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Black Gold or Fool’s Gold
It was a text-book case of misdirection.
Like snake-oil salesmen of old warming up their marks with a shell game, Prime Minister Harper and Joe Oliver accused radical environmental groups of using “foreign money” to “hijack” Canada’s regulatory process on the Northern Gateway pipeline.
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Stephen Harper’s Majority Government: Not Looking Out for YOU
As we close in on one year of Stephen Harper’s majority, it is evident that this is a very special government. YOU are just not on its list of priorities.
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We have a different understanding
“When they arrived, we had the land and they had the Bible. And they told us to close our eyes to pray. When we opened our eyes, they had the land and we had the Bible.”
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Bow Down Canadians, Corporations Are King
Two recent stories out of Ottawa underline the ongoing political and economic assault on ordinary Canadians. More Canadians are now working for low wages than at any time in decades, continuing a trend that began in the early 1990s, and Stephen Harper has announced major changes to retirement benefits — including delaying Old Age Security (OAS) eligibility to age 67.
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Long Quote: History
A quote about history from postcolonial historian Dipesh Chakrabarty.
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Stephen Harper and the Big Oil Party of Canada
Now that petro interests reign supreme, even other corporate sectors lose their sway.
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Seeking Resources for Thinking About Co-operatives
This post seeks suggestions for resources related to co-operatives. I’m looking both for practical material that I can use in real efforts at organizational development and member engagement, and also politically critical resources that reflect both on how co-ops relate to transformative visions for social change and also more generally on how to act on our visions for a better tomorrow in an inevitably contradictory and complicated present. Please read and suggest!
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Video: Taiaiake Alfred - “The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism”
A quick post with an embedded video of a recent talk from Mohawk scholar and activist Taiaiake Alfred.
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Ousting quasi-dictator Harper means putting country ahead of party
As we enter the new year the prospects for defeating the Harper government in 2015 seem uncertain at best. And yet if those who care about the country were musing over a new year’s resolution that would be it: a dedication to this single overarching purpose. Even if Stephen Harper is soundly defeated in the next election if will take a decade to reverse the damage he has already done. If he wins a second majority, it will take a generation or more.
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Review: Disidentifications
My review of Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics.
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