Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Further rumblings

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Francis Barlow’s illustration to “The Bat, The Birds and the Beasts”, by Aesop. Yesterday I blogged about how there’s talk of a Liberal/NDP merger. Now someone else has weighed in on the same…with a smack-my-forehead silly suggestion as to who … Continue reading →

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Rumblings

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Funny, the sky is clear. So why do I keep hearing the sound of distant thunder? Oh. Wait. It’s coming from Ottawa: Two days after Jack Layton’s state funeral turned into an ode to social democracy and inclusive politics, musings … Continue reading →

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The People’s Procession

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This is what all the right-wingers couldn’t wait even 24 hours to piss on, folks… A state funeral like none before it, and one that we may never see the likes of again. Very little black, and the few long, … Continue reading →

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And so it begins…

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Sabina Becker

What is “it”? The speculation, naturally. Olivia Chow is just newly widowed, and already there is talk of whether she’ll run for the top job in the NDP. The one incidentally vacated by her late (and much lamented and loved) … Continue reading →

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Jack Layton on This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Jack gets Marg’d. And other choice moments. Lots of Canadian politicians have been great sports about the merciless satire this CBC fake-news show dishes out on their (usually) all-too-deserving heads, but Jack seems to have had the most fun of … Continue reading →

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A musical tribute to Jack Layton

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“Jack’s Dream”, by Ontario NDP candidate James Gordon (Guelph). Jack’s famous last letter gets a country sound.

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Photo du jour

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Torontonians remember their man Jack. Full size version here.

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Dear Jack…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Dear Jack Layton: I don’t know if you remember me, but I will never forget you. We met in the mid-1990s, briefly, during the city council elections in Toronto. I was a journalism student at Ryerson University then. We were … Continue reading →

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Carmen Quintana: still protesting against neoliberal dictatorship

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Chilean high school and university students are currently involved in a mighty struggle against their government’s unfair and inequitable privatized education policies, which date back to the neoliberal “reforms” of the Pinochet era, and their struggle has been going on … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: I close my eyes to the restless skies

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Hiroshima Day was yesterday. This great Canadian song from yesteryear comes to mind: Watch the video closely and you’ll see some real live World War II vets marching in.

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