saturday october 15: occupy together!
A few views of the mass arrests in New York City this weekend. Even the official versions are great.In the US, the Occupy Wall Street movement - now Occupy Together…
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massive union presence to joins wall street occupation
The ongoing protest at New York City's financial district is receiving a huge boost from labour unions. The Transit Workers Union voted unanimously to support Occupy Wall Street and the…
wall street occupation day 8 turns ugly: cops move on protesters
The occupation of Wall Street turned ugly yesterday when police moved on protesters, complete with pepper spray, kettling, random brutality, and mass arrests. Reading about this, it occured to me…
The Ontario NDP Platform
Pollsters tell us that Ontario’s New Democrats may double their seat total in next month’s provincial election. It’s also entirely conceivable that they could be part of a coalition government…
PSE in Newfoundland and Labrador
Last March, Keith Dunne and I wrote an opinion piece on Danny Williams’ post-secondary education (PSE) legacy in Newfoundland and Labrador. Among other things, we pointed out that average undergraduate…
what happens to a child who is hungry?
What happens to a child who is hungry?And here's what I learned: being hungry makes me slow, stupid, and clumsy.It took me about four or five days of not being…
mcquaig: lewis’s masterful eulogy a stirring reminder that we will not go quietly
Linda McQuaig's appraisal of Stephen Lewis's beautiful eulogy of Jack Layton is worth reading.It will probably be a while before a Canadian prime minister again offers a state funeral to…
Where do Observant Jews and Conservative Christians get their Morals, Theologically Speaking?
Theologically speaking, where do Jews and Conservative Christians get their values?
Jack Layton & Steve Jobs
I'm a tech nerd and a Mac Head, for sure. I have a Macbook Pro and an iPhone and we have an Apple TV. I'm almost embarrassed to say that…
jack layton memorials are more than grief: they’re an affirmation of the ndp’s vision
The enormous outpouring of emotion on Jack Layton's passing continues unabated. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians are leaving messages and flowers, and making donations to the Broadbent Institute. Millions more…
I Owe Jack Layton $20,000
I've been a bit swamped with work in recent days and in my own world, so I was shocked to hear about the passing of Jack Layton. I must admit…
@cityslikr lights @SueAnnLevy up like a pinball machine
(With an apology to pinball machines everywhere.)That @cityslikr fella can be wonderfully succinct sometimes. I retweeted this earlier, but it deserves a whole blog post.Word. If you're ever curious about…
"we work to buy things that are built to die so that we must work to buy more things that will break"
Two weeks ago, my coffee maker broke. It was a electric percolator (I wrote about my preference for it here), made by Cuisinart. It's the third such percolator I've had…
austerity: a survival guide
Brian McFadden, New York Times, August 6, 2011. Click to enlarge.
Libertarianism Is Not Paleo
What does supporting wars against people in far off countries have to do with being paleo? A couple of years ago I had put on about 20 pounds and was…
Egypt, Revolution & Islamism
Secular protesters retake Tahrir Square after Islamist's depart. They chant for a secular state and against the military leadership. While outside commentators have repeatedly suggested that Egypt's revolution has stalled…
Workers of Egypt: Strike! Occupy! Bring revolution to victory!
This is an awesome leaflet from a section of the Egyptian left on how to drive forward the revolution. It deserves wide distribution and is a taste of the ferment…
Greece: Bigger Than Lehman Brothers
What a frigging disaster. Back in 2008, the US Federal Reserve let the Lehman Brothers investment bank - which held more than a bellyful of toxic debt, go to the…
Jack layton Needs to Spend the Summer Taking "Speech" Lessons
Matt Latimer, a former George Bush speechwriter, wrote a book on his experiences at the White House. Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.In it he speaks of how excited…