10 to Watch in 2020
2020 is a few days old and as this new year and decade start, there’s a lot to look ahead to in Canadian politics, including people who will have a…
January 2020
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Scott Gilmore writes about the glaring need for Canada’s politicians to show more capacity for shame – through it’s worth noting both…
He’ll Get Burned
Qaseem Soleimani had lots of blood on his hands. Max Boot writes: He has the blood of hundreds of Americans and thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of Arabs on his…
Canada, Israel and the UN Security Council
Deputy PM of Canada, Christya Freeland (L), and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo taken from the Twitter account of Benjamin Netanyahu. Canadian activists have compiled a study of Canada’s 2019…
War With Iran
The streets of Tehran and other cities across the country were flooded with protesters early Friday morning, January 3, as mourners grieved the death of Qassem Soleimani. Photo by Tauseef…
Defeating democracy, drilling down to dismal.
Are Canada’s conservatives making the same mistakes in their June, 2020 leadership contest as gave them Andrew Scheer last time? Some people never seem to learn. We are hearing that…
The assassination of Qassim Suleimani and the march to war
Thousands of worshippers march after Friday prayers in Tehran following the assassination of General Qassim Suleimani who headed up the elite Quds Force in a US drone strike. Still image…
Canada calls for ‘restraint’ in Iran following death of military chief Soleimani
Foreign affairs minister Soleimani urges de-escalation but comes under fire for downplaying Iranian aggression. Protesters hold up an image of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian commander, during a demonstration following the…
UBC Cancels Andy Ngo Event; Global Platforms Ngo Without Challenge
Far-right grifter, propagandist, Patriot Prayer best bud, and fascist water-carrier Andy Ngo’s talk about “antifa violence” scheduled for January 29 was canceled by the University of British Columbia. #UBC has…
Jan. 4: On the edge of the greatest war……
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/04/australias-bushfires-politics-has-to-change-forever-when-your-own-citizens-cannot-sleep-or-breathe Who, now, can possibly doubt that all the warnings about climate change? Who? Well, oil companies, for a start, and Canada’s Liberals and Conservatives who are servants of the…
Sanders and Khanna Introduce New Bill to ‘Stop Donald Trump From Illegally Taking Us to War Against Iran’
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speak during a press conference following a vote in the U.S. House on ending US military involvement in the war in…
Age of Oblivion, Part 2
Chomsky has said, over and over, that the two things we should be worried about are climate change and nuclear war. We’re doing well at exacerbating both! Our obliviousness to…
Will Australia Become a Warning for Climate Deniers in Politics?
The words that greeted Aussie prime minister, Scott Morrison, as he greeted a crowd of worried residents of fire-ravaged New South Wales were pretty blunt – “You’re not welcome, you…
10 Days, 3,000 Signatures and $300,000
Timing, what a thing it can be. It was just yesterday afternoon that I wrote an admittedly long-winded piece on leadership races, their rules and how I thought they should…
Maintain Your Rage-Austraila Is Ground Zero
Austraila is ‘Ground Zero’ in the rage worthy reality that is the ‘Climate Crisis’ of our lives. British Columbia, like Austraila, could also explode into a hell on earth scenario…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Michael Mann writes about Australia’s deadly lesson in the dangers of a climate breakdown. Ian Gill offers a reminder that we may soon…
#climatestrike vs my brain: i am struggling with pessimism and hopelessness
I started writing this post in September, after the global Climate Strike. It was exciting to see that so many people — millions around the globe — understand the urgency…
#climatestrike vs my brain: i am struggling with pessimism and hopelessness
I started writing this post in September, after the global Climate Strike. It was exciting to see that so many people — millions around the globe — understand the urgency…
#climatestrike vs my brain: i am struggling with pessimism and hopelessness
I started writing this post in September, after the global Climate Strike. It was exciting to see that so many people — millions around the globe — understand the urgency…
Saturday Photo: Against War in Iraq 17 Years Ago, at -26 C (-14.8 F)
Must credit Jacques Sabourin for this photo taken February 15, 2003 when something like 200,000 people turned out in Montreal to protest again a war in Iraq. We were there,…