Every American general election that has taken place in my life time has come down to a choice between the lesser of two evils. Despite the first African American President’s several accomplishments, Barack Obama’s first administration has turned out to be more hype than hope.
Month: September 2012
Fattal Loft’s Uncertain Future
By the muddy banks of the train tracks there is a loft the locals call Death House. A venue used by punks and many others in the underground scene to express anger, confusion and rage at social inequalities and lack of justice in the system…
“Are you crazy? Board that bus! They could arrest you if you interfere”
Two police officers, a young man and a young man, wearing dark latex gloves and standing near their vehicle, are speaking with a young woman who is very thin, her blond hair is disheveled, her clothes are dirty, teeth in bad shape (several missing), and she seems intoxicated.
#QC2012: Not the headline we were expecting
It was a tense election, but I didn’t think it would end this way. In the alley, behind Metropolis, one person on the ground, held there by cops making his gun visible to the cameras, another dead and another injured. PQ leader Pauline Marois, newly minted PM elect rushed off stage by security mid-speech. She had just won a minority government…
Canadian media’s environment ennui shapes national discourse
There were three environment stories in the media today that, though seemingly unrelated, are pretty typical of Canada’s environment news, at least under the Harper regime.
Quebec Solidaire and Montreal’s east end, a love story?
It’s a Tuesday evening in Mile End, and the restaurant is packed. Somewhere in the area of 150 people make it difficult to move. At the front of the room Amir Khadir, co-spokesperson for Quebec Solidaire, tells a joke and the room bursts into easy, appreciative laughter…
Infographic: The End of Crime
As you may know studies show that a better educated population leads to less crime. Here is an infographic explaining why we should better educate […]
The New Age of Political Deceit
Most people would agree that finding a politician who lies is as standard as a coming across a man who pays taxes. After all, politicians are normally bred in a law school and unleashed upon the world. But while a legislator who lies isn’t all that new, the method and rate of how they fib has changed in the last dozen years.
Parti Québecois on constitutional thin ice
If there is one thing about this election that scares the shit of me—and should scare you as well—it’s the shocking declaration of the self-proclaimed savior of the increasingly-ugly PQ, Jean Francois Lisée.