There is Social Unrest in Cuba. I watch the news and see Cubans, suffering from hardship, out in the street calling for the overthrow of the government and calling for democracy like in the U.S., Really. I also hear that the dictatorial communist government, led by Miguel Diaz-Canel, has shut down Cuban social media. Social …
Month: July 2021
Crimea and the Doomsday Clock
Crimea and the Doomsday Clock The doomsday clock is set at a minute and a half to midnight. World leaders should know that the human species is in danger of being annihilated and act accordingly, but they do not. Recently a British destroyer entered Russian waters off Crimea without permission. The Russians warned the British …
Green Party
Green Party Annamie Paul should not have been elected leader of the Green Party. Her politics would place her near the right fringe of her party while the party is moving left. The future of the party lays with younger voters that are concerned with the environment but also progressive recognizing that the capitalist system …
Crumbling Capitalism
U.S. Capitalism is so screwed up that the government, the fed, have no certainty, no idea, what to do about it. We have been in a world-wide pandemic with the U.S. being the hardest hit country in the world, in terms of human loss and the resultant economic crisis. This while the wall street stocks are …
My Humble Advice to the NDP
My Humble Advice Something NDP’rs should all know from the last election; Singh was the best performer in the English and possibly French language debates. He was witty, funny, had a good presence and debated strongly. If I was to give the NDP, one piece of advice, I would say they should make democracy an …
Progressive Populism
Progressive Populism Populism has become a bad word in contemporary political jargon. It has become associated with the politics of a trending nationalism and racism, as witnessed in some Europeon countries and the U.S.A. This is a misrepresentation of the word. It seems lost on political writers that Populism can be good. A dictionary definition …
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt The other night, without a ball game on, I channeled Ontario Educational Television. It Carried a documentary on Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the U.S. and wife to Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt. I was moved to believe that she may well have been, not only the most dynamic first lady, but the greatest American. …