Welcome back to another edition of the rabble.ca weekly blog roundup!
This week we look at the growing scandals of the Harper government and their F-35 jets, the Alberta Wildrose Party and their flip-flopping politics on abortion, the trans human rights bill and a conservative MP’s misguided rhetoric, and the power of images and their ability to evoke emotional responses. Also, rabble.ca is currently on the hunt for interns for our rabble podcast network, blogs section and book lounge, so if you know anyone who would fill the role, send them an application! (Added bonus: they could be the next rabble.ca weekly blog roundup writer!)
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F-35 scandal: We need a Canadian Spring now more than ever by Derrick O’Keefe adds yet another scandal to the insurmountable pile that Harper government has going with the latest development that the Harper government knew about the increased cost of the F-35 jets and just lied to get their way. We need a Canadian Spring for sure.
Flip-flopping statements on abortion and a half-hidden agenda? No wonder Edmonton voters are flocking from the Wildrose Party towards the NDP in surging numbers as David J. Climenhaga reports in Ambiguous Wildrose abortion statements emerge as NDP support jumps in Edmonton.
Conservative MP Dean Allison attempts to link trans women with sexual predators during discussion of the trans human rights bill C-279 in Potty panic in the halls of Parliament by Mercedes Allen.
Everyone is getting caught up with the issues for the people of Attawapiskat and not those draining problems of the person forcefully sent there to “help” — Won’t someone think of the third-party manager? ÂPIHTAWIKOSISÂN begs you to reconsider!
Alex Samur discusses the power of images and their environment regarding projects like documentary Beware of Images and the Kony 2012 campaign and their emotional reactions in Beware of Images: Sergio Toporek’s call to action.
John Bonnar attempts to bring a little glimmer of hope to the dark spiral that is the effort to end homelessness within Canada and sheds light on the new initiative The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness in National movement launched to end homelessness.
A view from inside Vanier reveals the corruption and misguided logic behind the “justice system” in Bored but not broken: Women, the police and international days by Mandy Hiscocks.
“We will march and march and march until the right thing is done.” Krystalline Kraus gives an update about the ongoing situation of the Trayvon Martin killing and the trial of George Zimmerman in Activist Communique: Trayvon Martin’s killer arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder.
Photo courtesy of Alex Samur.
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