Reality Check: The End of Growth in the Tar Sands. So Now What?
Published on Friday, June 30, 2017 by Oil Change International A managed decline is highly preferable to an unmanaged one, but it requires recognition that the decline part is inevitable By Hannah McKinnon an excerpt: A managed decline of the tar sands isn’t a popular idea in Alberta, or in Canada for that matter. The […]
There Trump Goes Again
Published on Friday, June 30, 2017 by Washington Post by Eugene Robinson photo above: White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) an excerpt: One doesn’t need a degree in psychology to wonder if the president suffers from some deep-seated insecurity. I can’t help but think about that Cabinet meeting this […]
Who Weeps Not, Sees Not: Celebrating Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables
Friday, June 30, 2017 by Abby Zimet, staff writer full text: For a break from the current squalor, we pay tribute to Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who on this date in 1862 published the last chapter of Les Misérables, his extraordinary, timeless, 1,500 page paean to the wretched of the earth that gave voice to the long-suffering voiceless. […]
“Trump Feels a Kinship With Authoritarian Leaders”: Richard Falk on Turmoil in the Middle East
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout | Interview photo above: Professor Richard A. Falk speaks at the 10th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, March 23, 2009. (Photo: UN Geneva) WN: There is someone in my acquaintance who is virulently right wing and pro-Trump. He jumps all over every shred of […]
Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice (St. Stephen’s University)
WN: Below is notice of a new Institute to address our fractured world with a message and initiatives for peace and peacemaking. There are highlights from their website. Here are some considerations that make the IRPJ unique. It is headed by a friend of my son Mark, Andrew Klager. He is an up-and-coming scholar, already […]
Beyond #Canada150: A Statement from Primate Fred Hilz on National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2017
WN: Below is a wonderful statement by Primate Fred Hilz of the Anglican Church of Canada. Would that all Christians take it to heart and action! Would that all Canadians do the same! Would that all humanity grow into this kind of hopeful reconciliation! Amen. Like many other Canadians, I am mindful that within just […]
Naomi Klein: How to Resist Trump’s Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein is brilliant, articulate, and deeply committed to the well-being of humanity. She recently published No is Not Enough, on which the video above is based. Please click on: Resist Trump’s Shock Doctrine You may also listen to an interview with Naomi Klein, June 12, 2017, on CBC’s “The Current”. The discussion was entitled: […]
White Supremacy Is Anti-Gospel. I’m Glad the Southern Baptist Convention Agrees
WN: I copied the entire article below. It is about an historic decision by the Southern Baptist Convention. Russell Moore has been the head of the (SBC) Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission since 2013. As you can see from the links, he has been an amazing voice within those ranks for actually […]
The Gospel Counter-Narrative
WN On April 4, 2017, our pastor, Rob Brown, at Eden Mennonite Church in Chilliwack BC preached a great sermon about the Counter-Narrative in the Gospel stories, including the Ultimate Counter-Narrative: The Resurrection. I asked Rob for permission to upload the audio recording (you do not have to sign up for DropBox!) of the sermon (mp3 […]
Avaaz: 21 Children vs Trump
Momentum is building! Just last week the court shut down Trump’s latest attempt to kill the case. Let’s send the children to trial with a wave of support — click below: Dear friends, One lawsuit could stop Trump wrecking our planet. And here’s the kicker — it’s a case brought by 21 children! Yup, after […]
Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas
Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas JUNE 2, 2017 by PAUL STREET WN: The review below of the recent massive biography of Barack Obama is scathing with reference to Obama’s supreme narcissism (matching Trump’s one could argue, though not in constant bombast). Paul Street powerfully demonstrates how Obama, in a long line […]
The US tried to derail climate action before – and it ended in humiliating defeat
George W Bush failed in his attempt to block global action on climate change. His mistake – about to be repeated by Trump – was to imagine the UN process was weak Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Thursday 1 June 2017 16.50 BSTLast modified on Friday 2 June 2017 00.36 BST photo above: A polar bear leaps over melting ice, Svalbard […]
The US and Israel Share a History of Ethnic Cleansing
Sunday, May 28, 2017 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview an excerpt: Mark Karlin Historically, what are some examples of the US and Israel sharing a history of ethnic cleansing against Indians and Palestinians, respectively? TRUTHOUT PROGRESSIVE PICK ________________________________________ What will liberation look like for Indigenous America and Palestine? Click on how to order his new […]
Ajamu Baraka, “Uncle Tom,” and the Pathology of White Liberal Racism
AUGUST 24, 2016 by ERIC DRAITSER WN: White Supremacy has many disguised faces. One is “white liberal”, worn by those who supported a Black President because it is the “liberal thing” to be anti-racist, and who smugly know they do the right thing: end of all discourse. But the issue is far deeper – and […]