By now, everyone has heard that George Carlin died on Sunday of a heart attack. Adoring broadcasters have been playing clips of some of his more controversial routines and editing out the naughty bits, a development that I’m sure Carlin would have mocked mercilessly.
I can hear him now: “Those motherfuckers! How dare they play Seven [...]

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Forgive the stereotyping, but Americans are legends in their own minds on the subject of free speech. Or, at least they were until George Bush invaded Afghanistan and declared that any criticism, however muted, was tantamount to terrorism.
Perhaps this kind of declaration was inevitable in a country where the public political discourse is limited to [...]

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This just came in from Eric Lee at Labour Start. Please support it.

This is one of the most unusual trade union campaigns I’ve ever heard of — and I’m pretty excited by it. Please take a moment and read on.
Many of you will have heard that two leaders of Zimbabwe’s embattled trade union movement [...]

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Vancouver East MP Libby Davies brought the issue of 9/11 Truth to the House of Commons last week, but you’d never know about it if you relied on the mainstream media. Fortunately, the blogosphere did take notice, and if faithful readers (this means you) do their part, we can make sure this petition doesn’t gather [...]

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Winnipeg’s annual Walk for Peace is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, 2008, beginning at 12 Noon.
The Walk will oppose Canada’s continuing military intervention in Afghanistan and the increasing tendency of Canadian governments to support such unjust wars.
In a complementary theme, the marchers will express support for American war resisters who have chosen to flee to [...]

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Geeze bureaucrats piss me off — especially those devious but less than artful dealers in weasel words who are employed by Ministers of the Crown to answer straight forward queries made by earnest citizens, such as myself.
As a case in point, I recently wrote our Prime Minister asking, with characteristic politeness, why labour leaders invited [...]

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