When Doug Ford became the premier of Ontario, Andrew Scheer was so excited he treated him like his new best friend forever.It was going to be the Great Alliance, with…
May 23:: A bad, bad day.
I sit here in tears. Once in a while, I hit a key – I don’t even known which one – and it wipes out hours of work. And it…
Scheer versus Trudeau – the Lesser of Two Weasels
Michael Harris has penned, “An Early Voting Guide to Trudeau (Bad) and Scheer (Worse).” Before Liberal hearts soar, Harris says they’re both lousy choices – Trudeau slightly less lousy. His…