What Must Be Done: The Briefest Possible Sketch
We must educate and inform ourselves and others; speak up and stand up for both compassion (ie: public health) and freedom; sow non-violent democratic revolution to dethrone the sociopathic corporate…
2020
Oct. 31: No. Damn it. No!
Just minutes ago, I watched CNN on TV. And this is the same garbage I’ve seen on every channel. Like virtually all commercial news media it ignores the central problem…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Justin McElroy writes about the fatigue and unfamiliarity we’re feeling in addressing a new wave of COVID-19 – along with the importance…
National Caregivers Month in a Year Like No Other
This morning I looked at all my posts from early November since I began writing this blog (eleven years ago). At this time annually, to mark the beginning of National…
For All Of Us
The pandemic has provided us with several lessons and even — Robin Sears writes — at least one gift: The first lesson of this pandemic is that we must never…
Why we need to resurrect the ‘syndicalism’ of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Crowds at Victoria Park during the Winnipeg General Strike, 1919. Photo by L.B. Foote/Archives of Manitoba. Due to the numerous commemorative events surrounding its centenary, many are now familiar with…
The last campaign.
You never know which one is your last campaign. You always look forward to your next until reality says your last was your last. I can no longer climb the…
A Scary Parallel….
“Earlier in his career the world had watched him with amusement, that people refused to take him seriously, and as one action after another met with amazing success, this amusement…
Trump or Biden—whoever wins, the world loses
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the US Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, January…
October 2020 Bits and Bites: Halloween Edition
We haven't really done a bits and bites article in some time but we thought we would do so now. Please forgive our omissions in this purposely irreverent look back…
October 2020 Bits and Bites: Halloween Edition
We haven't really done a bits and bites article in some time but we thought we would do so now. Please forgive our omissions in this purposely irreverent look back…
October 2020 Bits and Bites: Halloween Edition
We haven’t really done a bits and bites article in some time but we thought we would do so now. Please forgive our omissions in this purposely irreverent look back…
Alberta chases multi-billion-dollar deal with Saudis, never mind what Jason Kenney used to say about them
Now that Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party is desperately trying to a do a deal with a Saudi Arabian company to build a petrochemical plant in Alberta, I wonder how…
Books
Books
BC 2020 election winners
An In-Sights reader identifies the true winners in British Columbia’s October 24 election.
Why Donald Trump Has Never Been More Dangerous
They say Donald Trump has never looked more tired or more desperate. Three days before the election his polls are sagging, the coronavirus is surging. He doesn't have the energy…
Covid Journal, October 31, 2020
A collection of horrifying updates for Covid’s Halloween.
Conspiracy Theories and Conservatism: A Love Affair (Part 1)
Share: Daniel Collen Dan Collen is a freelance writer who covers fringe political movements and conspiracy theorists. Lately, he’s been writing about Canada’s growing anti-mask movement.Find Dan on Medium and…
The Royal History of the Hudson’s Bay Company
Hudson’s Bay Company Coat of Arms Photo Credit: Qyd The fur trade was a vital industry in Canada almost from the time the first settlers arrived with first the French…