In the aftermath of the recent federal election, I wrote a post (building on a piece by someone else) that, among other points, argued that the community-based left in Canada…
It seems increasingly clear that keeping our planet habitable over the medium to long term requires that certain things that are currently in the ground must be allowed to remain…
It seems increasingly clear that keeping our planet habitable over the medium to long term requires that certain things that are currently in the ground must be allowed to remain…
I’m feeling an odd reluctance to do a certain kind of writing about social movements. It’s odd because, in many respects, I’m pretty well placed to do this writing. For…
A lot of what has been written so far about the results of Monday’s election, even by folks on the left, has been about and directed towards political parties –…
I strongly dislike when there is some sort of intense polarization within and between social movements on an issue. Partly I dislike it because I have a deep distaste for…
A long-ago encounter: A fragmented, shifting self still in unsettled pieces from earlier impacts. More proximally, deep blue fingers with a tight grip. And in the midst of that, a…
It’s a phenomenon as common as the internet is wide: A cis guy who thinks of himself as broadly in sympathy with social justice goals reads a piece of blunt…
Studying the phenomenon we call “Canada” in a critical way is nothing new, but I think this book is an attempt to make critical Canadian Studies a bit more clearly…
I have to admit, I’m skeptical that Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas NDP candidate Alex Johnstone really didn’t know what Auschwitz was until last week. But I think the controversy that her claim…
Lately, we’ve been subjected to a rather higher density than usual of a particular kind of moment in public life. These are moments that combine what are (when you’re on…
One of the joys of returning to the city I moved away from over a decade ago has been reconnecting with some very lovely people in what promises to be…
Take the fact that I am writing this review at all as a sign of my regard for some of this book’s ideas. I’ve only recently returned to any sort…
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; }a:link { } It isn’t news to anyone who knows me, but I haven’t mentioned it on this site yet: Very soon, I will…
Earlier today, I was out in downtown Sudbury running some errands. Before I came home, I stopped to have some fast food. I was sitting, munching on my pizza, and…
When I write book reviews of scholarly books, I’m very conscious that I’m doing so mostly for my own benefit, as a way to deepen my own engagement with the…
This is a short and accessible introduction to some key ideas relevant to disability politics, written from a radical perspective by someone with extensive experience in radical disability, anti-globalization, and…
Often, when faced with a barrage of new awfulness from a government or party of the Right, people who fall under the broad umbrella of “mainstream progressive” do a pretty…
I have always approached understanding and writing the world in an eclectic sort of way. I’m not sure I could do otherwise, as someone whose formal training in these things…
This is likely going to be a short review. In part, that’s because reviews filled with superlatives tend to get boring quickly. It’s also because I have seen a few…
