MayDay 2011 Aftermath: Let the Distractions and Deflections Begin
Constantly lampooning the NDP for having the only youth in their party may provide a short-term distraction from the crimes of the Cons, but it ain't gonna last.
Come Back
Thanks to everyone who read my last piece, by the way (even if you didn't leave comments). Here's what I have to add today. The way for the Liberal Party…
Pension Reform’s Opponents
Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti has written a good article entitled Canadians betrayed on cpp reform that discusses the need for reform to the Canadian Pension Plan and how…
Iggy says teaching gig = end of political life
Ignatieff says U of T teaching position to mark 'end of my life as a politician'.http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ignatieff-says-u-of-t-teaching-position-to-mark-end-of-my-life-as-a-politician/article2011390/?service=mobileHe *still* doesn't ...
Pushing Back Against the Climate Change Deniers in the Media, Government
This is a copy of an unpublished letter to the editor of the Sudbury Star, submitted on April 21st in response to an article written by Sun Media's Monte Sonnenberg…
Shorter
Shorter Republican presidential debate:Still crazy after all these years.
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold
My friends, there's no denying the impact of the past couple of days. The way it stands now, we're going to have to live with a Harper majority for the…
Molly’sBlog 2011-05-06 01:08:00
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT MONTRÉAL:THREE REQUESTS FROM THE MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR:The premier anarcho-event of the year, the Montréal Anarchist Bookfair, is coming up on May 20 to 22. Here are three…
Oil Spills: The beavers do it better.
Media scan: David Suzuki - Alberta’s biggest oil spill in 30 years is a call to action for Canadians BBC - Oil spill in Canada’s Alberta ‘biggest in 35 years’…
A prairie literacy test
Does the word coop have one or two syllables?
In which it is possible that David Herle may be wrong
A couple of days ago, former Liberal organizer David Herle was asked by the CBC to set down his views on the desirability of a merger between the Liberal Party…
Barak Obama – The Great White Hope (less)
In many Black circles he’s known as an Oreo (black on the outside, white on the inside). In his home state of Hawaii he’s known as a Coconut (brown on…
Ruefrontenac Shuts Down Print Weekly
Searching for Honest Journalism: ruefrontenac.com A rather unique model of alternative journalism, ruefrontenac.com is the creation of the 253 members of the Syndicat des travailleurs de l'information du Journal de…
Leave that little girl alone
As far as I am concerned the new MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau, is just great and the Cons, Libs and media should fuck off. Who cares if she didn’t campaign,…
The Future is Coming and Conservatives are losing the Struggle. . . .
Here are a few of the reasons that the Conservative Party is a sad and hopeless relic. Though it managed to secure a small majority, a few years of the…
Summer 2011 in Sackville, NB
So I've been absent from here for a while now. Since I wrote my last posts I moved out of residence for the last time and into an apartment. In…
Skyrocketing Crime Rates and Imperial Wars
Imperial interventions in civil wars have a devastating effect on countries that last for decades and affect the entire economy and society. One indicator of the long-term consequences of imperial…
Proposed Constitution: Clause 6 The Executive
Section 6: The Executive6:1: The party executive is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the party and is its governing body between conventions.6:2: The party's Executive shall consist of the…