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Supreme Court flattens spurious “free the beer” campaign
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Ford’s “value-for-money” audit a political trick with predictable outcome
Paul Martin, David Cameron, Kathleen Wynne and Doug Ford all sought external legitimation for austerity.
Is Canada backing away from NAFTA’s unreasonable investment chapter?
Inside US Trade is reporting today that the Canadian government is prepared to let go of NAFTA’s controversial investor-state dispute settlement process (ISDS) in a…
The Monitor, January/February 2018
Climbing up and kicking down Download 8.92 MB Canada’s top CEOs are breaking pay records, yet they are some of the first people to oppose…
Referendum result sets up authoritarian rule in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed a narrow victory (51.3%) in Sunday’s referendum on constitutional reform amid charges of widespread electoral fraud by his opponents.
Attacks on public sector and public employees inflict just as much damage on the private sector
The labourer is worthy of his hire. —Luke.X.7
The gilded bunker: How the super-rich plan to survive the collapse of civilization
To the greedy, all nature is insufficient.—Seneca.
The mock doctrine: How elites silence dissent
Where the press is truly free, and everyone is able to read, all is safe. —Thomas Jefferson. The brooding statue of Giordano Bruno in the…
Beyond Banksters is an eye-opening exposé of a ravenous financial system
A review of Beyond Banksters: Resisting the New Feudalism, by Joyce Nelson, Watershed Sentinel Books, 164 pages, $20.00Over the course of my 70-plus years as…
Delay in dealing with global warming exposes planet’s inhabitants to the Sixth Extinction
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Let’s try to preserve the clarity of English composition
Of all the arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.—Anonymous.
Hurrahs for the “death of neoliberalism” are premature
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