Guernica, now and then
“Guernica” is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most powerful anti-war painting…
Trevor Harrison
Alberta’s dangerous lurch to the far-right
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Anger and Angst: Jason Kenney’s Legacy and Alberta’s Right, edited by Trevor Harrison and Ricardo Acuña. At this book’s heart lies…
Bill 1 and Alberta’s Ongoing Descent into Authoritarianism
Alberta premier and United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney arrives at a rally protesting against Bill C-69 in Calgary. Tuesday, April 9th, 2019. Photo by Tom Ross/660 NEWS. Since winning…
A Jason Kenney Alberta
Photo by Tom Ross (660 NEWS, Edmonton) The 2019 Alberta election is over. Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party will form the province’s next government. But who is Jason Kenney? And…
Morbid symptoms: Alberta’s yellow vest movement
Photo by Brendan Collinge Parroting – or perhaps parodying – the Yellow Vest movement in France, hundreds of similarly dressed protesters began taking to Alberta’s streets in the weeks leading…
A Bigger Role for Alberta
Many will remember the made-in-Alberta bumper sticker of the 1980s that told Canadians outside of Alberta that they could “freeze in the dark.” The message caught the mood of many…
The Debt Crisis: A Case of False Memory Syndrome
The acclaimed author, Milan Kundera, has written that, “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” But the ongoing world financial crisis shows how false…