Protesting Works
Democracy is messy and in order for it to function many voices need to be heard, when some groups can’t be heard they peacefully take to the streets. Despite a…
June 2020
Christian Fascism
Yesterday, Donald Trump used military officers to clear a path for him — a path to a church, where he stood — flanked by members of his administration, a Bible…
Health Workers: From Praise to Protection
Green Jobs Oshawa has pushed to highlight the desperate need for more PPE for front line workers, especially N95 masks. Photo courtesy Courage Coalition. Crises sometimes bring out the best…
Talking Protests in the United States with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the protests taking place across the…
No citizens were tear-gassed to make this photo op. Well, okay, they were, but whatever.
“Anyone know what this object is?” (H/T @marc__nadeau) pic.twitter.com/Ulgpgb88Jf — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 2, 2020
Needed but not essential.
We are talking about hockey here. And yes, I confess, I am one of those long-forgotten Toronto Maple Leaf fans. I remember as a youngster I walked by that sainted…
We tolerate our own racism too easily
Vancouver witnessed a large but peaceful protest against the Floyd killing. It is easier though to be critical of racist behaviour elsewhere than in our homeland…
Parole boards! Rodeo! Guns! The U.S. may be in flames while the world goes viral, but Alberta’s legislators cut to the chase!
The great republic to our south is in flames, led by an American Nero and seemingly teetering on the brink of martial law. At the same moment, the world is…
The night mayor John Lindsay walked the streets of Harlem after the murder of MLK
In 1968 my family lived in New York City, Staten Island to be precise. I don’t remember it, I was in diapers back then. But my late, great amazing Mother…
Covid Journal, June 1, 2020
America descends deeper into hell with Trump nowhere to be found. #BlackLivesMatter.
America is burning
I’ve always pictured Minnesota as being as close to a Canadian province as you’ll find in the United States. It’s northern, it’s cold, and it’s nice. So watching the city…
Cut and Dried. Autopsy Results on George Floyd Point to One Cause, Homicide by Asphyxiation.
America’s most famous pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, has no doubt how George Floyd died. Homicide. He was executed. The ambulance that carried him away was his hearse. Sustained pressure on…
Do black lives in Haiti matter to the Canadian government?
People march during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 13, 2019. Photo by Hector Retamal. Do black lives in Haiti matter to the Canadian government? At the time of…
"You Say You Want a Revolution"
It was 1968 when the Beatles released “Revolution.” Five years after the Cuban missile crisis. The Soviets and the Americans were in a constant nuclear standoff. America was embroiled in…
Canadian Universities Should Divest from Policing Interests
Riot police stand on guard during the G20 Protests in Toronto, June 26, 2010. Photo by Jason Hargrove/Flickr. On May 29, in response to the protests across the United States…
Talking Protests in the United States 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 discussed the events of the past days in…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eric Cadesky writes about the psychology behind adherence to – and deviation from – the social distancing rules needed to keep us all…
A Plague Nation
I wonder if Americans realize that is how their country is seen by the rest of the world, in no small measure thanks to their having elected a raging racist…
To mask or not to mask…
Just now Inderveer Mahal: The goal with a pandemic isn’t to remain consistent; it’s to respond to new information. We Canadians need to allow our experts to be fluid with…