Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Chris Hatch discusses the glaring contradictions between Canada’s lip service to the fight against climate change, and its actions in pushing to expand…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Chris Hatch discusses the glaring contradictions between Canada’s lip service to the fight against climate change, and its actions in pushing to expand…
The Stills – Changes Are No Good
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Krugman writes that the most frightening aspect of the U.S. Republicans is the party’s commitment to climate destruction for political gain: My…
Here, on how the Libs’ throne speech continues their pattern of paying lip service to climate action while using public resources to make matters worse. For those interested in the…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Laurie Macfarlane writes about the interconnected economic, democratic and environmental crises facing the UK – and the opportunity voters have to address…
Poised cats.
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – As affordability takes a central place in most Canadian election campaigns, Kofi Hope and Katrina Miller propose a definition based on public health:…
It has been more than a year since Ricochet published a piece linking a UCP staff member to an overly racist online military surplus store: Adam Strashok (left) with former…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rachel Shabi writes that UK Labour’s plans for universal social investments would be both more compassionate and more efficient than the Conservative-created tearing…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Tom Blackburn writes about the UK’s rare opportunity to elect a government which is actually committed to empowering workers. – Don Pittis…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Abby Innes writes that the UK’s general election reflects a decision point as to whether to discard neoliberalism to serve the public, or…
Slowdive – Sugar for the Pill
This article was actually commissioned back in October but I decided to publish it here now. Up to this point I haven’t written a great deal about Atalante owing in…
Well this is less than reassuring: Scoop: @MackLamoureux, @ZacharyKamel and I learned from sources that neo-Nazi terror group The Base are hiding Patrik Mathews, the missing Canadian ex-soldier with explosives…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig writes about the fallout from the ideology of constant privatization – and a precedent from Canada’s past as to how…
Since the Saskatchewan Party tried to push nuclear power when first elected to office, it’s heard from the public about their grave (and justified) concerns. Overall, while there is some…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Crawford Kilian highlights how ongoing inequality is among the many factors leading to stagnant life expectancies in Canada. Jim Stanford points out that…
Dormant cats.
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Rupert Neate writes about the twelve-figure tax avoidance by the U.S.’ largest tech firms, while noting that Amazon stands out as the…