The return of the right-wing liberals via Paulitics
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A friendly note to America from a Canadian: Quit saying you’re the “envy of the world”! via Paulitics
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Multiple new polls: If Tories continue to collapse like this, they won’t form government via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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If the Tories don’t get a majority, thank the Bloc not the Grits, Greens or NDP via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Moderator Steve Paikin held Layton down and let Harper take another shot via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Propaganda in Action: Toronto Star uses weasel words to distort NDP story via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Tories recover on eve of election, but still down from 2006 via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Just how big is Quebec’s shift away from the right wing? Pretty big via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Government to Canadians: Struggling only makes it harder for you via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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New poll of Canadian corporate elites shows interesting results via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Communist Party of Canada leader to speak in Ottawa tomorrow via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Is Harper trying for a record? 3 instances of hypocrisy in 3 weeks. via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Globe and Mail grossly inflates Tory support in Atlantic Canada via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Another conservative elected, another crook revealed via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Saskboy joins Paulitics, Jim Harris and the Green Party in the ‘dog house’? via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Canada should implement many of the reforms just approved by Venezuelans via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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U.S. and Tanzania best at clawing back women’s rights via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
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Left-wing podcasting is here via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
Paulitics: Paul’s Socialist Podcast
You can now click on the sidebar to be taken to the new official podcast companion to the Paulitics: Paul’s Socialist Investigations blog.
The podcast is devoted to presenting unique discussions, debates, news commentary and academic lectures to the public from a broadly left-wing or socialist perspective. Occasionally podcasts will be hosted by myself and my lovely co-host (AKA girlfriend) Kimberlee. At other times, the podcasts will feature academic or activist speeches or talks on a variety of subjects ranging from resisting the U.S. Empire to capitalism to media propaganda to philosophy to socialism and to many, many, other topics. Notable featured figures that I’ve already lined up include Noam Chomsky, Alex Callinicos,... Poll: Do you support the conservatives or oppose helping children? WTF! via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
In their latest poll released yesterday, the Angus Reid polling firm published samples of some of the questions they asked respondents about the Harper Conservative government.
Here’s a sample of some of the “questions” they asked.
Anything seem, how shall I say, ‘not right’ about these questions to anyone else? This is borderline push polling.
Script: “How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way the government has dealt with the following issues?” […]
“Cleaning up government by passing the Federal Accountability Act?
“Helping parents with the cost of raising their children?”
“Making our streets and communities safe by cracking down on crime?”
“Working with the provinces to establish a Patient...
War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
My god, Orwell was prophetic.
Here’s the latest capitalist Orwellian doublethink, this time via Saskboy.
“Get your vote out Ontario. Mixed Member Proportional is on the ballot today, so even if you don’t like any of the parties (which would bewilder me, since Green is an option ;-) you can still vote in the referendum for MMP. Who doesn’t want a more representative democracy? (Amusing answer: Fascists, Authoritarians, Dictators, Communists, Jason Cherniak, James WDIKGrit, Saskatchewan NDP, most Americans, and political hacks.) “
I understand that not everybody is going to be a communist or a Marxist. Heck, I even appreciate that probably a significant portion of this blog’s readership don’t actively identify as either communist or Marxist. But...
The differece beteen the NDP and the Communist Party… via Paulitics: Paul's Socialist Investigations
This is a great interview with Stuart Ryan, a candidate for the Ontario Provincial election in Ottawa-Centre.
To me, this interview just drives home the point that Ryan and his comrades can truly inspire with bold policies (ex. 50% reduction in tuition immediately, $20 billion for public secular schools and giving municipalities the power to tax corporations) whereas the NDP has lost its ability to dream, let alone inspire.
If you haven’t voted yet today, read this interview before you vote. It may not necessarily change your vote, but it will at the very least inspire you — and that’s not nothing.
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Why have you chosen to involve yourself in the political process? Why did you choose to run in this constituency?
I have been involved in the political process for...