Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday placed restrictive conditions on the recognition of a Palestinian state, stressing the need to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the ongoing violations in the West Bank, while simultaneously rejecting any future Palestinian government that includes the Resistance movement Hamas,... Continue Reading →
[Ken Gray] It was a pleasure to visit the church of my childhood and later years, St. John the Divine in Victoria this past Sunday. I attended in order to co-sign a letter to Canadian Minister Mark Carney asking him to honour his previous commitments (Value(s), p. xv) to create policy which protects the environment... Continue Reading →
With thanks to Bill Sundhu and Avi Lewis who wrote the following message. [Avi Lewis] My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canada’s ambassador to the... Continue Reading →
The two men could not be more different in character, social perspective, and behaviour. Each have their own personal flaws for sure, though one works through such challenges; the other places them at the centre of his speech, motivation, identity, and action. One is a real king, Charles the Third, by the Grace of God... Continue Reading →
No, Mr. Netanyahu, it is neither anti-Semitic nor pro-Hamas to report that in just over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and injured 77,000, 70% of whom are women and children. It's not anti-Semitic to report that your attacks have destroyed 221k homes in Gaza, leaving one million people homeless, or nearly... Continue Reading →
He told us and we should have listened. Certainly Americans (and to some extent Canadians) should have taken seriously the evolution of anti-black racism into a more widespread and broadly targeted anti-immigrant BIPOC ideology. Man of us continue to scratch our heads wondering where the energy for the growing hatred originates. It is much more... Continue Reading →
AKA What happens when grown-ups leave the room A reader recently directed me to Oregon’s Bay Area on Facebook, a most interesting connection. While I had another project in development I thought this marvellous summary of what’s happening in the US deserved my, and your attention today. I am reminded of CBS News anchor Walter... Continue Reading →
From Rawstory.com Seventy days after his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump is finding his second presidential term honeymoon collapsing as the administration officials make embarrassing mistakes, key allies turn on him and more Republicans are publicly balking at some policies. According to a report from Jonathan Lemire at The Atlantic, the president is... Continue Reading →
I do not drive a Tesla. Our family does not own a Tesla. I don’t even drive. So I have no skin in this particular consumer decision game. I cede the argument to Goddess Mia who makes her case on Facebook. The “commercial” is beautifully filmed and carefully reasoned. “Car for sale.” The value of... Continue Reading →
Ken Gray, with content from The Washington Post (Democracy dies in darkness) [Ken Gray] Some friends recently asked if I thought boycotts were getting the attention of Americans, especially legislators and business leaders. It’s hard to say. With, for instance, groceries, changes in buying behaviour are obvious. There are some excellent bargains on American fruit... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 