Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alex Himelfarb, Andrew Jackson and Brian Topp write about the need for a tax system which collects a fair share from the wealthiest…
2020
How to Pay for a Just and Green Recovery
Some colleagues and I published this piece on how to pay for “building back better”. The Broadbent Institute published this longer version here.
The Confession of Donald J. Trump
He didn’t mean to confess. He’ll deny he confessed, call it a lie, Fake News. Donald Trump confessed yesterday in a tweet he sent from Walter Reed hospital where he’s…
Attacks on American Democracy Under the Radar
2020 has been a crazy year and more so than usual, it’s felt like life have serious come at us fast. It feels almost like the further we’ve gotten into…
Believe It
Donald Trump is crashing and burning. But, as has been the truth from the beginning, Donald lives in a permanent state of denial. Jennifer Rubin writes: The national polls are…
Trudeau’s game of throne speech
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a televised address to the nation, September 23, 2020. Justin Trudeau’s minority government has shrugged off the WE scandal, prorogued parliament, delivered a carefully…
Trump’s Progress.
Has it occurred to you that president Donald Trump might be faking his bout with Covid-19? It would certainly have to be an elaborate ruse. There would just be too…
2021 Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
available from leftwingbooks.net We are happy to announce the 2021 edition of The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. Certain Days is a joint fundraising and educational project between…
This Doc on Bellingcat Inspires You to Act
Since 2014 an innovate research team has been looking into major news events in a way never done before, that team is known as Bellingcat. Bellingcat is comprised of volunteers…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 5, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 5, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: No sex, no marriage, rules B.C. judge in rare annulment because husband…
The New Colonialists #nlpoli
The New Colonialistsdon't look like the old onesThe last day of September is known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to remember residential schools for Indigenous people, which,…
The New Colonialists #nlpoli
The New Colonialistsdon't look like the old onesThe last day of September is known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to remember residential schools for Indigenous people, which,…
The New Colonialists #nlpoli
The New Colonialistsdon’t look like the old ones The last day of September is known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day to remember residential schools for Indigenous people,…
just look on the sunny side of life
You have to be creative to stay in business during a pandemic. pic.twitter.com/cKmA1xXxrT — You Had One Job! (@_youhadonejob1) October 5, 2020 Lincolnshire Wildlife Park has recently been forced to…
What did Finance Minister Travis Toews actually say about AISH in Grande Prairie last week?
So, what did Travis Toews actually say about Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped when he said whatever he said to a Grande Prairie local news website one week ago…
Refugees aren’t safe in the USA. Canada must help out.
Share this: Our southern neighbors are at a boiling point with a torrent of racial unrest and questions about whether or not the current president will honor the results of…
Putting Your Own Mask on First
Teachers are a hardy bunch. We have self-trained ourselves to remain polite and calm in the face of abuse. On my first day of teaching, ever, I wrote Miss Snyder…
SaskParty Replaces Candidate
After a SaskParty candidate was revealed to be an anti-science Q-cult fascist, so Moe removed him to reduce embarrassment to the party. The replacement is a home builder association CEO.…
Memo to Bob Rae and Stephen Lewis: Palestine does matter
Thousands march through London demanding that the UK recognize Palestine and stop British support for Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank, November 4, 2017. Photo by Alisdare Hickson/Flickr. On…