The Virus He Has Spread
Paranoia has been part of American politics for a long time. Paul Krugman writes that it has been at the heart of recent American political debates: Remember, conservatives have spent…
March 2020
It’s Super Tuesday!
Look who dropped by Daisy Group early this morning! Mayor Pete’s endorsed him! Beto’s endorsed him! Amy’s endorsed him! And he’s received more Democratic votes than anyone else! As some…
Music for Super Tuesday
My God, Cheap Truck were gods. Go Joe go!
Talking Preparing for Covid-19 & the Wet’suwet’en Agreement with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked how people are preparing for Covid-19, to…
Like talking to the wind.
Our politicians need more experience in dealing with our native peoples before they announce they are meeting milestones. Milestones are just road markers for those who can read them. Talking…
This Guy Only Ate Food He Grew for One Year
The video above tells a story about a person who grew in his garden enough food to eat for a year. Even with a small plot of land one can…
Kenney to Edmonton: Drop dead!
When the New York Daily News published its famous FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD headline on Oct. 30, 1975, all president Gerald Ford had done was deny a federal bailout…
HOW DID I GET HERE?
Same as it ever was As I watched David Byrne get seemingly jarred and shocked asunder upon an SNL stage last weekend, reprising one of his old band’s best-known hits…
Robert Reich-What Bernie Skeptics Need To Know
What Bernie Skeptics Need to Know Before Super Tuesday The Democratic establishment is wrong to think Bernie Sanders is too progressive to win a general election. He's the Democrats’ best…
Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar Step Back and Support Joe Biden-Video
BREAKING: Amy Klobuchar & Pete Buttigieg Are Out BREAKING: Amy Klobuchar & Pete Buttigieg Are Out Posted by The Young Turks on Monday, March 2, 2020
For an Internationalist Perspective in North America
Manon Massé, one of the two current leaders for Québec solidaire since 2017. The 2018 national assembly election in Québec marked a breakthrough for the Left. While a right-wing coalition…
February 2020 Bits and Bites: (Fake) Posters, Win Nay is Embarrassing, Robert Jones Escalates, and Tim Jones Goes Mask Off
February has been a ride. We’re still working on collecting the worst of the worst with the far-right’s response to Wet’suwet’en, which we’ll publish in other article(s) as it deserves.…
The New Rules of the Game
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Gage Skidmore (Flickr). The quadrennial political game of…
Perverse leadership in ‘immunity via collective failure’ globally.
Effective mitigation now must mean a regulated managed decline of fossil fuel production in Canada and globally. No new infrastructure; no new production facilities – oilsands or LNG; a Green…
The Left Must Fight the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Man blows a shofar at a rally in London against anti-Semitism in the UK Labour Party. Photo by Getty Images. Bill 168, the Combating Antisemitism Act, was introduced in the…
How an Irishman Views the Coronavirus
From the Irish Times: A wise teacher once told me that humans have two basic responses to threat: panic and complacency. Neither response is helpful and both are in evidence…
Go Joe go! Joe got mo!
BRING IT HOME FOR OUR JOE, BABY JESUS! WOOOT https://t.co/5KWvrBDTRn — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 2, 2020 “Amy Klobuchar Drops Out of Presidential Race and Plans to Endorse Biden” WOOOOOT…
The Ghosts of Auschwitz
In January a group of politicians and dignitaries gathered to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp. They joined 200 of the last survivors of the Nazi hellhole.…
Why Canada Is Definitely NOT Broken
I must admit that for a while the situation looked bleak. The country was in an uproar, convulsing in a spasm of late winter madness.Mohawk protesters were trying to set…