Jan 31, 2017
The Muslim is the new Jew and we're not even 'moved' by it
Raluca Bejan
Trump's "Muslim ban" is about keeping and protecting jus sanguinis Americaness.
US Politics
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Jan 30, 2017  The rise of what-you-see-is-what-you-get politicsJ. Baglow A new politics -- of people, not façades -- is loose upon the American landscape. It offers dangers and opportunities -- to both sides. |
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Jan 28, 2017  Chrystia Freeland believes that the rising tide of free trade will float all boats, but the evidence tells us otherwiseDennis Gruending While Trump's desire to renegotiate NAFTA might not be motivated by altruism, free trade also hasn't eradicated inequality. |
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Jan 27, 2017  Buffoon or manipulator, Trump rightfully inspires fearWhich Trump were you watching last weekend? The moronic mediocrity or the shrewd new president who dealt with an economic abyss that no one else over the past 30 years dared touch? |
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Jan 27, 2017  Dear beloved resistance: We are stronger togetherSofia Ali-Khan Here are some uncomfortable truths, and some thoughts on what we need to do about them to succeed in the fight against Trump. |
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Jan 26, 2017  The sound of resistance: Three women's marchesrabble radio Voices from a trio of women's marches on January 21, 2017, starting in Washington, and then moving up to Vancouver and Toronto. |
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Jan 26, 2017  Pipeline resistance grows as Trump revives Keystone XL and Dakota Access megaprojectsIt will take more than the stroke of Trump's pen to quash the vigorous resistance to the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines, or the growing global demand for urgent action to combat climate change. |
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Jan 26, 2017  Canada's right doubtless dismayed as The Economist boots the U.S.A. off its list of 'full democracies'David J. Climenhaga The Economist didn't blame the decline in American democracy on Donald Trump. They blamed Donald Trump on the decline in American democracy. |
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Jan 26, 2017  Trump and Trudeau's 'stealth privatization' will be at the taxpayer's expenseAlex Hemingway If Trump's infrastructure plan is a "privatization scam," what should we call ours? |
 What comes after the Women's March3 Minute Action Take the 100 actions in 10 days challenge. |
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Jan 25, 2017  Support by Rachel Notley for Donald Trump's Keystone XL Pipeline decision may be unnerving, but it's politicsDavid J. Climenhaga Get used to it. As Otto von Bismarck famously observed, politics is "the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best." |
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Jan 24, 2017  The revolution is messy and incomplete. But last weekend, it was born.Sophia Reuss The "Anti-Inauguration" protest and Women's March on Washington provide hope that a global, inclusive left can finally fight neoliberalism and oppression together. |
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Jan 24, 2017  Wearing pinkgooderGoods Pink reflections on the Women's March. Pussycat hats and choosing feminist fashion attire. |
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Jan 24, 2017  Trumponomics unsettles Trudeau with threats to Canada-U.S. tradeWith the advent of Donald Trump, international trade has taken centre stage in U.S. politics. Trumponomics suggests that the rest of the world has been cheating the U.S. out of jobs and wealth. |
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Jan 24, 2017  Canadian marchers push back against Trump; politicians get on his trainKarl Nerenberg Trump's rhetoric about helping the forgotten people turns out to mean cutting taxes and regulations for the 1%. Canadian Conservatives embrace him while Liberals try to get along. |
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Jan 23, 2017  Five types of people who marched on Washington this weekend -- or stayed homeIshani Weera Here are five types of broad perspectives that we noticed on social media over the weekend. Each had something valuable to add to the ongoing discussion on the nature of solidarity and resistance. |
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Jan 23, 2017  Women, abstracted: The political performativity of indignationRaluca Bejan Ideologically, we are not in an era where "pussy grabbing" could ever get institutionalized. Yet aggressive immigration enforcement and a registry of Muslim residents could be written into the law. |
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Jan 22, 2017  Is a Pink Revolution beginning in America? This genie will be hard to put back in its bottle!David J. Climenhaga Given the turnout at Women's Marches around the world yesterday, if Trump's presidency has sparked a movement, its signature colour will most likely be pink. |
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Jan 21, 2017  The Teflon DonaldScott Stager Piatkowski Why it was so hard for his opponents to put a dent in Donald Trump's support. |
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Jan 20, 2017  W.H. Auden's poetry resonates on Trump's inauguration dayHow did Auden (W.H.) get it so right? He died in 1973, but his lines come to mind during the 21st century's most wracked moments. |
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Jan 19, 2017  After seven years in prison, Chelsea Manning will walk freeA worldwide campaign petitioned Barack Obama to grant clemency to Chelsea Manning, the longest-held whistleblower in U.S. history. This week Obama issued his decision to free Manning. |
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Jan 19, 2017 Not Rex: The coming dark age of TrumpNot Rex delivers an alternative poem in the epic style on the coming dark age of Trump. |
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Jan 12, 2017  U.S. Senate should reject Jeff Sessions again, 30 years laterSen. Sessions has been consistent throughout his career. The Senate Judiciary Committee should be equally consistent and reject Sessions as attorney general. |
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Jan 10, 2017  As U.S. protectionism surges, Canada implores Washington: But we're friends!Higher American interest rates will push the U.S. dollar up and lower the already weak Canadian dollar further. Expect the Trump administration to target Canada for currency manipulation. |
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