Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Jonathan Howard writes that the recognition of higher COVID-19 risks in adults has been used as a means of misleadingly minimizing the risks…
August 2021
Solidarity with Cuba more crucial than ever
Protesters attend a pro-government rally in Havana, July 11, 2021. Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa. The United States is escalating its sixty-year war on Cuba. Both Democrats and Republicans are braying…
Party Of None: Many People Have Been Asking
Well, no, I just made that up, but for those of a certain faction, the following should set their hearts and minds at ease. Guess this hale and hardy young…
Another WTF Were They Smoking Moment From Council
I read this in CollingwoodToday: At Monday night’s council meeting, Coun. Deb Doherty got support from her council colleagues to ask staff to investigate the feasibility of creating a Healing Forest…
Danger signs on the road to a post-pandemic future
A post-pandemic austerity regime, coupled with the intensifying climate crisis, will demand new and bold forms of organizing, writes CD columnist John Clarke. Photo by Santiago Sito/Flickr. In my April…
Justin Trudeau on abortion: that was then, this is now
Justin Trudeau, July 2021: “Every woman in Canada has a right to a safe and legal abortion. It’s time men stop telling other men that it’s ok for them to…
friends and family reunion road trip: day ten: berkeley to medford
Yesterday, we got a short list of car repair places in Berkeley that are open on Sunday. Allan went out to try to get the electrical issue fixed, while I…
The Blame Game – A Social Nightmare
Post Brexit Britain is in a bad way. Nesrine Malick writes: For all of the leading participants in our long national nightmare, everyone else is to blame. The rhetoric of…
A Spectre from the Past.
He’s here to save us all from “rampant government spending.” Former prime minister Stephen Harper stuck his oar into Canada’s economic confusion last week. In a podcast, Harper warned Canadians…
Erin O’Toole and the Con War on Women
The look of shock and despair on Erin O'Toole's face said it all. And who can blame him? A few days ago Justin Trudeau announced that his government would put…
In Loving Memory
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Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lauren Pelley examines the impact of the Delta variant in Canada. And Marieke Walsh notes that we’re facing an increasingly tight time…
Skip the hip, Olympics, and stick with real sports
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are nearing the half-way point. A few of you will be bleary-eyed from watching synchronized three-man fencing at 4 a.m., or something like that. Most of…
Numbers speak
Climate science is not accepted by the British Columbia government. BC NDP promises “environmentally responsible development of BC’s energy resources” and while that sounds reasonable, BC’s Public Accounts reveals the…
KINSELLACAST 170: Lilley, Adler and punk rock gems – Viletones, T-Tops and Surf Curse!
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Wildfires, Logging, and Climate Change Jeopardize Old Growth: UBCIC Advances Protect Our Elder Trees Declaration
News Release July 28, 2021 ((X?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish) and s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil Waututh/ Vancouver, B.C. – July 28, 2021) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is calling…
The Global Co-op Movement: The Better Way – and, The Way Ahead
I used to think that co-ops were a nice idea, very practical, a nice little niche for a few people around the margins and the periphery, with strong ideals, doing…
friends and family reunion road trip: day nine: friends, dogs, and views, plus some thoughts about future travels
When we went to the BART station to pick up our friend D yesterday, there was an unexpected surprise: a market! It was the Berkeley International Flea Market. A vendor…
"It’s All Your Fault"
Start at about the 55 second-mark for an uncomfortable look in the mirror. We should all feel a shudder of recognition and realize our collective responsibility is hardly limited to…
Insulin and Disaster Capitalism
Drs. Banting and Best must be rolling in their graves. Linda McQuaig writes: In the 1920s, Canada became world-renowned for discovering insulin and providing it at very low cost to…