Well, This Is Not Auspicious
When I checked the news this morning there were six reported deaths due to Covid-19 in Washington State. At 11:11 I received an email bulletin from the Seattle Times of…
2020
Horgan’s approval rate slipping. Just 18 per cent of British Columbians said Horgan had handled the Wet’suwet’en protests and solidarity blockades well.
Horgan’s approval rate slipping. Just 18 per cent of British Columbians said Horgan had handled the Wet’suwet’en protests and solidarity blockades well, while 65 per cent said he had done…
Heating Homes
Canada has a huge house heating issue. We burn a lot of fossil gas to heat homes. There are solutions, but we’ll have to implement them faster than the market…
Democrats Craving a Brokered Convention—Including Elizabeth Warren—Should Learn the Lessons of 1968
George McGovern, Democratic nominee in the 1972 presidential election. Photo by Ron Pownall/Getty Images. For four years, Democratic officials have insisted that Donald Trump is an unprecedented threat to the…
A Continent of Resistance: Latin America’s ‘Pink Tide’ in the Empire’s Scopes
Latin America’s Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings Edited by Steve Ellner Rowman & Littlefield, 2019 Latin America stands at an uncertain crossroads. The regional right-wing counter-offensive continues apace, most recently…
The Prerogative to be Tone Deaf
In 2019 we saw a lot of provincial elections come up, with big campaigns happening in a few provinces. But in 2020, it seems to be a lighter year for…
The Silver Lining
While the world’s unease continues to grow over the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, there is a kind of silver lining for that same world. In China, where the bug originated,…
The Virus He Has Spread
Paranoia has been part of American politics for a long time. Paul Krugman writes that it has been at the heart of recent American political debates: Remember, conservatives have spent…
It’s Super Tuesday!
Look who dropped by Daisy Group early this morning! Mayor Pete’s endorsed him! Beto’s endorsed him! Amy’s endorsed him! And he’s received more Democratic votes than anyone else! As some…
Music for Super Tuesday
My God, Cheap Truck were gods. Go Joe go!
Talking Preparing for Covid-19 & the Wet’suwet’en Agreement with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked how people are preparing for Covid-19, to…
Like talking to the wind.
Our politicians need more experience in dealing with our native peoples before they announce they are meeting milestones. Milestones are just road markers for those who can read them. Talking…
This Guy Only Ate Food He Grew for One Year
The video above tells a story about a person who grew in his garden enough food to eat for a year. Even with a small plot of land one can…
Kenney to Edmonton: Drop dead!
When the New York Daily News published its famous FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD headline on Oct. 30, 1975, all president Gerald Ford had done was deny a federal bailout…
HOW DID I GET HERE?
Same as it ever was As I watched David Byrne get seemingly jarred and shocked asunder upon an SNL stage last weekend, reprising one of his old band’s best-known hits…
Robert Reich-What Bernie Skeptics Need To Know
What Bernie Skeptics Need to Know Before Super Tuesday The Democratic establishment is wrong to think Bernie Sanders is too progressive to win a general election. He's the Democrats’ best…
Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar Step Back and Support Joe Biden-Video
BREAKING: Amy Klobuchar & Pete Buttigieg Are Out BREAKING: Amy Klobuchar & Pete Buttigieg Are Out Posted by The Young Turks on Monday, March 2, 2020
For an Internationalist Perspective in North America
Manon Massé, one of the two current leaders for Québec solidaire since 2017. The 2018 national assembly election in Québec marked a breakthrough for the Left. While a right-wing coalition…
February 2020 Bits and Bites: (Fake) Posters, Win Nay is Embarrassing, Robert Jones Escalates, and Tim Jones Goes Mask Off
February has been a ride. We’re still working on collecting the worst of the worst with the far-right’s response to Wet’suwet’en, which we’ll publish in other article(s) as it deserves.…
The New Rules of the Game
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Gage Skidmore (Flickr). The quadrennial political game of…