Let me begin by saying that we are at an historical moment in Canadian history. We are being besieged by an increasingly draconian corporatist, neo-conservative and neoliberal Conservative Party government which is far worse than Mulroney’s free trade corporatist “Progressive” Conservatives from a generation ago. This government is an ecological criminal in foreign affairs, obsessed with domestic surveillance and [...]
Politics, Re-Spun is on The Rational on Coop Radio on Monday, March 12, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm with an intriguing lineup! Listen live online or at 102.7fm in the Vancouver area. Here’s the lineup: 1. Dylan Penner will talk with Stephen Elliott-Buckley about the Canadian Boat for Gaza: why, what happened, what’s happening now [...]
Yes, Politics, Re-Spun contributors and guests will be live-blogging the English language debate tonight. If the CBC At Issue panel is just skewed way too much to the right for you, enjoy our take on the evening. And many thanks to whoever leaked the A-G’s G8 report chapter yesterday. It’s like Christmastime in Conservative-contempt-tracking season. [...]
This week I’d like to highlight 5 campaign goals for 2011 for Global Exchange, one of my favourite organizations in the world. Last week I received their welcome-to-2011 email with their activist agenda. Here’s the first goal: Transition from corporate interests to humanitarian justice: Corporate interests are among the strongest forces fueling the Israeli Occupation [...]
The harbinger of Stephen Harper’s failure yesterday to fulfill his neo-conservative and neoliberal destiny at the UN Security Council came on September 23, 2010 when he delivered a cynical speech to a nearly empty UN General Assembly hall. Harper himself is the reason Canada has a black eye in the world. At the General Assembly [...]
