The emphasis of individual liberty has always been entangled with white supremacy, settler colonialism, climate destruction, economic exploitation, and patriarchy. These “ugly freedoms” legitimate the right to exploit and subjugate…
The low point of my summer (and there were many with this UCP government) came on Aug 3 when Danielle Smith announced a 7 month moratorium on wind and solar…
I worry about Willie Nelson. The Red-Headed Stranger turned 90 this year, so clearly he won’t be on the road again much longer. But I’m especially worried about Willie, one…
This very brief TikTok from view.from.my.eyes is a perfect metaphor (and reality) of our current situation: @top_jumbomortgage_lender #greece #flood ♬ original sound – steve Check out the people on the…
LAV-25 of the 12th Armoured Regiment, January 14, 2012. Photo courtesy the United States Marine Corps/Flickr. For several decades, Liberal and Conservative governments have steadily militarized Canada. Since the end…
Where does conservative leader Pierre Poilievre get off referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a foreign dictator? That was what Poilievre inferred in his speech to the conservative party…
This afternoon, we find out which of the 50+ policy resolutions get adopted by the CPC. Back here, I reviewed 3 policy resolutions in context, and questioned just how “broad”…
Sorry, I have to pause on posting for a little while. I’ll be back.
Woke up this morning thinking of some lyrics from The Police: … Every move you makeAnd every vow you breakEvery smile you fakeEvery claim you stakeI’ll be watching you Then…
You’re right: it’s bird’s nest. Almost walked past it last week on the trail at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine last Sunday, but at the last minute it caught…
Catherine Fife and Debbie Chapman speaking to protesters. It feels like we turned a dark corner in Ontario. In my hometown in particular. Doug Ford came to K-W to be…
The Greenbelt scandal has become quicksand for Doug Ford. It has exposed the “man of the people” for what he is. Emma Teitel writes: Ontario Premier Doug Ford must assume…
There was a note on Pierre Poilievre’s desk when he reported in after his summer holiday: Sire: We have good news and bad news. It seems that the generation Zee…
Emma Hewitt X Orjan Nilsen – Warrior
If the people of Hamilton are any indication, the citizen fury against Doug Ford’s brazen and corrupt theft of Greenbelt lands continues unabated. In a meeting ostensibly called to get…
Assorted content to end your week. – Rebecca Leber highlights how drilling in the Arctic and other high-cost fossil fuel extraction plans are based on a sociopathic bet against any…
