Austeria
Mad scientist selling his utopian project to the master of Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) “Austeria”. An informal talk to OMSSA’s 2013 Learning Symposium, held in Ottawa, Ontario from June 16…
G20
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how the G20 is dancing around the problem of corporate tax evasion. The Economist issues a call to action…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Justin Ling writes that the Cons’ aversion to accountability isn’t limited to their own government, as they’re one of the few holdouts…
Of Toronto G20 protests and “abuse orchestrated by fascist states”
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Jan 15, 2013: Ontario Superior Court Justice Harriet Sachs says police behaviour during the Toronto G20 protests had “the eerie overtones of the…
PowerShift 2012 Concludes With Massive March Against Harper Gvt’s $1.4bn “Polluter Handouts”
The PowerShift 2012 Conference concluded with a raucous “Trick or Treat” march through downtown Ottawa by over 800 conference attendees and local activists. The 4-day conference sought to push the…
You go, Paul Martin
Yeah they did: “Tories made a ‘major mistake’ in their approach to the euro crisis, Paul Martin says.” “The major mistake that the government has made is the way that…
There is no Canada, only Zuul
Perspective is everything. When a Canadian citizen looks up at their government, they see a democratic institution being stolen from them through deceptive practices. When an international corporation looks down…
The world ponies up to the IMF
The IMF released this table at the end of the G20 yesterday showing pledges received over the past few months by countries around the world to increase IMF resources: That’s…
One big idea: Banking Oversight? Please.
Emerging from their resort world leaders have come up with one idea that just might work. Banking Oversight. No seriously, this is what they are spending money coming up with.…
Expensive resorts and lavish dinners, austerity is in the air
The G20 leaders continue to excel at making a credible case for austerity. Hunkered down in a Mexican luxury resort the reality of the world most people live in is…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Plenty of commentators are rightly speaking out against the Cons’ anti-democratic omnibus bill, including Tim Harper and the Star-Phoenix and Vancouver Sun…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – While some of us may recognize that there’s little reason to lend much credence to the talking points spewed out by any…
The #G20 Office of the Independent Police Review Director report
The National’s report above is a good overview of yesterday’s release of the G20 report by Ontario’s Office of the Independent Police Review. You can read it here and while…
Watching them watching us – Monday Music Pick: Our Protection by LAL
The deeply political, community-committed, and talented LAL from Toronto, sing about surveillance with images from the Toronto G20 manifestations from two summers ago. LAL was formed in 1998 and is…
Flaherty’s international diplomacy
Remember the G20 finance ministers meeting recently where Flaherty made a splash? Canada was one of the few hold-outs in the G20 meetings last month that dissented against the International…
A Conspiracy Theory
While it is good to finally know the identity of the coward whose infamous boot is featured prominently in this iconic photo from the #G20 police riot in Toronto, it…
Make It Stop
“Unlike Big Oil, are not transparent about their motives.” – Financial Post complaining about American environmental groups who oppose leaky pipelines destined to spoil freshwater and the Pacific coast. And…
Police watchdog: 5 cops who beat Adam Nobody should be charged
Yeah sure, but will these officers ever be charged? Not likely. Even if they are charged, chances are great that they will get off. It’s the way it works these…
G20 activist Amanda Hiscocks: I have no room for guilt or fear
Amanda Hiscocks to judge: “By focusing on the KKK’s tactics and not their politics you’ve missed the point entirely.” Go here for an excellent post on the woman facing a…
Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million…