We are happy to say that the original print run of J. Sakai’s The Dangerous Class and Revolutionary Theory: thoughts on the making of the lumpen/proletariat has sold out. Originally…
Alex scores an interview with the amazing Bad Nerves on the Havin’ A Chat Podcast – and there’s a Hot Nasties shoutout after the 50-minute mark!
Adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism weakens our collective fight against racism while posing a direct threat to academic freedom in Canada. Image by Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr. Over the last…
It was a boxing match, nine years ago last night, that many believe changed the course of Canadian history. The night the then Liberal MP Justin Trudeau took on the…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michael Atkinson and Haizhen Mou discuss their new polling showing that Canadians are particularly concerned with climate change and good jobs as…
It’s another month, and another season, with snow melting (though also falling, as i type this), and as always, lots of possibilities of what the next season may bring. We…
So my renewal for this domain came up. I thought long and hard for whether to bother renewing it… since its obvious to all that my blogposting on this has…
So my renewal for this domain came up. I thought long and hard for whether to bother renewing it… since its obvious to all that my blogposting on this has…
It’s April Fools Day and in normal times it’s one of those days that I usually look forward to. The jokes and pranks and the social media hits and complete…
On Saturday, Ontario will go back into lockdown — because Bruce Arthur writes, the Ford government can’t do what is required: Half-measures are how we got here. Ontario has taken…
Is it not amazing how a few more nickels in your tin cup can change your attitude? Did you listen to how the Shaw executive on Monday changed his tune…
Animals will be vaccinated in the United States before humans are, here in Canada. I wanted to give you an April Fool’s joke, but I can’t top that one, above.…
Basketball legend and self-appointed diplomat Dennis Rodman is reportedly heading to Alberta in an attempt to quell tensions between the increasingly isolated “Wild Rose Country” and the international community. Sources…
I share my experience as a condo dweller barbequing with Weber’s Q 2400 electric grill.
The town’s “engage” page for the upcoming “public” (virtual) meeting about the Saunderson Vindictive Judicial Inquiry (aka the SVJI) contains a deception (emphasis added): “The original estimated budget for the…
Lindsay Brown is a reliable information provider, particularly about energy in British Columbia. Her Twitter thread today should be required reading for every politician and BC Hydro ratepayer. It’s repeated…
The Alberta government has introduced a new social studies curriculum for Grades 1-6 that puts an emphasis on ancient and medieval civilizations and the history of religions. Here is a…
For me, reading the American literary critic, Harold Bloom, is often like wading in molasses. Intellectual molasses, to be sure, but slow going nonetheless. His writing is thick with difficult…
CD columnist Christo Aivalis highlights some of his favourite resolutions submitted in advance of the 2021 NDP convention, which will take place April 9 to 11, 2021. Image by Canadian…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jim Stanford weighs in on the need for increased worker input into economic decision-making – particularly as change is otherwise imposed by management…
