A woman stands near a burning barricade holding the national flag of Nicaragua, April 20, 2018. Photo by Voice of America/Wikimedia Commons. Which side is Canada on? In Central America,…
While Justin Trudeau is putting any economic planning in the hands of somebody with a vested interest in privatizing profits, it’s also worth noting how his government is deliberately avoiding…
Just a couple of weeks ago, there was a flurry of speculation – and disapprobation – about the possibility that Mark Carney might pursue a political career after having been…
The Green Party has always been a mix of conflicting politics and their statement on their own political place on the left-right continuum often reinforces this understanding. Photo courtesy of…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jennifer Robson examines the lessons we should learn from EI’s failures which required a less-onerous and more-widely-available income support system to bail…
The last 24 hours in the United States has been something stark and difficult to watch, I cannot deny it. Seeing the video of the shooting of Jacob Blake, 7…
It was a rough night in Louisiana — or as they say down there — “Looziana.” Hurricane Laura rolled in in the wee small hours of the morning. The National…
This is absolutely brutal. Watch and share. pic.twitter.com/7Dh2gSU9iH — Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 26, 2020
The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I have spent the past three weeks in hospital. I remember waking up after an operation to put my ankle back…
More than ten years ago, economist Erik Andersen and famed commentator Rafe Mair warned that BC Liberals had planted seeds of destruction in the bowels of BC Hydro. Indeed, the…
Black and white thinking must go. Clannish thinking must go. Refusal to question or change, must be overcome. Factory farming must be banned. Agriculture and food must go organic. Industrial…
As a parent, I have three modes of anger. The first and most basic level of my parental anger can be described as me just being “mad”. This most basic…
I’m sorry this one is late. (I had serious computer problems/ But they seem to be fixed now.) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/24/the-us-is-in-a-water-crisis-far-worse-than-most-people-imagine —————————————————————————————————- https://rabble.ca/news/2020/08/new-federal-sick-leave-benefits-no-replacement-permanent-paid-sick-days-say-advocate ___________________________________________________________________ https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2020/08/liberal-democratic-west-brink-total-collapse ___________________________________________________________________ ttps://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/activist-toolkit-blog/2020/08/province-province-look-returning-school-during-covid-19 It looks bad, very bad…
It was Erin O'Toole's first full day as Con leader, and he wasted no time trying to change his image, and trying to convince Canadians that they can trust him.…
Just to let regular readers know that I probably will not be posting much for a little while, as my time is required on a family matter (trying to get…
Once again, the power of social conservatives to determine the outcome of Conservative party leadership races in Canada knows no bounds. This week, after voting just over 40% of the…
Université de Montréal overlooking Outremont, Montréal. Photo by Laurent Bélanger/Wikimedia Commons. Last September, a report in the Guardian by journalist Flavie Halais examined the gentrification of Montréal borough Parc-Extension, one…
There’s a thoughtful essay in today’s South China Morning Post that touches on the trap that snares polarized societies. It begins with a passage attributed to John Maynard Keynes: “When…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Joel Blit, Chuanmo Jin and Mikal Skuterud point out the importance of thinking ahead and being strategic in determining what activities are permitted…
Itineraries: An Intellectual Odyssey Philip Resnick Ronsdale Press, 2020 Although Philip Resnick did not run into any cyclopses in his life’s journey, the tale that he recounts is as fascinating…
