Joe is partly correct. I do hype life in China. Is it because everything is amazing in China? Of course not. There are many things that could improve in China. Political pluralism. Air quality. Censorship. Consumption. Work-life balance. I could go on. But the hawkishness about

In 2018 when Kelloggs announced they were leaving Venezuela overnight, making hundreds redundant, the Venezuelan government just let them go and helped the workers physically take over the factory. It is still producing, using 100% Venezuelan raw materials. An inspirational story

Yes, this is broadly where I am. But with one caveat: antitrust against tech can reduce their political power, which is currently dangerous for democracy.

This 👇 is pretty funny and, I checked, it's real: the title of the Princeton study is "Political Discontent in China Is Associated with Isolating Personality Traits" (collaborate.princeton.edu/en/publication…). In a nutshell, Princeton University found that those who dislike the Communist Party

B.C. Premier David Eby has lost serious, unrecoverable credibility over his handling of DRIPA.

Growth is not the mission. It is the outcome of investment and innovation directed at solving real challenges — clean energy, healthy food, decent housing. Speaking this morning at the National Growth Debate, hosted by Good Growth Foundation.

Now that the far-right in British Columbia (backed by Alberta and US oil oligarchs) are attacking Indigenous rights and fear mongering about DRIPA with misinformation and the NDP is waffling, it’s time to know the facts, from dripafacts.ca 🧵

Sweden had an economic depression in the 1990s because banks were deregulated and blew up a housing bubble, and the central bank then tried to maintain a fixed exchange rate by raising interest rates to 500%. It had nothing to do with the welfare state or whatever.

When Lina Khan ran the FTC, she spotted this *exact* scenario and launched an investigation The very first thing Trump’s FTC Chair did when he took over was kill it

natasha cloud, one of the best players in the WNBA, is being blackballed by the league for her vocal pro-palestine activism. this is unacceptable and not enough people are talking about what’s happening to her.

Edward Said on identity politics and humanism.

A good example of sound governance from Isabella M Weber - another example comes from the 1st book of the Bible where Joseph ordered grain storage during yrs of plenty to survive yrs of famine. Archaelological evidence says this kind of stewardship was practised from 9500 BC.

Never seen something like this ever. This is incredible. Holy moly.

Polling on whether reconciliation has "gone too far" doesn't tell you anything about policy. It tells you that a sustained political campaign to frame First Nations as a threat has been effective. That's manufactured consent for the status quo.

We must build grass-roots pressure for Canada to finally take a principled stand against the US blockade of Cuba. More voices are being heard, including the United Church, the CLC, Unifor, and more. Please sign this petition: petition.web.net/CanadaActNowOn…. #canlab

No one called out the rich quite like Mary Wollstonecraft

"Three weeks training" and stole the movie.

"Blood and soil" was foundational to National Socialist ideology in Germany -- if Armstrong's statement doesn't constitute hate speech under Canada's criminal code than that code is irrelevant and useless for prosecuting crime in 21st century Canada.

CMB 22-8-2-1-1 (11/15 FG), +21