saskatchewan progressive bloggers

	Suffer the children who come to … Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Stephen LaRose \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog Chili for Children is out of money because of a mixup in the Saskatchewan government. (CBC Saskatchewan) Shorter Donna Harpauer: It’s the NDP’s fault that schoolchildren are starving in inner-city Regina. Even though they’re not in gov ... [read more]
	Progressive films will shine at Toronto Festival Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country By Bill Meyer People's World [read more]
	The Best of Rap and Video Games Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Emmet Matheson \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog Das Racist, possibly the finest rap combo since Pizza Hut met Taco Bell, released their first foray into videogaming today with Who’s That Brooown? Modeled on the old-timey arcade classic Elevator Action, it might be the world’s first i ... [read more]
	Draw The Universe Within At The Saskatchewan Science Centre Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Stephen Whitworth \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog The Art Gallery Of Regina has put together a figure drawing session for artists who’d like to draw the plasticized bodies in the touring exhibit Our Bodies: The Universe Within. It sounds interesting. From the press release: Learning a ... [read more]
	Green Drinks Regina Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Green Drinks [read more]
	The Worst Of T.V. And Comics Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: James Brotheridge \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog Speaking of cartoons, everyone should check out Jersey Circus. MTV’s Jersey Shore offers entertainment by looking at the lives of some of America’s most ridiculous partiers, who seem unaware of just how ridiculous they are. Family Circ ... [read more]
	On notable omissions Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations It isn't much surprise that the Wall government has decided to put a corporate front group in charge of advising it on a possible potash takeover. But it's remarkable just how brazen the Sask Party is being in declaring that as far as i ... [read more]
	A Great Cartoonist Wants To Build A Seven-Foot-Tall Pen Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Stephen Whitworth \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog Jim Woodring is an American cartoonist whose surreal parables are some of the very best work being done in comics today. For the last while he’s been trying to raise funds to build a gigantic ink-dip pen so he can draw in public. This g ... [read more]
	Restoring Truthiness To Washington? Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Stephen LaRose \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog After Glenn Beck’s whitebread pity-party (Christopher Hitchens at Slate.com) who better than Stephen Colbert to next hold his I Have a Dream Rally at the Washington Mall? (Crooks and Liars)? [read more]
	A Top Six Thursday From Rosie LaRose Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Stephen LaRose \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog 1 LET IT BE TorStar’s Geoff Pevere imagines life if The Beatles hadn’t broken up in 1970. The answer: Spinal Tap. 2 “taH pagh taHbe’” As Chancellor Gorkon said in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Shakespeare sounds so much bette ... [read more]
	Potash Nationalization: A radical view from Next Year Country, 1977 Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Open publication - Free publishing - More socialism [read more]
	Ignatieff Making Billion Dollar Election Patronage Promises Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog Without a business plan, economic or environmental impact research, Michael Ignatieff is already walking around announcing billion dollar electoral patronage mega projects ..... [read more]
	Montreal Media Report On “I Heart Regina” Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Gregory Beatty \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog Here’s a link to a Montreal Gazette article on the premiere of I Heart Regina at the Montreal Film Festival. [read more]
	Capitalism vs State Capitalism and Potash Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country By Andrew Jackson The Progressive Economic Forum [read more]
	Edward Carpenter Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Book Review: Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love by Sheila Rowbotham, Verso Books [read more]
	Thursday Morning Links Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations An assortment of articles for your perusal... [read more]
	Beyond the echo chamber Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations It remains to be seen how the rest of New Brunswick's election campaign will play out - and particularly whether either the Libs or the Cons will try (however implausibly) to adopt a theme of responsible management for themselves. But f ... [read more]
	Pick of the Day: Oscana Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Gregory Beatty \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog For info on this multi-media symphony that celebrates different chapters in the province’s history from pre- through post-contact times check out this article by Stephen LaRose that appeared in our Aug. 26 issue. It’s being performed to ... [read more]
	Taking Them On Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: saskboy \| Source: Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff – Site News Wikileaks’ founder is again being framed for a crime he didn’t commit in Sweden. You can read how I know he didn’t commit a crime there, here. The co-incidental timing of the charge with Wikileaks largest release of top secret American ... [read more]
	On confirmation Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations Not that it's particularly surprising that the B.C. Libs were less than honest in claiming to have never thought about imposing the HST until roughly three seconds before they officially declared it a done deal. But for those wondering ... [read more]
	CCPA Saskatchewan presents Trevor Herriot Sep 2, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Saskatchewan Office CCPA [read more]
	Book review: The Socialist Alternative Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Closet Notebooks Michael Lebowitz, The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development. (New York, Monthly Review Press, 2010) Purchase book here. [read more]
	Welfare Rights workers under attack Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Shame on the board of this important organization! [read more]
	Defining the possible Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations I'd have serious reservations about what would likely result if he were to get his wish (and would encourage the Libs' less corporatist members to keep in mind how the party prioritized budget-slashing and tax-cutting over nation-buildi ... [read more]
	L-P Pun Attack Goes Awry Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: James Brotheridge \| Source: prairie dog magazine \| dog blog I know what the Leader-Post was getting at when they said that Swift Current residents who had McDonald’s food thrown at them were left “Grimace-faced”. But take a look at long-time McDonald’s character Grimace – the little guy is clea ... [read more]
	"The Libs have long since concluded that they can't afford to allow MPs to think for themselves" Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog One of my favorite bloggers is fellow Saskatchewan Progressive Blogger, the Jurist, who blogs at Accidental Deliberations. He has a great post that I welcome all other progressives (even those few Liberal bloggers who qualify) to read: [read more]
	Harper must intervene in Potash takeover, says Council of Canadians Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Council of Canadians [read more]
	Where Do We Go from Here? The G20 Summit, Black Bloc, and the Canadian Left Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country By Ali Mustafa New Socialist Group [read more]
	R.I.P. Bill Millin - The Normandy Invasion 'Mad' Bagpiper Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog On June 6, 1944 as British, Canadian and American troops launched their invasion of Nazi occupied France at Normandy, Scottish bagpiper Bill Millin marched up and down, back and forth on the beach, dodging bullets and trying to inspire ... [read more]
	Federal Liberals Try To Move From Their Current Right Wing Position on the Political Spectrum Sep 1, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog No one doubts that Michael Ignatieff's Liberal Party is firmly situated Right of the Centre in the Canadian political spectrum. [read more]