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More apocalypse, less angst
So I guess it’s no surprise, really, that the US stock market had a major meltdown yesterday. I mean, according to friends of mine who pay attention to this stuff, it’s been coming for a long time and was entirely predictable. Even to someone… Continue Reading “Economies and elections.”
You know, I’m not a fan of mainstream politics – particularly American ones – but you gotta recognize a good speech when it’s made. Powerful stuff (and hell, perhaps we should be afraid of such an orator in power – see my post below… Continue Reading “Clinton should probably just go home now….”
Not that most of you would notice, but since the Tories took power canada.gc.ca has been turned from a neutral portal promoting Canadian government departments and services into a partisan propaganda tool. Take a visit and you will see that not only is Tory… Continue Reading “Things to pay attention to.”
it looks like the teachers are going to come off the picket lines today following an announcement that both sides are willing to accept ready’s arbitration recommendations – which doesn’t mean they have an agreement yet, but that there is a framework within which… Continue Reading “wins and losses in the class struggle”
it’s disingenuous for education minister shirley bond to suggest that because the teacher strike vote (of 90.5% in favour of defying bill 12 and staying out on strike) was only cast by 50% of the members, the result is not legitimate (and thus scabbing… Continue Reading “can't you come up with a better argument than that?”
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