Putin Hearing TV news that Putin was elected President of Russia, a young granddaughter said that Putin is a brutal dictator. I asked, where did you get this from and received no reply. In a Toronto Star op-ed article, Torstar contributor, Tony Burman, describes Russian President Vladimir Putin in these words “as he (Putin) gazed …
Month: January 2019
Canada’s Costly Mistake
Let’s admit it, Canada blundered when it arrested Ms. Meng Wanzhou, Haiwei CEO, at the request of the Americans for extradition to the U.S. There she faces criminal charges for breaking U.S. sanctions by dealing with Iran. But, let’s not forget that it was the U.S., against the wishes of the world, that withdrew from …
Left/Right Populism
We are into revolutionary times and the left better have a better populism than the right. Selling social democracy where you try to provide for need without changing the system is folly. We must put neo-liberalism to the guillotine and declare there will be a new distributive socialist economy where there is ownership of power …
Letters to the Editor
August 24, 2020 Defense of Socialism A recent letter to the editor echoed an embedded Canadian belief that socialism does not work. The writer is wrong but to make his case he cited Venezuela stating how quickly it was brought to its knees seemingly because of socialism. Venezuela is a poor example as the economy …
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Tribute for Free Trade
Tribute to Free Trade Trade is good, trade is wonderful we must have trade. Yeah, we must trade more, so, we trade bitumen to the U.S. for refined gasoline. We trade mussels to China for can openers, We trade logs to wherever for furniture. We trade coal to Japan for refrigerators. We are the hewers …