Disclosure of 'secrets' in the '70s didn't destroy the nation
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 President Barack Obama promised "more transparent ... more creative" government. His release of the torture memos, and the Pentagon's expected release of more photos of...
View ArticleWeekly Pulse: Sotomayor an enigma on abortion
By Lindsay Beyerstein, TMC MediaWire Blogger Yesterday, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina and the third woman ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. She is currently a federal judge on New...
View ArticleThree war criminals set to visit Canada next month
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 In October George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Dick Cheney -- all accused of horrifying war crimes and crimes against humanity -- plan to visit Canada in October. In October...
View ArticleMontrealers: George Bush is persona non grata
Is this show currently playing? October 25, 2009 Videographer Bill Clennett shows up clips from the demonstration against George Bush's visit to Montreal. YouTubeVideographer Bill Clennett shows up...
View ArticleStuff Happens brings George Bush back
Friday, December 18, 2009 Stuff Happens brings the machinations and deceptions of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell back to life in a theatre performance. When David Hare's searing docu-drama, Stuff...
View ArticleTea-baggers take charge
Wednesday, April 7, 2010I happen to read a lot. Partly because it comes with the territory when producing a newspaper. But, mostly because I like reading and have since elementary school, read a lot....
View ArticleAwkward! When the rain fell and waters rose, Alberta premier headed to Portugal
It has been axiomatic since the days of Noah that if you want to survive in politics, and the waters are rising anywhere in your jurisdiction, you get your ass to the riverside and start filling...
View ArticleBlowback: What did Tony Blair expect?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010Tony Blair has published his memoirs, A Journey. He is getting a lot of publicity for it, though probably not the kind that he was looking for. In Dublin at a book signing...
View ArticleThe gun-registry end-game: Whistling past the graveyard with flip-flopper...
If Canada's rifle and shotgun registry manages to cling to life tomorrow, as seems likely with support from NDP Sackville-Eastern Shore MP Peter Stoffer, the Conservative strategy will be to go after...
View ArticleA Journey: My Political Life
rey-2010-12-23b_0.mp3Activist and author Derrick O'Keefe made his way through this 700-page political reflection by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and shares his thoughts on what he found...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky: Looking back on 9/11 a decade later
Friday, September 9, 2011 From the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to the assassination of Osama bin Laden, Noam Chomsky reflects on the significance of 9/11. We are approaching the 10th anniversary...
View ArticleTorture survivors take complaint to UN about Canada's failure to prosecute...
Thursday, November 15, 2012 With its refusal to move against Bush, the government of Canada missed a critical opportunity to take a stand against torture -- even if it meant ruffling the feathers of a...
View ArticleAnxious in America
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 The American economy went into recession just over one year ago. The OECD has just announced that for the last part of 2008, the OECD area suffered the largest average...
View ArticleAlert #117, March 12th, 2009
alert-2009-03-12.mp3Margaret Viggiani of Radical Women (USA) talks about IWD 2009 and women resisting oppression around the world. Ed Schreyer talks about the 40th anniversary of his NDP government’s...
View ArticleTorturers should be punished
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 George W. Bush insisted that the U.S. did not use torture. But the four Bush-era Office of Legal Counsel memos released last week by the Obama administration's Justice...
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