The English translation of Che Wants to See You was recently published. It is a remarkable insider account by Ciro Bustos, a comrade-in-arms who was intimately familiar with Che Guevara…
I thought it was strange that at a time when Toronto was convulsed over the police shooting of Sammy Yatim, Rob Ford had nothing to say about what had happened.…
Our last day in Venice,,two days ago now, a fog lay dense across the harbour, as far as we could see, which wasn’t very far into the fog. You can…
Backlash 101. Every attempt we made to start a serious debate was met with responses such as “feminism and rape are both ridiculously tiring”. via What happened when I started…
Tony Anthony I’m curious as to why Canada’s 100 Huntley Street has kept an interview with a thoroughly discredited British evangelist. In July a respected 3 man panel with the…
The above gig was to have featured a Hot Nasties reunion. First together in more than thirty years. Onstage with the Palma Violets. It was not to be. Ras Pierre…
I ended up at a house concert in Indian Head. It’s interesting where life takes you when you don’t plan your day. Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen are on their…
Good on the Honourable. I don’t know if you caught this but last week “Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird denounced Russia’s controversial new anti-gay law as hateful Thursday, saying it…
At the corner of King and William there are two little parks of identical size and shape. This one, on the east side of King, is called Heritage Green. You…
I got a phone call this morning from Susan in Windsor, Ontario. Susan’s rightly infuriated that her city council is violating it’s own policy by raising the Christian Flag as…
More than 100 organizations from across the globe, including OpenMedia.ca, are taking a stand against unchecked communications #surveillance, calling for governments around the world to follow international human rights law…
The sudden death of RCMP Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre was probably in mind when Resergeance.net posted the video embedded here. More than a few people believe that Lemaitre was misused by…
Been away from WiFi for a while. Posted a few drawings from Florence today at the Tumblr blog dougsamu.tumblr.com. I’ll catch up on some past work here. Soon. If you’re…
“Think back to every time you heard a Conservative backbench MP beat the drum, wrap themselves in the flag and denounce the opposition as traitors for not “supporting the troops”…
Given the propensity of FOX news to put GOP ‘personalities’ on the payroll and their willingness to call close elections in favour of the Republicans before all the votes have…
Given the propensity of FOX news to put GOP 'personalities' on the payroll and their willingness to call close elections in favour of the Republicans before all the votes have…
Given the propensity of FOX news to put GOP ‘personalities’ on the payroll and their willingness to call close elections in favour of the Republicans before all the votes have…
I bet I am the only guy here in his fifties wearing a Minor Threat T-shirt. Actually, I may be the only guy in his fifties wearing a Minor Threat…
Der Spiegel’s foreign news editor-in-chief, Hans Hoyng, has written a scathing editorial about the conviction of Wikileaks leaker, Bradley Manning, and calling for Obama to pardon Manning without delay. President…
Among the revelations from the NSA data mining scandal have been the identities of companies that aided and abetted the effort. Germany’s justice minister is calling for the EU to…
