100%. And let's get rid of FPTP, because if Canada ever gets a majority conservative government again, say goodbye to it all.

"The rising of the women is the rising of the race" (famous line from Bread and Roses)

Thoughts on International Women's Day. charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”

Catherine O’Hara… she was great. I always liked her attitude. I hadn’t seen this in years and a fan shared it with me. May her memory be a blessing.

Only a party of sociopaths would do this.

Free advice: Read Brian D Palmer on the subject of class/race/colonialism.

The conflated discourse of race, religion(s)and colonialism seems to have erased Imperialism entirely. Analyses based entirely on race undermine solidarity and mystify more than they clarify. Claims of racial superiority/inferiority were used to justify capitalist expansion in the first place.

Why don't leftists read Marx? And in particular, his Critique of Political Economy. We seem to think that capitalism can work if you just tame the beasts at the top, and talking of economic exploitation is reductionist Capitalism itself is "economic reductionism" And it's killing the planet.

Hear hear to this. A headlong rush towards AI adoption without consideration of power and sovereignty serves only to tie us ever more to an authoritarian, technofeudal, US.

Critics say the Conservatives wooing the working class are being hypocritical. Those folks are missing the point. A look at the Tory play for workers, and what it means for the government and the left. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Aaahhh yes, the “grand bargain,” in which the oil and gas industry gets its pipeline and we get the privilege of paying for speculative technology so industry can continue making money.

The petition to keep Stephen Colbert on the air is going viral and will be delivered to CBS this afternoon. Sign it NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-t...

A genuinely populist centrist truth-teller is running against Poilevre in the Alberta Bi-election. And she has a really nice horse!!

I was very disturbed to learn that while Greta T et al. were sailing to Palestine, here in Alberta people are holding “Ecogrief” retreats to console themselves about how sad they feel re. the dying planet. Poor babies….Meanwhile, the slaughter in Palestine continues.

Add insult to injury. Coal royalties in Alberta bring in a staggering $7m to $23m a year. Do the math .. fucking buffoons.

Attended a Palestinian Support Demo today. "Humans for Palestine." Was depressed by the absence of many "official" leftists. On the other hand, I was pleased and encouraged by the number of supporters that I DIDN'T know. There are still decent people in this world.

I'm going to go with less services and/or selling off federal land or privatisation of something. We need an NDP leader the responsible people of the country can get behind.

“Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Carney's 5% defence pledge will cost around $150 billion/year.  That’s more than 2x what the federal govt gives to the provinces & territories for healthcare & social services. How is Carney going to pay for this? More taxes or less services? Canadians deserve to know! www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-rea...

If Cuomo won the primary, every elected Dem would quickly endorse him despite the corruption & sexual predation. Dems refusing to quickly endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - who has none of those scandals - is a tell about their priorities & who they answer to.

What a time to be alive www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Neolib capitalism is in its death throes and it's taking the planet with it. And it can't be reformed. Try taxing wealth? You won't be allowed to. Try to elect a socialist government? Can you spell "Allende"? It's trendy now to say "corporatism."we still can't --or won't -- name the beast...

Just to be clear: young people will get out and vote if you give them a candidate to vote for. If you give them the same nasty centrist who doesn’t represent their values, they have no stakes in it and they won’t vote. This isn’t rocket science.

This book is riveting and so, so infuriating. It follows 5 families in Atlanta who are struggling to remain housed and paints deeply compassionate portraits of each unit. It reads almost like a novel but is outstanding journalism

Zohran Mamdani says he would arrest Netanyahu if he visits New York City — if elected mayor. Stop stop, there’s only so much good news I can take 🫦

If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.

We’ve become so desensitized to corruption that the Attorney General who spent years lobbying on behalf of Qatar approved a private jet gift from Qatar and it’s not even in the top 10 scandals of the week.

the ndp and bloc should now block mark carney’s pointless income tax cut

“How do you like them apples?”

Well said Abdul!! If this isn't a wake-up call, I don't know what will be....

A Horrible Truth That Shouldn’t Be….

It's election day in Canada, and I know some people are pretty apathetic about voting. But today is a rare opportunity to make Pierre Poilievre—who is, by all reports, a giant asshole on every single level—profoundly unhappy. How often in life do you get the chance to make a shitweasel bully cry?

And we didn't. I'm no Liberal, but I'm not a Christo-fascist grifter either!!!!

Absolutely. History shows ordinary fought and died for universal (incl. womens') right to vote. But without economic democracy there is no real democracy.

Well, duh-h-....

remember when everyone spent weeks arguing about how israel would never bomb a hospital and since then they’ve just been bombing hospitals and schools every day

Mike Davis is my hero and a true populist socialist (NOT an oxymoron)

begging the federal NDP to do politics instead of peddling t-shirts for once.

I’m far from an expert but I have a degree in political science so here’s my analysis of the Canadian election. The Liberals ran on an anti-Trump platform and won an unprecedented victory. The Conservatives looked South and said, “yum yum, let’s bring that MAGA stuff here!” Utterly batshit.

Frustration: Every Lib asked on CBC how they will unify the country while we just watched Pollievre do nothing but lie, attack, and divide via non stop populist rants. Get it together journos!! You are failing our democracy! And Coyne saying PP would cooperate with Libs. Are cons that deluded??

We've dodged a bullet and bought some more time. Very happy that "PP the Pocket Trump" is not Prime Minister. Let's hope neither the Block nor the few remaining NDs form a coalition with the Liberal party. Minority governments are the closest we can get to proportional representation, sadly.

Happy voting day, Canada. Please remain the sensible one in this North American duplex we share.

Oilers v Kings G5, finding clean air for the Glimmer Twins and reading too much into small samples. lowetide.ca/2025/04/29/o...

What movie is this from?

Why have the ND's slipped? Not because their leader wears a turban but because when people are offered a choice between two liberal parties they'll choose the one that has a hope of forming the government vs. occupying the moral high ground. Still voting for Ms. McPherson however!