The Good Life: we have the vision – what’s lacking is the will
When the 2007-2008 financial crisis hit, a loud chorus of pundits and politicians, for what turned out to be the briefest moment, came to see that we had got it…
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Melissa Hanson writes about life as a climate refugee from what was billed as a relatively safe area - making for a particularly painful…
Neoliberalism made Trump possible
Excerpt from Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge A good deal of punditry has gone around in circles on the question of how someone like Donald Trump could become president…
The Power of Mr. X: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism
Against my better judgment, I was browsing twitter which I have been reluctant to do ever since it became Nazi-infested x. In any case, I came across an exchange between…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Watts reports on the Earth Commission's work showing how any path to avert climate breakdown needs to break down the concentration of wealth…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Freedman reports on the extreme heat wave scorching the southwest U.S., while Costas Kantouris reports on Greece's unprecedented drought and water depletion. And…
So this is happening
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/breaking-free-of-neoliberalism-canadas-challenge-what-it-will-take-to-deal-with-american-decline-inequality-and-the-climate-crisis/9781459419476.html
Best Explanation of Reagan’s Neoliberal Policies
Just this from xeviuniverse. Here’s the link in case embedding doesn’t work. @xeviuniverse I didnt have time to cover all the other vomit inducing things he did ♬ original sound…
Best Explanation of Reagan’s Neoliberal Policies
Just this from xeviuniverse.Here's the link in case embedding doesn't work. @xeviuniverse I didnt have time to cover all the other vomit inducing things he did ♬ original sound -…
Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You
The Minden ER closed June 1, 2023. A recent article in the Minden Paper explains why this should worry all of us. Jeff Nicholls said, “After we analyzed the decision-making…
Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You
The Minden ER closed June 1, 2023. A recent article in the Minden Paper explains why this should worry all of us.Jeff Nicholls said,"After we analyzed the decision-making processes before,…
China—to trade or not to trade
It doesn’t seem that long ago that the U.S. and Canadian governments were assuring us that free trade would be the answer to everything from economic prosperity to world peace.…
Neoliberalism’s failure—Americans agree on something
If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it’s polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization. I would agree. It was…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Welsh discusses how institutions under the thrall of neoliberal ideology are incapable of achieving any end other than the further enrichment…
Conspirituality
George Monbiot has a compelling theory to explain what makes people believe conspiracies. “Those who believe unevidenced stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations tend to display no interest in…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Cory Doctorow discusses the inherent impossibility of trying to build any public good on an economic system centered on selfishness: This is…
The Enshittification of Health Care
Last week David Moscrop wrote an excellent piece in The Walrus about Loblaw. He wrote, “If you live in Canada, you’re probably part of the Loblaw ecosystem, whether you like…
Climate Misery and Hope
Despair limits future actions, but knowledge is power. We must know and act in order to stave off despair. A depressing thread followed by an uplifting video today: Writer Matthew…
Oh, Canada: A Funeral Dirge – And A Prayer
Travelling the world recently again, I am struck by the staggering ignorance among the great majority of people in the world, as to what Canada is like today. All of…
Argentina: Neoliberalism In Drag As Freedom
The new president of Argentina calls himself a libertarian, but he is a right-wing libertarian. (The distinction is crucial.) That means, essentially, neo-liberalism on steroids, unchecked and unleashed. Either he…