Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – George Monbiot writes that the fossil fuel companies most responsible for endangering our living environment are also polluting our politics: …What counts, in…
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Will Climate Change Lead To Fascist Hell?
It's going to be a really hot day in France, and the beginning of a heatwave in Europe that some are already calling Hell Week. Authorities have urged children and…
Andrew Scheer and the Growing Fascist Darkness
For more than two years I have been trying to warn Canadians that Andrew Scheer is a leader like no other this country has ever known.A far-right ideologue who is…
Why Andrew Scheer Must Never Be Prime Minister
It was one of the most appalling spectacles I have ever witnessed, a deplorable assault on the very foundations of our democracy.The sight of Andrew Scheer, the Leader of the…
Andrew Scheer, the Con Media, and the Far-Right Menace
This should have been the biggest story in Canada yesterday. The sight of Andrew Scheer addressing a gathering on Parliament Hill that was riddled with racists and other far-right extremists.Members…
Andrew Scheer and the Fascist Connection
The first time I saw Andrew Scheer ranting and raving about the U.N. Global Compact for Migration, I couldn't understand what he was talking about. Or where he got that…
Donald Trump and the Growing Darkness
Afterwards just about everybody agreed, it wasn't one of Donald Trump's better days. He was up at 3:14 am angrily tweeting out this: Which let's face it, wasn't very Presidential.…
Why We Should Be Scared About Fascism in America
When I was in high school my friends used to make fun of me for regularly predicting that fascism was coming to America.And telling them that if they thought it…
Now Can We Call Doug Ford A Fascist?
As you know I like to portray Doug Ford as a political ape, a brutish demagogue drunk on power who is leading Ontario to disaster.But now I think I may…
Doug Ford and the Harperite Conspiracy
It was a scene I never thought I would see in Canada. It could only happen in Doug Ford's Ontario.And it can only be called fascism.Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government…
Doug Ford and the Day of the Dictator
When I saw the look on the faces of Doug Ford and his Con handler, I didn't need to turn up the sound on the TV to know what he…
Justin Trudeau and the Right-Wing Assault on Canada
Justin Trudeau has had to deal with all kinds of crazed hecklers as he travels across the country.There's one being removed from a town hall in Quebec City last January,…
The Day Saudi Arabia Declared War on Canada
I was relaxing in the little park next to the marine police station, on the last day of a long sweltering weekend, when Callum came running up with the shocking…
Doug Ford and the Nightmare In A Beer Garden
It's starting to resemble a nightmare in a beer garden, with Doug Ford already looking like one of the worst Premiers Ontario has ever known.He has ended the fight against…
The Fight Against Neoliberal Fascism is Anchored in Memory
Fascism today doesn’t look exactly as it did when it spread through Germany and Italy in the 30s but the foundational elements are alive and well around the world today,…
The Day Andrew Scheer Revealed His Inner Maniac
As we all know Andrew Scheer likes to portray himself as a Mr Nice Guy, the Con Forrest Gump, or the politician next door.And as you also know, I've been…
Porky Trump’s Parade and the Roman Triumph
I suppose it was inevitable, and nobody should be surprised. When you have a bloated authoritarian would be dictator like Donald Trump in the White House.One who needs to be…
Donald Trump’s Sinister Fake News Awards
In my last post I lamented the fact that the White House doctor had horrified people all over the world, by giving Donald Trump a clean bill of health.And by…
The USA Is Disconnecting From Reality
The US government is a deranged, terrorist state. There is a broad epidemic of people throughout America with damaged mental health who are unhinged from reality. That people are trolling…
Donald Trump and the Night of the Nazis
At a time when Donald Trump is threatening to lead his nation to war, and making ugly noises about the freedom of the press. At a time when neo-Nazis are…