When It Comes to the Climate Crises, What Is the Role of Democracy?
Is democracy a help or a hinderance in the fight to tame climate change? Kate Aronoff writes that authoritarians and technocrats don’t have the answers we need. …there’s a sort…
August 2021
#Elxn44 Roundup
This and that from the federal election campaign. – Canadians for Tax Fairness sets out its platform for a fair and equitable tax system. And Katrina Vandenheuvel makes the case…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rhianna Schmunk reports on British Columbia’s application of a reinstated mask mandate. And Cameron MacLean reports on Manitoba’s plan for both mask and…
Trudeau government: the Taliban are “our brothers”
A @JustinTrudeau cabinet minister just called the Taliban, a designated terror organization, “our brothers.” #cdnpoli #lpc #cpc #ndp pic.twitter.com/zAoKxRxPLI — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 25, 2021 The post Trudeau government:…
CBC radio: Hot Nasties and history
@HotNasties on Recall: How to Start a Revolution with Geoff Turner: Episode 1: Suicide Commandos! #cdnpoli https://t.co/a5nRpMN0pG — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 25, 2021 You can buy that Hot Nasties…
This Drone is Hitting the Rails
In order for train travel to be safe the rails the trains ride on need to be of a certain quality. You don’t want the equivalent of a pot hole…
No Going Back
Paul Krugman writes that, when it comes to employment, workers are not going back to the pre-pandemic world: After a year and a half of working from home, many don’t…
goodbye charlie watts
Charlie Watts was the greatest rock and roll drummer of all time. He’s the reason the Stones’ music has so much swing, why it skips and chugs and rolls and…
‘The Green Knight,’ apocalyptic anxiety and the new avatars of climate change
Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain in David Lowery’s medieval fantasy film The Green Knight. Still image courtesy A24. The Green Knight David Lowery A24, 2021 As climate breakdown and…
How Norman Bethune’s most respected biographers distorted the truth
Dr. Norman Bethune with the Canadian Blood Transfusion Unit, which operated during the Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1937). Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Unquestionably, Dr. Norman Bethune is one of…
You want my vote Mr. Singh?
My vote is up for grabs. I have explained why I am disappointed with Mr. Trudeau. I have laid it on the line for Mr. O’Toole. It is now the…
Alberta premier unseen since Aug. 9 as COVID counts rise; Opposition assails inaction and media starts to grumble
With COVID-19 case counts in Alberta marching higher by the day, now closing in on 8,000 active cases, the chorus of grumbles about the what’s become of Premier Jason Kenney…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tabled cats.
This ain’t bad.
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Boy, Are These People Ever Dim
My disdain grows deeper daily. Recommend this Post
War in the Anthropocene
What if governments become so overwhelmed with the demands of disaster relief that they couldn’t contemplate military adventures, not even a Cold War? Author Michael Klare considers the West’s current…
#Elxn44 Roundup
Noteworthy news and opinions from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Kiavash Najafi discusses how the Libs are struggling for lack of any reasonable explanation as to why they’ve precipitated an…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Climenhaga discusses how Jason Kenney’s detachment from the reality of COVID is leading to disaster for Alberta. Marilou Gagnon and Damien…
Extractivism and resistance in Latin America
Latin American Extractivism: Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective Edited by Steve Ellner Rowman & Littlefield, 2021 The stated goal of Steve Ellner’s edited volume titled Latin American…
Charlie Watts, RIP
One of the greatest rock’n’roll drummers. A big loss. The post Charlie Watts, RIP first appeared on Warren Kinsella.