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Thomas Flanagan, Pundit Propagandist
Colonial Propaganda and the Law of Aboriginal Title In his book on the creation of Indian reserves in British Columbia, Making Native Space (2002), Cole Harris writes colonialism is increasingly seen as a culture of domination, a set of values that infused European thought and letters; led Europeans confidently out into the world; stereotyped non-Europeans as […]
Again Scientists Urge Obama—Reject Tar Sands Pipeline
January 25, 2013
Last year, President Obama postponed a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a project to ship dilbit, diluted bitumen, and synthetic crude from the tar sands region of Alberta to the US Gulf Coast. His administration is set very soon to make a decision on whether to allow that controversial pipeline. Such a decision has been rendered […]
The Invisible Mr. Polly
January 22, 2013
HG Wells and the aesthetics of science fiction I remember reading somewhere as a teenager that some of HG Wells non-science fiction works, for instance, The History of Mr. Polly were the literary equals of works like The Time Machine, First Men in the Moon, War of the Worlds, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. […]
About American Empire by Howard Zinn [video]
January 19, 2013
Howard Zinn is the author of A People’s History of the United States, 1492–Present. You may recall that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon gave the book a cameo in their movie Good Will Hunting. If you want a fresh way of looking at history–not just the Presidents who created landmark laws but the people’s movements […]
Retreating From Fire
January 17, 2013
Surrendering the beaches in the era of climate change. A couple of years ago, after the Canadian Prairies and adjacent regions of the United States had suffered its third “100 year flood” event in about 15 years, there were grumblings in the comment pages of newspapers about how the “taxpayers” shouldn’t have to continue subsidizing […]
Climate Extremes, Here and Down Under
January 12, 2013
Death or Taxes Are they really different stories? It actually seems like just the same story, continuing. Look at what is happening in Oz. On Monday, January 7th, they set a country-wide heat record of 104.5oF. That’s 40.3oC, and was the average high temperature continent-wide. Australia experienced 7 days in a row (Monday was one […]
Snouting Up to the Government Trough
January 9, 2013
You’ve heard it. If you’ve been following a public comment thread on the Idle No More movement, you may have encountered it already today. If you think of Stephen Harper and his government as a source of accurate information about Aboriginal people, you might even believe it. That Aboriginal people allegedly receive more government largess […]
The Re-e-eally Big Chill
January 7, 2013
The Little Ice Age and America’s Great Dying Anybody who has been following the climate change file closely will have heard of the Maunder Minimum. It was a period between 1645 and 1715 when there was major decrease in sunspot activity, a phenomenon which is associated with a cooler sun. And if you have heard […]
Grandpa Theo
With Malaika
Klick This Pic
An Informal Chronology of the Aboriginal Land Question in BC
Father Theo's Blog 
January 31, 2013
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