The Cancer Diaries, Part 26
Cancer changes everything — and nothing at all. Rabbi Skillman That’s a profound comment, coming from a TV character. The “rabbi” in question is a fictional patient in hospital, played…
March 2021
NEW RELEASE: Remembering the Armed Struggle: My Time with the Red Army Faction
Available for pre-order. Shipping in late March. Margrit Schiller was an early member of the Red Army Faction, the West German urban guerrilla group. In 1971 she was captured and…
Biden and Trudeau continue Trump-era aggression against Cuba
Recently, the Biden administration signaled that it will continue Trump’s aggressive approach to Cuba, and Canada seems to be going along for the ride. Photo by Enrico Strocchi/Flickr. Progressives have…
Act Now: Second Group of Detainees on Hunger Strike at the Laval Migrant Prison!
From Solidarity Across Borders. #FreeThemAll #StatusForAll #HungerStrikeLaval On Monday, March 1, 2021, a second group of detainees launched an indefinite hunger strike to demand their immediate release from the Laval…
Declaration of the Inmates on Hunger Strike at the Laval Detention Centre
From the Solidarity Across Borders. Seven inmates of the Laval migrant prison are continuing the hunger strike they began on March 1, 2021. The strikers have launched a declaration to…
Prison Covid Newsletter (vol 2, no 4), March 2021
The Prison Covid-19 Information Project provides COVID-19 news and resources for prisoners and their families and loved ones on the outside. Their latest newsletter is here. They have also added…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Laura Spinney writes about the debate as to whether to eliminate COVID-19 or control its continued spread. And Carl Zimmer reports on…
Who Is Being Served?
Rishi Sunak is Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. More than anyone else, he is responsible for the disaster that has hit Britain. Owen Jones writes: Rishi Sunak is one of…
5 Ways We Can Improve Cities During the Pandemic
IKEA’s research and design lab in Copenhagen released a book this month on ways we can improve our cities. They start by recognizing we’re presently facing two global crisis: a…
Don’t bet on it!
In a world of stupid ideas, you are going to love this one. The investors who bought Torstar, publisher of the Toronto Star, want to expand their newspaper empire into…
Marilyn Manson’s fans killed Brian Warner and now all that’s left is Marilyn Manson – Part 3
(continued from part 2…) “ I was being grandiose, saying that I would be this icon that would have a lot of power in my hands and be able to…
My latest: trust the experts, trust science
When you suspect you are being conned, and you’re not an expert, what do you do? You go find an expert who tells the truth, that’s what. Dr. Anthony Fauci…
Alberta MP launches petition to make House of Commons stop calling assault rifles assault rifles
It is an actual fact that Alberta MP David Yurdiga launched a petition yesterday calling on the House of Commons to stop using the term “assault rifle” to describe assault…
BC HYDRO Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
Norm Farrell calls a spade a spade, always has. The handling of the Site C Dam project has been an exercise in deceit and conflict from the outset. Both the…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The results of Stockton, CA’s experiment with a guaranteed income show a predictable improvement in both well-being and economic success for people with…
Okay. It’s tomorrow.
I have been in hospital for over a week. And I’m an old, old man – 83. This blog is a catchup. I haven’t had time to catch up on…
Sun Media hit: me versus Lilley
Sort of.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
When the project assurance board was populated by insiders and avid Site C cheerleaders, inevitably, it would fail to protect the public interest. Everyone involved knew that but were satisfied…
I love this!
And this happened here, in Saskatoon: Meanwhile in Canada: A 10-year old boy wanted to do something nice for the dogs in his neighborhood. So he built them a stick…
Undermining Democracy in Manitoba
The past year was a hard year for the state of democracy around the World and when 2021 got here, we were all hoping that this year would be better.…