Hushed Government Study Says Alberta Tarsands a Threat to Humanity‘Secret’ report elevates oilsands fears Government presentation says industry is a genuine threat to ecosystems By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News, December 22, 2011 Contamination of a major western Canadian river basin from oilsands operations …
An antiwar Christmas 2011Below are three items devoted to struggle to end all war. 1. Victoria mutiny of Dec. 1918 revived in call for justice Councillor leads charge to clear names of French-Canadian soldiers who refused to fight …
Canada under investigation by UN for missing and murdered womenIntroduction by Roger Annis, Dec 27, 2011 The following dossier (seven items) covers the decision in December 2011 of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to launch a formal …
Latest news from the social/political confrontation at Attawapiskat, OntarioSix items are enclosed here. The last of those is the most recent news from Attawapiskat, dated July 2012. See also my earlier dossier, ‘Dossier on the housing and shelter crisis in Attawapiskat‘, November 2011. …
New book recounts how Boeing workers in U.S. retook their union in 2008 strikeDec 23, 2011 — I was a member in Canada of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) for the past 15 years. This is a notably conservative and ‘business unionism’ union. We were never once …
Dossier on the Housing and Shelter Crisis in Attawapiskat and Other Indigenous Territories in CanadaIntroduction by Roger Annis December 8, 2011–The chronic housing and shelter crisis on many of the Indigenous peoples’ territories in Canada has once again exploded into national news and politics, this time prompted by revelations …
Canadian Government Promoting Capitalism to Get Tar Sands and Natural Gas FlowingOttawa proposes first nations property ownership Assembly of First Nations likely to be among the harshest critics of proposal that would make it easier for natives to accumulate wealth By BILL CURRY, Globe and Mail, …
Occupy movement challenges union inertia at west coast portsOn Monday, Dec 12 in Vancouver, several dozen Occupy activists staged a morning blockade of the Port of Vancouver and then held daylong protests that snarled traffic in and around the Port. The actions were …
Welcome to ‘A Socialist in Canada’This web blog is a compilation of writings by Roger Annis as well as recommended other writings and weblinks. Comments are welcome. Write to: rogerannis (at) hotmail.com. From 2004 to 2011, I was one of the editors …
Review of ‘Haiti After The Earthquake’Dr. Paul’s prescriptions for Haiti’s ills Reviewed by Roger Annis, published in Globe and Mail, Tuesday July 25, 2011 Haiti After The Earthquake, by Paul Farmer; Public Affairs; 429 pp Paul Farmer has written an …
Reports From BC NDP Convention Dec 2011Enclosed are several media summaries of the convention of the BC NDP held in Vancouver Dec. 9-11, 2011. It was the first convention since Adrian Dix, a former
Strike at Canada Post and non-strike at Air Canada in summer of 2011Harper’s bullying causes labour pains Tim Harper, Toronto Star, June 16, 2011 OTTAWA–(CAW President) Ken Lewenza called it “distasteful, immoral and unconstitutional.’’ In the Prime Minister’s Office, around the Conservative cabinet table and in the …
