Fairphone – A Phone Built With Social Values
Fairphone is a new phone built in an ethical way using (mostly) ethically sound sources. It’s a reaction to the ongoing problems with electronics manufactures who get minerals from conflict…
politics
ConCalls: Conservatives Caught in Contradiction #RoboCon #cdnpoli
If some Conservatives were lying about when they supposedly spoke to Michael Sona about a robocall scheme, how dependable are similar stories from other Conservatives egged on by the party’s…
Defend Our Climate
Today I went to a “Defend Our Climate” rally. There are reports of protests in 130 communities across Canada today, but I take slight hope. With the Harper government praising…
Team Harper should rack a win at climate talks…if they’re smart
With another round of international climate negotiations opening this week in Warsaw, Poland, and a new poll finding Canadians wanting leadership on the issue, Stephen Harper and his Conservative government…
Coyne Skips The Trudeau #cdnpoli Taboo
One of the not-so-solemn duties of the blogosphere is to hold the Main Stream Media in check when they go a little astray. I’m not sure if I should hold…
Ford Nation’s reaction predicted by science
Once someone becomes a leader of the high in-group, he can lie with impunity about the out-groups, himself, whatever, because he knows the followers will seldom check on what he…
Remembrance Day
Today is Remembrance Day, when we collectively try to appease the ridiculousness of sending people off to war by heralding the sacrifice they made. I want to link quickly to…
Carbon Output Shrinking as Economies Grow
Some odd people think that environmental policies and mandated efficiencies ruin economies, well, now there is another reason why those people are wrong. A report just released will hopefully have…
Minister Pat Pimm should resign for meddling in farmland hearing, says group
Public interest group IntegrityBC is calling for the resignation of Liberal Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm, following the revelation that he and Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman meddled in an…
What is Anarchism: An Introduction
WHAT IS ANARCHISM: AN INTRODUCTION By Donald Rooum, Freedom Press, London 1993 ISBN 0 900384 66 2 It has been many years since I have read a non-historical introduction to…
What is Anarchism: An Introduction
WHAT IS ANARCHISM: AN INTRODUCTION By Donald Rooum, Freedom Press, London 1993 ISBN 0 900384 66 2 It has been many years since I have read a non-historical introduction to…
What is Anarchism: An Introduction
WHAT IS ANARCHISM: AN INTRODUCTION By Donald Rooum, Freedom Press, London 1993 ISBN 0 900384 66 2 It has been many years since I have read a non-historical introduction to…
What is Anarchism: An Introduction
WHAT IS ANARCHISM: AN INTRODUCTION By Donald Rooum, Freedom Press, London 1993 ISBN 0 900384 66 2 It has been many years since I have read a non-historical introduction to…
Pauline Marois, La Charte des Valeurs explained…in plain English
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois (Francis Vachon/CP) On November 7, the Parti Québécois government at long last introduced a Bill on the La Charte des valeurs (Charter of values) to the…
US Students Holding Howard Zinn Readings to Fight Censhorship
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In spite of the advances of ultra conservative thoughts and deeds a breath of freedom and fresh air emerges from American colleges and universities. It really does…
In and Out
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/election-financing-scheme-smelled-former-tory-mp-117457603.html Old, but important in understanding that PM Harper’s corrupt team isn’t new at it.
NAFTA, “Free Trade” and the TPP: Fast-Track To Full Corporate Rule
“Twenty years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed into law. At the time, advocates painted a rosy picture of booming U.S. exports creating hundreds of thousands…
Strong winds, big waves, and the interconnectedness of life
When the waves are high, from my backyard I can hear the lake, which is just a few hundred feet away. It sounds like a great, strong wind, or a…
Justin Trudeau, Oil Man
Justin Trudeau addresses a progressive think tank in Washington, DC (photo: Chip Somodevllla/Getty) To Justin Trudeau, it’s not that Keystone XL is a bad idea, it’s that Stephen Harper can’t…