“Every rise of fascism bears witness to a failed revolution.” -Walter Benjamin The other day marked yet another milestone within the American political travelling circus. […]
Month: February 2016
Cab Wars: A Crash Course on the Uber Crisis
Taxi and Uber drivers are at war. Montreal taxi drivers are fed up with Uber stealing their business. Uber drivers are fed up with the […]
Bad Cop, No Donut: Buffalo Police Officer Suspended for Vines
Buffalo Police Officer and veteran Richard Hy has been suspended without pay for posting videos on the internet while in uniform (even if it was […]
Canadian Parliament Set to Condemn the BDS Movement Today
UPDATE: Canada’s Parliament approved the Conservative resolution with 221 Yea votes, 51 Nay votes and 12 abstentions, meanwhile Justin Trudeau’s alma mater McGill University voted […]
Ideology > Gender: Bern All Feminists!
Feminism is more than burning bras and not shaving your armpits. Being a feminist means demanding equal pay for equal work, taking charge of our bodies, […]
Watch What You Wish For: How the GOP’s Scalia Gamble May Blow Up in Their Face
It wasn’t long after news of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing hit social media on Saturday that we got an idea of what the […]
Scouting for SCOTUS: The Battle to Replace Antonin Scalia
On February 13, 2016 Antonin Scalia, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) died. He was 79. Instead of reacting with sympathy […]
Powerful New Bernie Sanders Ad Focuses on Erica Garner and Black Lives Matter
During the first Democratic Debate a few months ago, all the candidates were asked a rather simple question: “Black Lives Matter or All Lives Matter?” […]
TPing the TPP: A Crash Course on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has made a lot of headlines in the past year. Canadian participation in it was negotiated by the Harper government just […]
The Universal Guaranteed Minimum Income Mirage
Guaranteed Minimum Income is always a sweet spot for “progressives” and left-wingers throughout the world. Its mere enunciation rings like poetic justice to the ears […]