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Transformative change in 2017 starts with community

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As has been pointed out by too many people, 2016 was a devastating year for progressives (a homely term for all those who are want equality, democracy and ecological sanity). There is no need to repeat the list of atrocities, failures and disappointments, as we all have them indelibly marked on our psyches. One result of the annus horribilis is that activists everywhere have pledged to try harder -- at what is clearly not working. There is even a sense of optimism rooted in the old left-wing shibboleth that "the worse things get, the better" -- meaning, of course that if things get really, really bad, people will rise up (and overthrow the 1%). 

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North Carolina Republicans provoke political firestorm with attacks on democracy

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North Carolina Republicans have provoked a political firestorm. First, Gov. Pat McCrory refused to concede his loss for close to a month. Then, under the guise of providing Hurricane Matthew relief money, they convened several back-to-back special sessions, all geared at stripping power from Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper before he takes office. The North Carolina General Assembly has seen mass protests and civil disobedience in defiance of the assembly's middle-of-the-night proceedings. Whereas President Barack Obama is honouring the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, a fundamental pillar of American democracy, North Carolina Republicans are taking a different path.

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Munk School of Global Affairs reveals much about the state of Canadian foreign policy
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Yves Engler
| October 29, 2016

Next week the Fraser Institute's newly established Peter Munk Centre for Free Enterprise will offer a daylong "Introduction to Economic Reasoning" seminar for Grade 10-12 students in Scarborough. Launched in June with $5 million from the founder of Barrick Gold, the Centre for Free Enterprise cements Munk's position as leading contributor to right-wing ideas. But, the ideologue's biggest contribution has been to a venerable public institution.

The Munk School of Global Affairs reveals much about the state of foreign-policy debate in this country. Among 35 million Canadians, the University of Toronto would be hard pressed to find a less credible source of support for the study of international affairs.

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Rob Ford's common touch and the origins of Ford Nation

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I was listening to CBC-Radio's annual, self-satisfied Canada Reads contest when news of Rob Ford's death broke in. You couldn't picture Ford on a panel of advocates for one of those worthy novels -- or any CBC panel -- yet you could see most other politicians: John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, even Stephen Harper. Rob didn't register as a culture guy, he was the opposite: The Library Closer.

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Justice Scalia and the political opponents we like -- even as we fight against them

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Responses to the death of Antonin Scalia, the right-wing, fundamentalist, vituperative U.S. Supreme Court Justice, have been notably sympathetic, even from the left. It turns out his best friend on the court was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, also his fiercest legal foe. They holidayed together. Stephen Colbert got teary recalling that, after he roasted conservatives, only Scalia greeted him warmly.

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Harperism: How Stephen Harper and His Think Tank Colleagues Have Transformed Canada

September 30, 2015
| Professor Donald Gutstein says Stephen Harper's policies are the result of decades of effort by a network of right-wing think tanks determined to change how governments operate.
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