Windsor Star misleads public over global warming
No 399, Posted by fw, January 31, 2012 In an article in today’s Windsor Star, journalist Chris Vander Doelen made a number of misleading claims about global warming. In this … Continue reading
What happened to Canada? Chris Hedges faults Harper’s rule and corporate power
No 398 Posted by fw, January 31, 2012 In a scathing attack in Truthdig.com, American journalist and activist Chris Hedges slammed Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper, asking “What happened to … Continue reading
Climate change in Hamilton, Ontario and elsewhere prompts local agency to act
No 397 Posted by fw, January 30, 2012 In addition to the informational value of this post’s content, an equally important reason for posting it is to pay tribute to … Continue reading
Let Bradley Manning know you care
No 396 Posted by fw, January 29, 2012 The Bradley Manning Support Network and Revolution Truth are co-sponsoring a Bradley Manning Campaign. Today is January 29, 2012. Sign on right … Continue reading
Extreme wealth inequality in America exposed in 2 min. 17 sec.
No 395 Posted by fw, January 27, 2012 Did you know that U.S. corporations paid 47.4 percent of profits in taxes in 1961 and just 11.1 percent of profits in … Continue reading
Harper uses closed-door intimidation tactics against Canadian charities over western pipeline
No 394 Posted by fw, January 27, 2012 Thanks to leadnow.ca for this January 26, 2012 Stop the Threats alert. Canadians who wish to participate in this write-in protest should … Continue reading
British military wives’ moving love song to troops
No 392 Posted January 25, 2012 Okay, this post may not fit this blog’s theme of citizen activism — or perhaps it does — but it is just too, too … Continue reading
Harper’s Canada headed for two-tier country, one for rich, one for poor
No 389 Posted by fw, January 22, 2012 “Perhaps luckily for the Maritimes, the concept of transfer payments was enshrined in the Constitution in 1982, but this will not stop … Continue reading
“Counterpower” by Tim Gee – Pt 9: How Thatcher destroyed Britain’s National Union of Mineworkers
No 387 Posted by fw, January 13, 2012 To put this and past posts in this Counterpower series in perspective, the purpose of the series is to help activists understand … Continue reading
“Counterpower” by Tim Gee – Pt 8: How governments crushed the anti-war movement of The Great War
No 386 Posted by fw, January 11, 2012 “For the most part, governments attempted to ridicule the anti-war movement of World War 1. As resistance movements began to exert their … Continue reading
