Bill 22: An Attack on Democracy
Someone once said, “The only thing worse than knowing where the bodies are buried, is watching your enemies dig them up.” In order to ensure the Elections Commissioner’s investigation into…
2019
The Persecution of Julian Assange and its Implications for Canadian Press Freedom
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaving Royal Court of Justice in London, England on July 13, 2011. Photo from Flickr. The case to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United…
Statement by me and Daisy Group
I have been contacted by a CBC reporter who has told me that they have recordings secretly made at my firm in the Spring. The recordings are about anti-racism work…
Rudy Guiliani And Associates
I do not have a subscription to The Wall Street Journal, but the following from that paper makes for very interesting viewing, and leaves no doubt about the lies Donald…
Zines!
Besides books, leftwingbooks.net also stocks dozens of zines (or as we used to call them, pamphlets). Subjects vary from anarchism to maoism, feminism, antifascist and labour history, political theory, and…
Button Packs!
Perfect for gifts, distros, or just for your own button collection, leftwingbooks.net is now sending out button packs, either of 1, 10, 50 or 100 buttons of our choosing. You…
Radical Politics Colouring Book
The Radical Politics Colouring Book is a collection of illustrations and games for radical social change. Mixing entertainment, craft and education, it’s a great way to bring politics to family…
Alberta—the Old South in the Cold North
Reading the book All God’s Children, I encountered a section about the relationship of the American South to the Union just prior to the Civil War. As I read on,…
Talking the State of Leadership in #cdnpoli on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We talked about the staffing changes in the office…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew MacLeod discusses how an anti-worker campaign at the Mountain Equipment Co-op demonstrates the need for employees to be able to bargain collectively…
The British Morass
If you think our election was a horror show, Robin Sears writes that you should pay attention to what’s happening in Britain these days: This week the Conservatives were threatened…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 25, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 25, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Sudbury woman fights for job after being fired on maternity leave |…
How the pollsters got Trump’s victory wrong
Fascinating piece in the Times. Key reasons they messed up: they didn’t weight for education they underestimated intensely anti-Obama voters they missed the “shy Trump” supporters Excerpt: By and large,…
Mitzie Hunter has won my support in the Ontario Liberal leadership race…
Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Mitzie Hunter Like the Democrats to the south who are now trying to figure out which of their presidential candidates is best to beat Donald Trump…
Be a Better Tourist just by Thinking
Over tourism of popular sites, and entire cities, has gotten so out of hand that Venice, Amsterdam, and a handful of other cities have concerned adding a daily fee to…
Who will rule? Google, Huawei or Microsoft?
Who is kidding who in the high-tech wars? Based on what Google Analytics can tell us about readers of this web site, I think you should all sit up straight…
The Big Tech Podcast
I’m excited to share a podcast I have been working on with David Skok, The Logic and CIGI called Big Tech. The goal is to have longform conversations about tech,…
The Rookies, the House, and the Orchestra Pit #nlpoli
What is reported is seldom what happened even though what happened is far more interesting than the stuff that falls into the orchestra pit. Events in the House of Assembly…
Why I’m not so critical about Justin Trudeau lately
As regular customers know, I’m a Democrat. Large “D.” I work on Democratic Party campaigns as a volunteer. In 2016, I worked for Hillary in three states, including her Brooklyn…