Co-operatives and Liberation, not necessarily in that order
Last night I had the good fortune of seeing Kevin Annett speak at Ryerson University. I first met Kevin last year when I arranged for him to speak at Campus Co-op, and that event was crucial for my becoming aware of Canada’s genocidal treatment of indigenous populations, and specifically the history of residential school. His […]
Read More In Toronto Again: Kevin AnnettDuring the past few weeks I’ve had the good fortune of meeting Glyn Secker, seeing him speak, and talking with him at length on several occasions about his life and political outlook. Glyn is a retired social worker who has in many ways committed his life to activism and organizing. At present, Glyn is finishing up a […]
Read More Glyn Secker in Toronto and North AmericaThis isn’t a joke. Of course, we all know what Twitter is. It’s that smartphone thing, where you say short things, and other people say things, and you read the things that other people say who don’t necessarily read the things you say. But seriously, what is Twitter? Twitter is an asymmetrical social media site. That means that […]
Read More What is “Twitter”I feel as though I have to say something about the War in Libya which is happening as we speak. I’m not much of a political scientist, so don’t take any of my analysis too seriously. It seems that the uprisings in Libya are related to the uprisings in Egypt, Bahrain, Tunisia, Yemen, and Palestine. Many […]
Read More Libya, Force, HypocricyTranscribed from a recent interview in Wales: When you have a financial crisis there is a way to rescue it: you go to the taxpayer, the taxpayer bales you out. So there is a possible answer; Goldman Sachs can make risky investments and when it all crashes you take your copy of Hayek or Milton […]
Read More Chomsky: Climate Change is an institutional problemIf you read one source, you get one view. The way an article is titled skews a story, and the sources a press office uses and the way those sources are used changes the content of the story. Moreover, the way a story is framed changes the way you emotionally respond to it. And yet, […]
Read More Why you can’t just read “the Economist”I thought the old blog layout was looking a bit stuffy, so I changed it and added my twitter feed. How do people like the new look – do people just wish I’d bring back the old one?
Read More New Theme?In a recent talk Chomsky has publicly dispelled (go to 5:16) a common myth concerning Marx’s idea of communism: If you read Marx for example, I discovered that he says almost nothing about a post capitalist society, a few remarks here or there. But he didn’t say anything about post capitalist society for a reason: he thought post […]
Read More Chomsky comes around on MarxNow that Israeli Apartheid week is ending, and Judith Butler’s talk has been posted online, I feel it is less important to provide a comprehensive sketch of her arguments, and instead offer some analysis and response to the case she made for a “global” as opposed to “partial” boycott. Butler’s case relies on the idea that […]
Read More Judith Butler on the Global Boycott: Analysis and ResponseLast night was the last talk or panel event in this years Israeli Apartheid Week in Toronto, although the week goes on and includes the Great Indian Bus tour of Toronto happening this Sunday in collaboration between SAIA and the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. The event was called “State of the Siege, State of […]
Read More Israeli Apartheid Week Update Day 5 – Riham Barghouti and Ali Abunimah