State of the Union: Part 1 of 2
Unions, in Canada and the world over, are facing perhaps their biggest battle of the last eighty-odd years. Not only are they fighting to protect workers against governments and employers…
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Can you remember the last time you spoke out for something? Can you remember the last time you followed up an opinion with real action? Can you remember the last…
WTF? A Poem?
WTF? A bunch of racist sexist homophobic nutbarsGOP nazis spreading shit like this is somehow okay in the land of the free, home of the brave? Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA)…
And now, more squirrel. Search and rescue this time
Hard to argue with this. These cutbacks aren’t out of necessity. They’re choices. Harper’s government would be happy to blow you out of the air with a stealth fighter (assuming…
John Baird’s response to the Israel/Iran conflict
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Right now, we have one sovereign United Nations member making explicit overtures about launching a unilateral military attack on another sovereign United Nations member. It…
Improve Your Mood
Biking to work improves your mood. It also gives you a better perspective on life, and helps you get enough daily exercise to avoid some of life’s more terrible ailments.…
A Good Interpretation of Herr Harper’s Retirement Plans
The NDP nail it when describing choices the Cons are making for us.
Time Will Merge What Liberals & NDPers Can’t
Up upon an isolated mountain top, in a dark and long forgotten manor, underneath thunderous clouds, a large titanic body of gears and motors emblazoned in red stands motionless. The…
OilGate: Selling our Sovereignty
Harper’s government is guilty of projection if nothing else. Yesterday’s article in the Ottawa Citizen clearly points out how foreign interests have taken ownership of the oilsands from the inside:…
OilGate: Selling our Sovereignty
Harper's government is guilty of projection if nothing else. Yesterday's article in the Ottawa Citizen clearly points out how foreign interests have taken ownership of the oilsands from the inside:…
OilGate: Selling our Sovereignty
Harper’s government is guilty of projection if nothing else. Yesterday’s article in the Ottawa Citizen clearly points out how foreign interests have taken ownership of the oilsands from the inside:…
OilGate: Selling our Sovereignty
Harper's government is guilty of projection if nothing else. Yesterday's article in the Ottawa Citizen clearly points out how foreign interests have taken ownership of the oilsands from the inside:…
The Unspoken Holocaust
American wars have resulted in the deaths of millions of civilians. Why are we not hearing more about this?
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…