The Unspoken Holocaust
American wars have resulted in the deaths of millions of civilians. Why are we not hearing more about this?
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Lazy Loitering Louts
In light of the Occupy movements, younger people will find this vintage video from Vancouver, very vivid. You have to wait until the very end too for a killer video…
Every Revolution Has Its Road
I was reading about the terrible, terrible tragedy in Egypt last night and today – 74 dead at a soccer match – and the ensuing mass protests and national explosion…
Electro-Motive plans to close its London plant
So a handsomely profitable corporation buys a London Ontario locomotive factory in June 2010 and promptly tells the 465 or so members of the CAW local there that they’ll have…
Demanding Leadership on Democratic Reform
I’ve been offline and travelling for a while if you’ve been wondering about the radio silence (I know, unlikely). But I’m back now, living for the next two years in…
Demanding Leadership on Democratic Reform
I’ve been offline and travelling for a while if you’ve been wondering about the radio silence (I know, unlikely). But I’m back now, living for the next two years in…
The perfect blend of politics and poetry
Phil Rockstroh gives us this piece of beauty and politics and reality. A Journey to the end of Empire: It is Always Darkest Right Before it Goes Completely Black. P’n’P…
5 Questions: Alexandra Mendès
The race for the Presidency of the Liberal party was an embarrassment of riches. I could listen to Ron Hartling talk about re-building riding associations for hours. Ms. Copps’ speeches…
They’ve got their own government, their own TV network
Naturally they’ll be feeling a bit cocky. So cocky that they figure they can fake the oath. That would be the citizenship oath. A fake oath with fake citizens on…
…and Boisvenu makes three.
First, Julian Fantino writes about his love of the death penalty in his book. Then PM Harper talks about his support for the government having the ability to kill Canadians…
NDP Move to Protect Old Age Security – Vote on Feb 6th
The NDP used the Opposition day in Parliament today to put forward a motion that the federal government not pay for its agenda on the backs of Canadian Seniors by…
NDP Leaders, By the Numbers and the Intangibles
There are some interesting dynamics going on with the NDP leadership race that we can track with numbers, see way below. And while numbers tell some stories, they don’t necessarily…
Groucho Marx: What this country needs
This is an excerpt from Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx, edited by Robert S. Bader. During the 1940s Groucho would often…
The Stupid Senate
“I felt like it is kind of an insult to be a denier for a long time,” said Sen. Bert Brown, last month at a parliamentary committee studying energy policies.…
Queer Liberal Caucus Coffee House A Huge Success
On Sunday, January 29th a group of 45+ Queer Liberals, Liberally Curious Canadians and allies of the LGBTQ community (myself included) met at the Church Street Community Centre to talk,…
Conservative Senator: “Every murderer should have a rope in his cell”
The Conservative government’s universally-condemned omnibus crime Bill C-10has a confirmed YES vote in the Senate. The name behind the vote: tough-on-crime Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. Earlier today, Boisvenu said a…