On May 10th, Teen Vogue published “Who Is Karl Marx: Meet the Anti-Capitalist Scholar“, a fairly light look at Marx…
On May 10th, Teen Vogue published “Who Is Karl Marx: Meet the Anti-Capitalist Scholar“, a fairly light look at Marx... [...]
Category: politics
Karl Marx in Teen Vogue
On May 10th, Teen Vogue published "Who Is Karl Marx: Meet the Anti-Capitalist Scholar", a fairly light look at Marx and his ideas. After the dissonance of the fact that this publication is presenting Marx in a positive light fades, there's actually some good to be found here. You may have come across communist memes…Sometimes I collect a big backlog of articles that are important but that I don’t have time to parse and share at…
Sometimes I collect a big backlog of articles that are important but that I don’t have time to parse and share at... [...]
Backlog
Sometimes I collect a big backlog of articles that are important but that I don't have time to parse and share at the time I read them. Here are some views from the left I collected. TLDR: We need unions, we need left politics and we need to care about each other. Sam Wallman's "If…
Niki Ashton's NDP Leadership Bid
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYrE06Q9KyA&w=560&h=315] I was thrilled when Niki Ashton entered the leadership race for Canada's New Democratic Party. We need leaders like her who are willing to be open about being socialist and to take stands against the real dangers that come with the agendas of the neoliberal parties of Canada (Liberal and Conservative). She is…Profile on NDP Candidate Lisa Roberts
LocalXpress (written by striking Chronicle Herald staff) has a profile on Lisa Roberts, our NDP candidate in the Halifax Needham by-election. Her dedication to promoting affordable housing is tremendously important in a part of the city that is losing homes to anti-community developments. I voted for Lisa last weekend because we need more voices that will put people…Unions lead to greater equality for women.
Unions lead to greater equality for women. [...]
Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross have some deft insight into the meaning of the catastrophic Brexit vote.
Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross have some deft insight into the meaning of the catastrophic Brexit vote. [...]
This article is a great short piece on the legacy of coal miners’ unions and the ongoing struggle for workers’…
This article is a great short piece on the legacy of coal miners' unions and the ongoing struggle for workers'... [...]
The Liberals’ misguided legislation will lead to needless suffering.
The Liberals' misguided legislation will lead to needless suffering. [...]