Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Michael Harriot writes that the U.S. is past the point of being able to talk about mere threats to democracy, and needs instead…
civil rights
An Attack On One Is An Attack On All
As we move from the summer doldrums to the fall political season in Alberta (and Canada in general), there are some things we need to talk about. Specifically, we need…
Organized hate groups on our streets
Gonzaga University is often recognized for basketball, but the 135-year-old Spokane institution is also known for academic initiatives. One is the Journal of Hate Studies, an annual peer-reviewed publication by…
Circumscribed freedom
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…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – The Honest Sorceror points out the obvious unsustainability of exponential growth in resource extraction when the mass of inanimate man-made objects already exceeds…
It’s not pie
I review an article by The Tyee’s senior editor Paul Willcocks, wherein he gave a failing grade to BC Conservatives when an obnoxious couple disrupted a schoolyard event involving 9-year-olds.…
So … The Social Woes Of Today Are The Fault of Whom?!
The political right wing's inability to understand things beyond simplistic bromides has always surprised me. I get that it makes for easy sound bite politicking, but seriously, the conclusions drawn…
Conservatives Are Dismantling Western Democracies
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind lately, but there are some very disturbing patterns emerging in the politics of western democracy these days. At the top of the list,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star’s editorial board weighs in on the reality that wishful thinking isn’t a substitute for responsible public health measures as another COVID…
Sacha Baron Cohen, on Facebook
A comedian says he speaks as his “least popular character, Sacha Baron Cohen.”
Canadian Freedom and Anti-maskers. Covidiots just don’t get it.
Share this: In this land we call Canada, much has been made about citizens handing over certain freedoms in order to get ourselves out of the Covid-19 pandemic. When it…
Racist blood quantum laws still define First Nations in Canada
Share this: Since signed into law in 1876, the Indian Act has used Blood Quantum laws to define who is legally a First Nations person in Canada. These laws were…
Covid-19 In Perspective: An Open Letter
The following letter I wrote and sent out in response to a virtual town hall meeting this evening with our local MP and a local environmental group. I am sharing…
Two Conservative candidates have transphobic policies. Why is no-one talking about this?
Share this: In the wake of JK Rowling’s most recent twitter debacle in which she (again) spread transphobic slander, it is clear that transphobia is still a pervasive force in…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Stephen Long writes that one of the key economic symptoms of the coronavirus pandemic has been to push people into underemployment. And CBC…
The Real Resistance: Lessons From History
It does not require a majority to defeat tyranny and defend liberty, but only a small and dedicated minority – as we saw in the American and French Revolutions,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Jackson argues that Canada has nothing to gain in trying to race Donald Trump to the bottom when it comes to…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kady O’Malley writes that after years of delays on their promise to reassess Bill C-51, civil rights are just one more area where…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rachel Bunker writes that Equifax represents the worst of an out-of-control capitalist system, as a poorly-regulated and unreliable credit reporting operation is…
Averting Fascism
Fascism is rising – here is how to avert it. A short video talk, linked below, sparked these thoughts, which I will share. May they bless us with the courage,…