Mark Carney's Carbon Capture Deal with Alberta Will Fail. Just Like Norway's Did. (Oil#1).
Mark Carney agreed a deal with Big Oil in the Alberta tar sands. Canadian taxpayers would pay billions more for a carbon capture scheme called Pathways Alliance. In exchange for another pipeline to the BC coast that the Canadian public would also pay for, to the tune of 35 billion and counting.
Do carbon capture schemes actually work? Business reporter Tim Kiladze studied the biggest such scheme in the world in Norway. Can you guess what he found?
Mark Carney. Call a Political Sovereignty Election.
Call his bluff. Reject appeasement. Donald Trump is demanding an endless list of concessions from Canada in order to get a trade deal. He will never stop. Mark Carney, call a federal election. Ask voters to give you a mandate to demand that any deal respect Canada’s political sovereignty.
Who Is Afraid of Elon Musk?
Is DOGE the wave of the future? Chat GPT. Large Language Models. AI takes over. Humans fuse with robots. Digital devices control most human activities. That is Elon Musk’s UnAmerican Dream.
The Feminist Left is Pro Family. Why Not Say So?
Mothers today are increasingly judged by the “success” of their children. The responsibility to be The Nurturer is 24/7. Fathers want to share, but still do way less. What can we do to change this?
How to Be Spontaneous in Two Easy Lessons
How can we on the left be spontaneous, and still be effective in helping societies change in progressive ways? Benjamin Abrams has some answers.
There Is No Such Thing As A Left-Wing Universal Basic Income (UBI#2)
Why do we on the left support the Milton Friedman fix for poverty? We think: Maybe AI led automation will lead to a Leisure Society if we push for a left-wing UBI.
UBI is a Poor Idea, Not an Idea that Helps the Poor (UBI#1)
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a reactionary Milton Friedman idea supported by many of us on the left. I critique real existing UBI point by point. In UBI#2, I will argue that there is no such thing as a workable or winnable left-wing version of UBI.
Behind the AI Hype: Takeover by Militarized Private Equity
The Pentagon, private equity and AI are fusing in a fight to the finish against China. Other countries are pressured to align with the Fortress America approach.
What If Everyone Loses Confidence in US Dollar Treasury Bonds?
Treasury bonds are key to the US dollar as a world reserve currency. They are the riskless asset that underpins calculation of risk by businesses everywhere. Are they at risk now?
Bernie, Mamdani, Avi: A New NDP Is Possible
Bernie, Mamdani, Avi Lewis. Syriza, Podemos, the DSA and AOC. Left populism is on the rise in Canada too.
Politics is Everywhere, yet Nothing Seems to Change
Opt in, opt out. The Left offers total individual autonomy. But when the protest ends, we are all alone again.
Sometimes the Obvious Choice is Not the Best Choice
Mark Carney has chosen an inferior European bidder to build submarines. Is this really what trading with middle powers means?
Left Populism, Why Not? (part two)
Why does the Left pretend to be populist? The Populist Moment cites three reasons. Each reason flags something big that the Left can and should change.
Left Populism, Why Not? (part one)
Borriello and Jager’s The Populist Moment explains brilliantly how and why the Left in rich states has decided to pretend to be populist.
Liberal Democracy Is Limited. Fight For Democracy Instead.
Why settle for liberal democracy? Why not left-led campaigns for More and Better Democracy? LD#1: This is the first of a series.
What Is Democracy Without Equality of Results?
Liberal democracy is under threat. What kind of democracy should the left fight for? Astra Taylor has both answers and questions.
Social Movements Will Not Free Us (part three)
A strengthened ‘civil society’ will not win anyone’s liberation. Popular struggles will, if we Agitate, Educate and Organize so people see the Left Alternative.
Social Movements Will Not Free Us (part two)
Does ‘strengthening (a) civil society’ of voluntary associations gradually improve liberal democracy ‘from below’? It is conventional wisdom. But mostly wrong.
Social Movements Will Not Free Us (part one)
Why did the Arab Spring lead to more brutal repression, instead of more democracy? Asef Bayat’s analysis provides some lessons for the left everywhere.
Half A Revolution is Better Than None
Was the Arab Spring in Egypt et al a real revolution? Yes, and Jack Shenker’s first hand account shows how and why.
