Covid Journal, April 1, 2020 (We’re the April Fools Edition)
A roundup of some of the bigger stories concerning Covid, including bailouts, bargaining and maybe even some good news!
April 2020
Safe jobs, fair pay and income recovery more important than ever amid COVID-19
A specialist wearing a protective mask sprays disinfectant as he sanitizes an area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Photo by Renato Gizzi (Flickr). Working people across Canada are…
Guest Blog: Prof. Harry Glasbeek on Coronavirus and capitalism
The legendary Prof. Harry Glasbeek of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University has penned the following commentary on how the COVID-19 pandemic is revealing and reinforcing the deep flaws…
We Don’t Have to Lose the Oceans But Saving Them Won’t Be Easy
For decades, humans have been inflicting one blow after another on our oceans. Global heating, ocean acidification, the discharge of chemicals, especially fertilizers, the dumping of massive plastics waste, rapacious…
Some Helpful Covid-19 PSA’s
As we enter April, we’re starting to get a better idea of how long we will be in this fight to stop Covid-19. Getting good information out to everyone about…
Propaganda Lessons From History: A Very Short Review – 9/11 to the Coronavirus
Generally I post only essays I have written myself, on my blog. There have been a few exceptions for films, videos or articles that I feel are of exceptional importance…
March 31-April 1 COVID News
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
Are you Creative? The UN Wants Your Help Fighting COVID-19
If you are a creative individual or work at a company that produces creative content then the United Nations wants your help. The UN has put out a call for…
The Coronovirus And Climate Change
The coronavirus is reminding us that it’s foolish to go to war with Mother Nature. Tom Friedman writes: As Rob Watson, one of my favorite environmental teachers, likes to remind…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michael Valpy and Frank Graves take a look at public opinion in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, and conclude that Canadians are…
From Burnside to Laval: Solidarity!
This message is from the Burnside prison strikers to the Laval hunger strikers. For more information about the situation at Laval, where migrant prisoners have been on hunger strike for…
Escaping the prison of a coronavirus.
With all the rules these days, my wife and I still like to get out for some fresh air and do our own shopping errands. Last Friday, in balmy weather…
#LockDownNow To Spare Lives
This is interesting, and packed with references to explain the assumptions. Canada is being too soft on the new coronavirus, and we’re paying the price in the long run. For…
Alberta government to strike new Blue Ribbon Panel on Blue Ribbon Panels
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government plans to strike a Blue Ribbon Panel on Blue Ribbon Panels. With the global coronavirus pandemic and the worldwide collapse of oil prices, the United…
April Fool’s
There is nothing I can write, this year, that can seem more shocking than the reality that we all now live. I’ll do the traditional April Fool’s next year, if…
Kristin Raworth
Thanks to those of you who provided a heads-up. We’ve served her with a Libel Notice, and we intend to pursue it aggressively, whether she apologizes or not. Thanks.