Alberta RCMP Protecting Racists
#ACAB Mounties saying they're protecting hate speech and violent racists because those voices matter as much as anyone else. That's a load of BS. https://t.co/WzsTMKYaGj — Saskboy says #BlackLivesMatter (@saskboy)…
September 2020
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Schmidt writes that it’s inevitable that a government (like the UCP) which sees cruelty as the point of governance will reflect that…
Obama’s National Security Advisor Warns Social Division America’s Greatest National Security Threat
Former US National Security Advisor, Susan B. Rice, writes in The New York Times that America today finds itself facing many threats but, in her view, the worst of all…
“Something Old, Something New….”
Well this afternoon brought us a moment that Canadian politicos have been looking ahead to for a month now. Governor General Julie Payette, under a cloud of scandal of her…
Why a reset of Canada-China relations is more urgent than ever
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, speaks at a United Nations office in Geneva, January 18, 2017. United Nations Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré/Flickr. On September 9, Georgia…
The Legacy of Donald Trump.
This might become a game people can play after post-pandemic dinner parties. The simple question is “What, in your view, is the nature of the of the legacy of Donald…
interspecies love: it’s been too long
I’ve been stashing these in a folder, but it’s been years since I’ve posted any! I don’t know about you, but I could sure use a break.
Cooperative foreign policy for the multipolar world
The Reconciliation Monument in Ottawa, commemorating Canada’s role in international peacekeeping operations around the world. Photo by Michel Rathwell/Wikimedia Commons. Below, Canadian Dimension has reprinted the foreign policy platform of…
I Don’t See the Border Opening Anytime Soon
Donald Trump is shameless when it comes to praising his response to the Covid-19 epidemic. On the campaign trail he depicts his personal failures as an amazing success story, the…
Private Education?
If you wonder why so many Americans appear to know nothing, look to the failure of the nation’s public education system. Jason Kunin writes that Ontario is headed in the…
Shenanigans in the Green Leadership Race
With the Throne Speech coming down this afternoon, it makes sense that most of the attention of the Canadian political scene is fixed on Ottawa today. But in the past…
What is Philosophy For?
Anyone who’s interested in thinking ought to read Mary Midgley’s last book, What is Philosophy For? I just finished the book last night and felt the need to share it…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Toying cats.
Populism, Elitism & Propaganda: The Continuing Failure of Liberals, Progressives & the Left
As I have been saying: accepting the elitist derogatory and vilifying use of the term populism as a synonym for all that is evil in the world is playing into…
Sept. World – go away.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-bitumen-sturgeon-refinery-nwrp-1.5718044 As I have said many times, our super rich exist largely to plunder us. This has been true for thousands of years. And this has been a constant for…
Site C-None of the parties vying for support from voters have clean finger nails on this file.
The BC NDP approved continuation of the controversial Site C Dam begun by the BC Liberals. The BC Greens did nothing of consequence via their inability or unwillingness to stand,…
Lies cost BC citizens billions
To gain public support for massive spending, BC Hydro is untruthful. To avoid taking responsibility for bad public policy, the Horgan Government pretends not to notice…
Mi’kmaw treaty rights, reconciliation and the ‘rule of law’
A man carrying the Mi’kmaq national flag at a protest in support of Indigenous fishing rights near Saulnierville, a three-hour drive west of Halifax, September 17, 2020. Photo by Trina…
14th Virtual NYC Anarchist Book Fair 2020, Sept. 25-27
We are happy to say that Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks will be participating in the 14th Virtual NYC Anarchist Book Fair later this week — you can check out the full program…
To mask ? Or not to mask? What is your problem?
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