Politics, Re-Spun

The consumer uproar has been eye-opening for SIGG CEO Steve Wasik. He thought going green just meant being good to the earth; he didn’t realize it meant fessing up too. “Being a green company also means being held to the highest degree of corporate transparency,” he wrote in an e-mail. “I f...

When I try to infer the mental state of some politicians from what they say publicly, I can only conclude that they must think we’re too profoundly stupid that we’d not be able to think for 3 seconds to realize that they are full of shit. Let’s look at Kevin Falcon and Gregor Robertson. Heal...

I have been away from updating my editorials for several weeks now as I’ve been working hard on Think Forward BC NDP. What is Think Forward BC NDP? Well, the party is in a transition moment. It lost the election on May 12, 2009. A few thousand votes in key ridings would have meant a win. ...

Time of death: 11:14pm, Saturday, August 15, 2009. And I’m qualified to call it because of how media works today. See below if you don’t get it yet. This clip above is the most important 4 minutes and 23 seconds of the rest of your 21st century. Watch it. If...

Americans have had it rough, what with their rabidly individualistic, anti-communitarian history and social policy. From that, they have a hard time embracing things of the common good, like healthcare being a human right...

First a neoliberal champion, now Lawson actually welcomes climate breakdown! It will be a frosty night in Ottawa in October when the grumpy Lord Nigel Lawson spends an evening with the Fraser Institute celebrating neoliberalism and daring climate breakdown to challenge our adaptability...

Our grandchildren will hate us for our informed inaction on climate change. I refuse to bear this. I’m watching a National Geographic documentary on climate breakdown right now on the Knowledge Network. ...

shirleybond The heat wave continues-imagine being loaded on an Air Canada flight and then sitting on the tarmac in the heat for an hour – yup it was me!10:45 PM Jul 29th from web Shirley Bond should keep using Twitter so we can see a better sense of her lack of empathy and perspective. ...

While the Axe the Tax campaign ruined the BC NDP’s green credibility last year and helped lose the election, it is time for an Axe the Tax campaign now with the regressive HST. The government is consistently lying that it will save money by harmonizing the logistics of tax collection. ...

Granted, I’m not a lawyer. I consider myself at best a pretend-lawyer [I prefer "lay-lawyer"] so when I dispense legal advice I add a standard disclaimer that I’m not real. We...

Welcome to our Community Consultation Survey on Homeless Solutions and the Howe Shelter via City of Vancouver Homelessness Solutions Survey...

Read on and enrich your spirit for progressive social change, understand the need to build solidarity on the ground, and learn about the threat of cyber-scabbing...

“I Am A Free Speech Zone” Let’s put it on t-shirts to let VANOC know that citizens are in charge in a democracy! What if we all wore them all around town during the Olympics as a kind of get-out-of-jail-free card? Woul...

I first knew Bata shoes as a kid taken shopping to try on new shoes. As a teen I learned about the nexus of globalization and apartheid with Bata as a model, since they were operating in South Africa...