Next Steps: Violence? Policy? Adaptation? Acceptance?
Ezra Klein wrote a compelling piece about Andreas Malm’s book How to Blow Up a Pipeline. We’re not doing enough to stop the trainwreck we’re driving, but is violence the…
July 2021
O’Toole will buy back Alberta.
Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is playing second banana to liberal Justin Trudeau. The day after the prime minister was spreading pre-election loonies for votes in Calgary, ‘Oh Shucks’ O’Toole showed…
Confronting reality, Kenney Government puts off plans for referendums on grabbing CPP, creating provincial police force
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has dropped his plans for referendums on taking over the Canada Pension Plan and replacing the RCMP with an easier-to-control provincial police force. For now. Finance…
July 15: Our News Media as Liars.
When I was young – and probably before you were even born – we got a TV. And a programme we were glued to was about Cuba in the days…
Andrew Coyne and the Road To Ruin
Andrew Coyne is a tortured toxic Trudeau hater for the weirdest of reasons. The Con fluffer apparently hates Justin for something his father Pierre did; knocking up up Coyne's cousin…
Wolff on Generating Allies
Whenever I read or listen to Noam Chomsky or Chris Hedges talk about citizens changing the world like they did in the 30s, I get equally riled to action and…
The Nakba Continues – Palestine and Turtle Island
There are many parallels between the struggles of Palestinians and the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Chandni Desai and Ali Abunimah reflect on some of these in this presentation. Chandni…
No Truth
Manitoba’s new Minister really put his foot in his mouth. The leader of the Official Opposition put him in his place. Here's the exchange between @WabKinew and Dr. Alan Lagimodiere,…
A General Cooks His Own Goose
Former chief of defence staff, general Jonathan Vance, is neck deep in allegations of inappropriate conduct toward female subordinates. Now, it’s alleged, he’s gone from the frying pan into the…
Powerful Words. "The Nazis Aren’t Getting In."
“I Alone Can Fix It: Donald Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year” appears to shine a glaring light on, among other things, Trump’s exit after losing the election to Joe Biden. One…
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It is important. Here's the exchange between @WabKinew and Dr. Alan Lagimodiere, the new Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations minister. pic.twitter.com/qV87piRT7E — elishadacey (@elishadacey) July 15, 2021 The post Watch…
Something Has to Give. It’s Either Bolsonaro or the Amazon Rainforest.
It’s a pretty scary idea – the Amazon rainforest may be unable to survive Jair Bolsonaro. The collapse of the Amazon rainforest is inevitable if Jair Bolsonaro remains president of…
Another Nail in Canada’s Carbon Coffin?
Canada’s longstanding position on fossil fuels is “We just make the stuff. We’re not responsible for what someone else does with it.” That argument seems to be running into resistance…
It Does Sound Plausible. What Putin Saw in Trump.
“An impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual who suffers from an inferiority complex” Of course Vlad Putin’s people ran a psychological profile of Donald Trump during the run-up to the…
Prospects for the NDP
Jagmeet Singh, the current leader of the New Democratic Party. Photo courtesy the NDP/Facebook. This article is part of a series in which CD editors asked NDPers, current and former,…
Fourth Major Heatwave in Five Weeks Building in the Rockies
If this summer is doing anything it’s in demonstrating that the climate emergency is here. Now. It’s here now. Extreme heat, extreme drought, fires so intense they create their own…
Avi Lewis has the moral courage to add substance to the NDP
Avi Lewis has both the moral courage and the policy credentials that have the potential to add substance to the NDP, writes former CUPE National President Paul Moist. Photo courtesy…
Review of Robyn Marasco’s “Reconsidering the Sexual Politics of Fascism” – Matthew N. Lyons, Three-Way Fight
By Matthew N Lyons | Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Memorial to Ashli Babbitt, killed during January 6 attack on U.S. Capitol Most critiques of the far right take women for…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Haque discusses how the UK is headed for yet another avoidable wave of COVID-19 disaster. Sarah Rieger reports on the rising…
Ottawa must intervene in closure of Alberta’s supervised consumption sites
Despite the effectiveness of supervised consumption sites, since taking office the Government of Alberta has been actively curbing access. Photo from Shutterstock. Harm reduction works. After a number of 2018…