Happy Labour Day: the tide of workers who wish they had a union is growing
Happy Labour Day! Overall union membership may be shrinking, but the number of workers who wish they had a union and would vote to join one if they could appears…
2022
Danielle Smith & the Alberta Sovereignty Act
In June 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta, agreeing to terms that enshrined the principle that no one, not even a king, is above the law. And now 807…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jasmine Kerrissy and Judith Stepan-Noris examine the state of the U.S. labour movement for Labour Day. And Gil McGowan points out the…
Poilievre And The Young
It appears that young voters are attracted to Pierre Poilievre. Sam Routley writes: The voting behaviour of young voters is highly volatile when it comes to both turnout and party…
What Open Border?
I was trying to figure out the ArriveCAN app today and I think this border-crossing nonsense would be appropriate for a police state but it really does not belong between…
Weekend funnies
Gordon Lightfoot – 83 years old! – performed at the CNE tonight in Toronto and people loved it, lots of tweets about it. Kiefer Sutherland happened to be in town…
Guest post by Steve Bradshaw: Is a regional transit system really a good deal for Edmonton?
By Steve Bradshaw Edmonton City Council is being asked to upload our Edmonton Transit Service into a regional system responsible for public transit throughout the entire Edmonton metropolitan area. Amalgamated…
Social Media is Making Me a Worse Reader
I have realized in the last few days that social media – especially but not only Twitter – has made me a worse reader.I mean this in a specific way.…
Social Media is Making Me a Worse Reader
I have realized in the last few days that social media – especially but not only Twitter – has made me a worse reader.I mean this in a specific way.…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jennifer Ackerman reports on what Saskatchewan can expect from a COVID wave allowed to sweep across the province without precautions. Eva Ferguson points…
This weekend’s tonics: “In His Desk!” and “Democrats flip Alaska seat and defeat Sarah Palin in special election, big loss for GOP!”
I posted these two on my Twitter late this week: Today’s tonic: “In His Desk!” Hahaha! Thank you, Lawrence O’Donnell, for what you do: “Donald Trump Got Caught With Classified…
Saturday Photo: The End of Highway 138, a Great Trip
I’m surprised that it’s been so long since I last posted, but here is a photo of part of the reason: our trip to Quebec’s Côte Nord. This is as…
When a Veil Is Not a Veil: Fashion, Modesty and Evolving Rules
Just as France begins to consider prohibiting women from wearing niqab, or a full veil, fashion designer Riccardo Tisci features a very attractive young woman wearing a sort of pseudo-veil…
Sept. 10, 2022 – NYC Anarchist Bookfair
Kersplebedeb will be tabling at the NYC Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday, September 10. Come check us out! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2022, from 2 PM, La Plaza Cultural Community Garden 16th…
Sept. 10, MTL: Festival Defund La Police + MTL vs Racisme
There are two events in Montreal’s NDG neighbourhood—Parc Girouard to be specific!—on Saturday, September 10th, and even if Kersplebedeb weren’t tabling at both of them (which we are!) we’d be…
We Know Who He Is
The date is fast approaching for the Conservatives to choose the next leader of their party. Nick Seebruch writes: In less than two weeks the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC)…
Hobbesian vs Benthamite Politics
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was not an optimist about human behaviour. Writing more than a century after Niccolo Machiavelli, the English political philosopher argued in his masterwork, Leviathan (1651), that the…
We must get rid of the CAQ government. Québec Solidaire is the only alternative
Québec Premier and CAQ leader François Legault. Photo from Twitter. There is no doubt about the anti-social record of François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government. Its use of immigrants…