Analysis from Tzeporah Berman Prime Minister Mark Carney has just been listed by Newsweek as second in their list โRevenge of the Climate Heretics: The 50 Leading Eco-Policy Dissentersโ. Right after Bill Gates and before Trump. And yesterday Cansda received the โfossil of the dayโ at #cop31. Oh Canada! how far we have fallen. And... Continue Reading →
50 years and still as relevant as ever
[Ken Gray] One of the highlights of my time as a music student at London's Royal College of Music was singing in Britten's War Requiem conducted by David Wilcocks in the spring of 1979. There are simply no words to describe the experience, something I recall as the 50th anniversary of the work's first performance... Continue Reading →
Considering my assassin – Michael Lapsley
After Father Michael Lapsley was exiled by the South African Government in 1976, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became one of their chaplains. Whilst living in Zimbabwe he discovered he was on the South African Government hit list.ย In April 1990 he received a letter bomb in the post. As a result... Continue Reading →
Trump plays his first dirty hand
Trump Makes His Chief Bigot His Chief of Staff - Not good news Reposted from Robert Reich on Substack Friends, Anyone wondering how Trump will respond to the biggest repudiation a modern U.S. president has ever received from American voters need wonder no longer. Today, Trump announced that Stephen Miller would become his chief of... Continue Reading →
This story needs to be shared widely and quickly
As winter approaches, Palestinians in Gaza are desperately trying to prepare their tents and damaged homes while food cuts by the World Food Programme are exacerbating rising levels of hunger. Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme, one day after the UN agency announced it... Continue Reading →
Coming to an Election Watch Party near you
A Guide to What Weโll Know on Election Night, Hour by Hour By Nate Cohn in the New Work Times daily letter Today, the voters will have the final say on the 2026 election. But as has so often been the case in recent years, we might not learn their verdict on election night. To... Continue Reading →
“The next four years in BC are not going to be pretty”
From Tzeporah Berman on FB The Green vote did not cause the BC NDP to lose this election. The numbers are pretty clear. Itโs also clear that David Eby and the BCNDP lost this election and saddled us with a majority Conservative government because they abandoned their base, broke their promises and then made a... Continue Reading →
We have our work cut out for us now in BC politics
[Ken Gray] Weโve been here before and here we are again. Some will remember the first BC-Liberal government of Gordon Campbell who in 2001 defeated the Glenn Clark led NDP taking 77 of 79 seats in the legislature. This was the largest majority of seats and the second-largest majority of the popular vote in BC... Continue Reading →
Follow the money — All of it
Reposted from Hans Nichols -- Oct 20, 2026 Axios Hill Leaders [None of these folks have any interest in "getting money out of politics." None. The more the merrier is seems. THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING. No wonder politics is in so much trouble globally. KJG] House Republicans are entering the final two weeks of the... Continue Reading →
A movie worth watching – With thanks to The Guardian
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief, The Guardian Last month, the documentary movie NAZA, produced by the Guardian, received the longest standing ovation in the history of the Venice international film festival, where it had its global premiere and won the special jury prize. Filmed on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the documentary features interviews with 24 Israeli... Continue Reading →