June 2020
WTF? He Said What? BoJo Defends Colonial Rule in Africa. BLM, Not So Much.
A blast from the not too distant past from Boris Johnson. Justin Trudeau had his blackface problem. Bad, very bad. But it doesn’t hold a candle to Boris Johnson’s past…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Christine Berry offers a reminder that protecting public health is absolutely necessary for us to see any economic recovery in the wake…
How Do You Score This One?
The results aren’t in yet. It could be months, a year perhaps, before we have the Covid-19 death tallies but, at the moment, we know who won’t be at the…
Trump is unwell
After yesterday’s West Point debacle – the water glass, the inability to say “McArthur”, the ramp, the tweet ABOUT the ramp – #TrumpIsUnwell is trending this morning on twitter. Along…
‘Either you are fighting to eliminate exploitation or not’: A leftist critique of the Green New Deal
Clean technology is not a panacea for climate change. Photo by ThoroughlyReviewed/Flickr. The catastrophic economic fallout from COVID-19–millions unemployed, skyrocketing food bank usage, uncertain job futures–has provided a major boost…
Brandt-Sorenson upcycled jersey
Back in February I sent the Los Angeles-based boutique cycling gear company an old event jersey and $250 and asked them to upcycle it into something that I would actually…
The shortcomings of Donald Trump and neo-conservatism on full display thanks to Black Lives Matter and recent protests against racism…
The recent momentum earned by Black Lives Matter activists and their allies is indisputable. It finally seems that the recent murder of yet another innocent Black man, George Floyd, by…
Don Hamerquist: Distinguishing The Possible From The Probable: Contending strategic approaches within and against transnational capitalism
Brief Explanatory Note: This was written in the last days of 2019 and the first days of the current year. In early March, before doing an initial private circulation, I…
Pandemic Fatigue
Robin Sears writes that pandemic fatigue is setting in: Public health officials have raised alarms almost daily about the risks of letting our guard down, or re-opening without clear safeguards.…
Please Justin, get a haircut.
We hear through the grapevine that Justin Trudeau and his liberals are thinking election. Since I am supposed to have an opinion on this proposal, I will need to reach…
Hiding History
“The good is oft interred with their bones.” So, let it be with Sir John A. Macdonald. How often must we decry the stupidity, the ignorance of those who want…
June 13: The worst ever – and with worse to come – soon.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/florida-flooding-miami/ Yes, despite the braying by our capitalists and their political hacks, climate change is happening – and fast. And so is a whole range of destructive changes. Soon. It…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Aaron Wherry discusses the dramatically different effects of the COVID-19 pandemic based on inequalities in income and privilege. And Katherine Scott draws on…
Saturday Photo: April in Paris, June in Montreal…
The song says that the chestnuts bloom in April in Paris, and usually they bloom in Montreal in May. But this eyar, when the temperature has gone up and down,…
The KKK has a history in Canada. And it can return.
CANADIAN MOMENTS The KKK has a history in Canada. And it can return. Canada is not immune to hate, and a look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan’s…
On not drawing BLM cartoons @LondOntLife
# Jun 14, 2020 — Jun 14, 2020 (https://youtu.be/RZgkjEdMbSw) We drew no cartoons about BLM nor anything about our local protests and marches. We could find no humour over them,…