Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Frances Russell discusses how the Cons have corporatized Canadian politics: In fact, elevating corporate rights over the rights of citizens and their…
Fund Raising
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Timothy Noah writes that since Republicans haven’t been able to convince the American public that inequality is desirable or acceptable, they’re taking another…
On parity
Jason, Scott and Joe Couture have all discussed the first month’s financial reports from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign. But I’ll add a couple of other points that jump out at…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Ottawa Citizen asks whether Stephen Harper’s Conservatives think Canadians are stupid enough to fall for their asinine carbon tax spin. Aaron…
On political legacies
Ready the fainting couch for Warren Kinsella, because I’ve got a scoop that he’ll find shocking and appalling. The NDP has been fund-raising for years based on appeals to Jack…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot discusses the effect of inegalitarian and austerian policies imposed by the UK Conservatives: (T)he neoliberal programme has closed down political…
And now a word from John Cleese, the devil
This explains a great deal. Alltop is fond of burning things too.
First impressions and lasting involvement
Others have already commented on the NDP’s first set of ads with Thomas Mulcair as party leader. But I’ll take a few minutes to highlight both the job the ads…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
As we enter the last few weeks of the NDP’s leadership race, we’re of course seeing loads of attention. But what from the flurry of activity might actually affect the…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
A few leadership notes covering the gap between Sunday’s informal debate and tonight’s version in Saskatoon… – Niki Ashton unveiled her justice platform, proposing a “judicare” program to ensure greater…
On close competition
Alice has taken a thorough look at the 2011 Q4 fund-raising totals in the NDP’s leadership race and mused that fund-raising may serve as a proxy for first-ballot support. But…
On responsible management
Tobi Cohen’s report on fund-raising in the NDP’s leadership race ends up serving largely as an analysis of Nathan Cullen’s position and fund-raising to date due to his willingness to…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jim Stanford highlights a trend of employers forcing work stoppages in order to force massive concessions out of their employees – and notes…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Stephen Maher nicely summarizes Tony Clement's sad committee appearance yesterday:The evidence shows that Clement chose the projects himself, in some kind of mysterious…
On backup plans
As part of rabble's discussion of what the NDP can do to increase its membership in Quebec during the course of the leadership campaign, one commenter has suggested a targeted…
Leadership 2012: Rulebook Review
As promised, let's take a quick look through the NDP's official leadership rules. On the whole, the regulations don't look to particularly favour any one candidate - but they do…
Leadership 2012: The Playing Field
With the NDP set to discuss the rules for its upcoming leadership campaign. So let's take a quick look at a few of the basic issues involved, along with the…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Tom Mills challenges the Cons to show any job creation whatsoever as a result of their non-stop corporate tax slashing:The thing is, if corporate…
On equalization
One more note on today's fund-raising news which is best seen in Alice's historical quarterly data.For 2011 Q2, total fund-raising for the NDP, Libs, Bloc and Greens was $7,918,876.12 -…
Not quite comparable
Alice notes that all three official parties in Parliament amassed record fund-raising totals during the course of this spring's election campaign. But it's worth adding one asterisk to the raw…