Category: Politics

Canada Politics
November 10, 2008

Melissa Fung: Canadians Held Hostage to Kidnapping?

It’s a tragedy that Melissa Fung, the CBC reporter, was kidnapped in Afghanistan nearly a month ago on October 12, 2008 . It’s a blessing and testament to the tight security and actions taken to save her life and ensure that no harm came to her. And I’m bothered by the nagging questions in my mind concerning the circumstances because I should just be happy […]

disaster capitalism financial crisis Politics The Corporation US economy
November 9, 2008

Financial Chaos and the Crisis of Neoliberalism

In my search for alternatives, I came across this series of lectures provided by the Socialist Project, found here . There are three lectures: (1) Marxian Views of Financial Capital and Credit, (2) Capitalism, Neoliberalism and the Current Crises of Wall Street and Bay Street, and (3) Bank Bailouts or Socialist Alternatives? Unfortunately, they’re a little long and there were no talking points or other […]

Politics the future
November 6, 2008

Government 2.0

Welcome to Gov 2.0. Barack Obama has released his site, change.gov . I was a little overwhelmed late Tuesday night when things were finalized, but I’m really touched now that Obama has really gone overboard with making the web a central place to discuss American … everything. I am impressed.  Scratch everything I said about change being just pennies for Main Street. For Canada:  read […]

corruption Politics
November 6, 2008

A Chilling Reminder about Electronic Voting

We all had some pretty nasty fears heading into the election thinking things like:  "Would the GOP be stupid enough to rig it despite Obama’s massive lead?" or "would it just be the ‘swing states’ where problems would arise?" Thankfully, none of that bullshit happened (again).  If it did, I’m sure the million or so in Chicago would have fanned out across the States and […]