Genocide, history, the truth: my talk in Montreal tonight
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War between America and Iran? "Avoid history at all costs. History is too big, too abstract, too dangerous."
They're doing it again. It sounds like Trump is going to get the United States involved in another damn war in the Middle East. Heard the same thing going from…
Military spending groupthink and Canada’s left
Photo by Captain Greg Juurlink/Canadian Armed Forces/Facebook I recently listened to a report on CBC Radio about Canada and NATO military expenditure—hardly a new topic because the Canadian popu...
For the Palestinian people, it is one minute to midnight: Canada must radically change its approach
Displaced Palestinians walk through the rubble of Gaza. Photo by Jaber Jehad Badwan/Wikimedia Commons. The people of Gaza had been under bombardment for nearly 20 months, experiencing terror, di...
Guest post by Bradley Lafortune: I went to Danielle Smith’s Coal Town Hall in Fort Macleod and here’s why it went off the rails
On June 11, more than 500 people showed up in Fort Macleod, near the site of the historic North West Mounted Police post about 170 kilometres south of Calgary, for…
Wednesday Night Cat Blogging
Reaching cat.
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Is it …
…about the money?
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Owen Jones discusses how the new outbreak of war-mongering toward Iran is indistinguishable - both in its insistence and its utter lack of connection…
My latest: when a union loses its mind
Full disclosure: I’ve been a member of a union. I’ve advised unions, for many years. I believe unions play a critical role in protecting workers and their families. But what…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Net Family Property in Ontario #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw
Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division of property between spouses upon marital separation.It applies only to spouses who are legally married.A spouse may be entitled to…
Propaganda, lies and the truth
Check out my X talk at 11. Here.
The Consequences Of Rhetoric
When Donald Trump’s first act as the 47th president of the United States was to pardon 1,500 people involved in his January 6 2021 coup attempt, he gave license to…
Today’s News: Oilers lose, Singh apologizes, Poilievre gets his chance, Liberal bills criticized, G7 continues, Rothkopf on Trump; Xi on America
Well, the Oilers won't be bringing the Stanley Cup back to Canada this year. They played well overall but in the end they just gave up too many goals. Tonight's…
Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan yet for running public health care, but just like Donald Trump she’s got a concept of a plan
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t have a coherent plan for running public health care yet, but yesterday she revealed that, just like her hero Donald J. Trump, she has a…
US-Israeli bid for regime change in Iran would devour the Middle East
A billboard displaying Iranian Ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei. Photo by Erdalislakphotography. Israel and the United States have intensified their radical destabilization of the M...