“Human rights have a dysfunctional relationship with justice. The language is certainly beautiful, but it’s all dressed up with nowhere to go,” charged Dennis Edney in a scathing lecture at…
Doesn't sound like much today. But think about it. A mere 46 years ago, a group from England had to stipulate in its contract that it would not play to…
Racist code words and lies, Menzies is an excellent example of "objective journalism." I was sent an article this morning from August 5, written by a freelance journalist named David…
The Haitian-Québecois rapper is just as likely to dive into a heated debate about a community centre founded by the New Black Panther Party as he is to pen introspective…
I am reproducing the correspondence I just received from the CRTC regarding my complaint against Sun Tv regarding Michael Coren's recent racist comments. As you will see from the note,…
Dawg posted a video tonight I wish I had never seen. No, not a clip from the latest slasher flick. Worse. Michael Coren, using the meme begun by disgraced ‘historian’…
I was just reading a comment on Dr. Dawg's Blog that makes reference to a recent appearance by Michael Coren on Brian Lilley's show, Byline. In an interview about the…
by matttbastard Norwegian journalist Magnus Nome was in the good ol’ US of A when self-styled counterjihadist crusader Anders Breivik decided to escalate his murderous fantasies about Eurabian conquest from…
Thanks to my friend Richard over at Three Dollar Bill for bringing my attention to an amazing article, "Racist Queers" by comedian Solomon Georgio, who outlines some of the most…
The horror, tragedy and seeming madness of the killing spree in Norway are almost impossible to imagine. There is a temptation to focus on the mourning and solidarity with people…
Late-night submissions on a heavy Sunday night ...I thought I'd seen, heard and read it all by now.That worthless piece of shit used dum-dum bullets. The cherry on the shit…
Monday was the 93rd birthday of my greatest living hero, Nelson Mandela.Tributes poured in from all over the world, and South Africans celebrated by singing songs for him, and performing…
Christian born agains, radical animal rights activists and neo nazis - sound like the USA? Nope, it's the land of lovely cups o' tea, Great Britain.
If you think keeping track of the myriad of think tanks and AstroTurf groups that prop up the neoconservative movement, is a challenge; try unravelling their Religious Right infrastructure.Just when…
When is an attack on democracy not an attack on democracy? When the government says that they are defending democracy, of course. That seems to be the thinking in Israel's…
Quebec bottled water company Eska has found out the hard way that racist advertising doesn’t sell. After one week of a small but scrappy boycott campaign, the company has decided…
This is as close to a eulogy and an ode as I can write for a place with which I struggle every day. As I write this, a now yearly…
"We want to politicize people organically. We want to do it internally. We want to do it in the ‘hood,”
I was saddened and disappointed to watch Vancouver burn last night. Disappointed because the Canucks played so poorly and lost a game that they didn’t deserve to win, saddened to…
A Dove ad for VisibleCare Creme Body Wash sends a mixed message. The models in the ad feature a curvy black woman, a Latina and a slim white woman. The…
