On paper, it must have looked like a really bad political move: an invitation any seasoned political strategist would know to politely decline. Sending your […]
Tag: Bernie Sanders
Why, as a Canadian, I Really Care About the US Election
It’s something I have been asking myself for the past few months: Why, as a lifelong Canadian, do I care so much about the current […]
No Donald Trump, Protesters in Chicago Didn’t Take Away Your Free Speech, But You Want to Take Theirs Away
On Friday night, protesters successfully disrupted a rally for Republican presidential frontrunnner Donald Trump. When the race-baiting businessman realized that anti-Trump activists made up roughly […]
Where the Current Crop of US Primary Presidential Candidates Stand on Food Issues
Where do the Republican front-running prez brigade stand on food policy? What do the Democratic presidential candidates say when it comes to important food issues? More than most other […]
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 […]
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?” […]
Socialism in America: What Bernie Sanders’ Iowa Success Means for Canada and the World
As the news set in over Iowa yesterday, flashbacks of Monday night’s Democratic and Republican primaries were playing on loop on every TV screen in the state. The […]
Like Marinating Fish in the Pan: Savouring the Essence of the US Presidential Primaries
Thanks to the confluence of fracturing geopolitics and disenchantment with all things Capital, the blizzardy state of Iowa is something of a hot treat for us Canucks. We’ve […]
What a Donald Trump Event in Burlington Tells Us That the DNC Won’t
Last night, Donald Trump took his travelling Muslim-bashing, racist-baiting, headline-grabbing roadshow to a place that few probably expected it would go: the Flynn Center in […]