Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes about the need to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis into a new normal, rather than trying to return to…
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Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Laird Cronk and Sussanne Skidmore offer their take as to how to ensure everybody benefits from British Columbia’s recovery plan. And Trish…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ryan Hayes and Edward Hon-Sing Wong discuss both the importance of collective action to protect workers’ rights, and the strategies which are proving…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Through the newly-developed Progressive International, Grace Blakely writes that we don’t have any choice as to whether our future will be planned –…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Robert Reich argues that U.S. corporations need to prioritize the health of their workers over immediate profits. But James Galbraith writes about…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Linda McQuaig warns us not to tolerate yet another around of austerian demagoguery when investment in people’s well-being is a positive step toward…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Yves Engler discusses how Canadian corporations have shown a consistent pattern of pursuing profit with no consideration of the public good. –…
History Repeats: The Decline & Fall of the Western Corporate Empire
“The Goths remained on Roman land and would ally themselves with the Roman army. Later, however, one man, a Goth and former Roman commander, rose up against Rome – a…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bryan Borzykowski recognizes that many Canadian families are weathering the COVID-19 crisis only by taking on more debt – though it’s worth questioning…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Annie Lowrey discusses how essential workers have been consistently undervalued due to political choices. And Patty Coates, Jan Simpson and Pablo Godoy discuss…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress discusses now polling showing that a strong majority of Canadians favour a broad transformation of our society in the wake of the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ronan Burtenshaw discusses the British public’s strong support for a New Deal featuring higher wages and more fair tax contributions by the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sheila Block highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified the profits accruing to the wealthy few while putting added pressure on…
Cutting through the crap, with Matt Taibbi
Along with John Pilger, Abby Martin, & the handful of honest journalists left standing, I love Matt Tabbi. Here he sums up what’s wrong with politics & the media, in…
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,…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Heather Scoffield points out some of the people who have been systematically excluded from any discussion about what steps need to be…
Nostalgia For Simpler Times
I generally am not one for nostalgia, having a strong preference for living in the present, and looking to the future. Further, I rarely write in conversational colloquialisms. But I…
On false choices
Needless to say, I’m not at all surprised to see what resulted from Scott Moe’s pre-announcement announcement and subsequent announcement about the additional risks he wants to take in the…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jane McArthur and Filipe Duarte discuss how the response to the coronavirus pandemic is confirming the importance of collective responsibilities. Amanda Harvey-Sánchez…