The Quebec Election, Realignment, and Polling Skepticism
Quebec goes to the polls today. The question I always have when thinking about the Quebec election is whether or not the province is going to be able to break…
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You probably don’t want to read about this — but should
Nobody wants to talk about it yet 50 per cent of those who experience it are likely to lose their jobs. In Alberta one in five employees reported its impact…
ConCalls: No Charges Despite New Prescott #RoboCon Information
After giving some immunity to a man who either lied to me, or to Elections Canada’s investigators, Canada’s election agency has no new charges to announce against the perpetrators of…
Alexis Tsipras – A Left Political Alternative for the Refoundation of Europe – YouTube
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One Thought At A Time
If you write only one sentence paragraphs, it makes you look like a poet. You should try this too. Write only one line, then start another. See what happens to…
Hard To Survive
We think of population control as unethical, but is it ethical to not respond to reality?
Samaras close aide resigns over Golden Dawn contacts
Originally posted on Greek Left Review: originally published at enet.gr Wednesday 2 April 2014 Video shows cabinet secretary Takis Baltakos in conversation with Ilias Kasidiaris Updated At: 19:20 Wednesday 2…
Simon Wren-Lewis: The European Left And Economic Policy
http://www.social-europe.eu/2014/04/european-left-economic-policy/ Filed under: Uncategorized
Two-tier “Alberta Chaoulli” goes down to defeat in courts
The so-called “Alberta Chaoulli” challenge to single-tier health care has been defeated in the courts. The Ultra-Conservative Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom (JCCF) had sponsored two cases in that province…
Fisheries Minister’s weak response to Cohen Commission petition
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea thinks everything is A-ok with DFO (Chris Wattie/Reuters) I registered the first Environmental Petition (a protocol, not list of names) on the Cohen Report with the…
Bubbles, Panics and Crashes module cancelled
Originally posted on Real-World Economics Review Blog: from today’s Guardian Manchester University move to scrap banking crash module angers students Course leaders cancelled the Bubbles, Panics and Crashes module developed…
Frankness, honesty, truth-telling and compassion – and the social norms and etiquette that obstruct them
Frankness is necessary now, as is a fierce and unflinching honesty, if human beings are to survive. We face such severe and rapidly escalating global crises, the environmental crisis being…
Is the Concept of ‘Left Unity’ all we have left?
Labour is part of the problem, not the solution Its rhetoric may be softer than the Tories’, but the party still puts profit before people. Left Unity offers a new…
A working class disarmed | LBO News from Doug Henwood
http://lbo-news.com/2014/04/02/a-working-class-disarmed/ Filed under: Uncategorized
Alexandra Hospital: Of truckers and outpatient labs
The Alexandra Hospital has a rather unique demographic. Located in Ingersoll, just off the 401 nestled between Kitchener and London, we’re told the hospital’s outpatient services are used frequently by…
Why aren’t Europe’s young people rioting any more? | Costas Lapavitsas and Alex Politaki | Opinion | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/01/europe-young-people-rioting-denied-education-jobs Filed under: Uncategorized
Economics: a discipline ripe for disruption | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/03/economics-discipline-ripe-disruption-editorial Filed under: Uncategorized
Major ATTACK on ACADEMIC FREEDOM and LABOR STUDIES in Michigan.
Originally posted on Economic Sociology and Political Economy: CONDEMN by Liking & Reposting: The Michigan Senate included in its budget proposal a penalty of $500,000 against any public college or…
David Suzuki: Don’t blow off wind power
I have a cabin on Quadra Island off the British Columbia coast that’s as close to my heart as you can imagine. From my porch you can see clear across…