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Vancouver DTES Local Area Plan City Council Debates- Part One: Developers
…One topic that dominated the DTES LAP discussions last night was the 60/40 (Social/ market rate housing split) and the definition of affordable housing … All the usual suspects always…
Privilege and pseudo-science
When people ask me why I did graduate school in economics, I sometimes half-jokingly tell them that it was a case of going into the lion’s den to see what…
Nahlah Ayed in Regina for Minifie Lecture at #UofR
She was crunched for time in writing a speech, something she’s not used to doing either, so she wrote a diary of her recent coverage in Ukraine and made it…
Dr. Strangelove Was More Of a Documentary Than We Thought
This is a little bit terrifying, in the context of world destruction. Dr. Strangelove was a great movie in the 60s about a military base commander going crazy and ordering…
Candidates show they know nothing when attacking Chow on housing
Many people – people who know better – are attacking Olivia Chow today because she’s going to run for mayor, because she’s a formidable presence and because she’s a real…
How corporations and lawyers are scavenging profits from Europe’s crisis countries
7 March 2014 Cecilia Olivet Profiting from Crisis is a story about how corporations, backed by lawyers, are using international investment agreements to scavenge for profits by suing governments from…
PRISM: Hack The Planet
Most people would consider “Hack the planet” to be some sort of black-hat hacker battle cry. It might more accurately describe the unconstitutional efforts of the United States of America’s…
I’m Confused About Events in the Ukraine
Who should we be supporting as Ukraine and Russia get in a tussle?
Fighting for the right to watch a guy take a leak.
With all the news about Ukraine (formerly The Ukraine), the New Cold War, jetliners that vanish without a trace, and the Quebec election and Canada’s typically Canadian stroll towards disaster…
#TellItToTheJudge Because #TellVicEverything Went Sideways
Vic Toews becoming a freaking judge was the most predicted patronage appointment since Harper put Duffy into the Senate, and we know how well that turned out. It looks terrible.…
Breakfast with Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Calgary last week to give the keynote address at a breakfast meeting of 2500 Calgarians who paid about $500 to hear her speak. Luckily my…
Nukes, world war, Dr. Strangelove and global showdown – Where’s Slim Pickins when you need him?
So the end-game plan for the US/NATO/EU alliance and the Western oligarchs and plutocratic elite who control it, in their bid to consolidate their present and highly precarious global dominance,…
The Crises of Capitalism
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Capitalism is the Crisis
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Fast Facts: Gender Social Inequality and Austerity in Europe
Originally posted on Revolting Europe: Europe’s austerity fetish and longer term neo-liberal reforms promoted by Big Business, Governments and the EU Commission hurt women disproportionately. Here’s a few facts to…
Nova Scotia LNG plant wins conditional approval
HALIFAX – An environmental panel has given conditional approval to a proposed liquefied natural gas plant on Nova Scotia’s east coast. The panel says the plant planned for Goldboro by…
Oil Putting Food on Families
Pardon the Bushism. The CPC’s spin regarding the oil crowding out grain shipments by rail must be inspired by Dubya. @saskboy @LHubich That's an odd argument. Isn't grain literally the…
The prohibition of guns – and the violence it will create
Gerald Celente is right, as usual: he said, look at how the government handled the prohibition of alcohol – it was a disaster. They completely failed. All they managed to…
What can be done?
What can be done? How can we help others? How can one person make a difference? Well, there are many ways, of course. Most people in modern Western society, and…