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By Amanda McCuaig, on February 21, 2012, at 7:17 am
Michael D’Antuono’s work is striking. His background as an illustrator sets a foundation for a remarkable oil painting style – deep shadows all set among poignant messages. After years of being instructed what to draw, the contraction of severe tendonitis led him to lay down the pencils and pick up oil painting – a move he says does pay as well, but is much more rewarding.
For anyone who’s a visual thinker, you’ll recognize his images even if you’ve never seen them. His messages translate so cleanly through his art that they’re impossible not to notice. Concern over the current
. . . → Read More: Art Threat: Artist Profile: Interview with Michael D’Antuono – Artist challenges government’s monetary redistribution, and more – Syndicated from http://artthreat.net
By Obert Madondo, on February 18, 2012, at 8:51 pm It was a different kind of protest today as Occupy Ottawa activists defiantly returned to Confederation Park for the movement’s first “Warm Up Your Heart Against Cold Capitalism” event. The activists set up shop on …Read More
– Syndicated from http://occupy-ottawa.org
By Shawn Whitney, on February 15, 2012, at 10:15 am There’s a lot of hand-waving around Apple’s use of sweat shop labour in China. Apple CEO Tim Cook is offended and outraged by the mere suggestion that Apple engages in poor labour practices. And now they’ve sent the “Fair Labor Association” into Foxconn to perform an “audit” of labour practices at the company.
It’s all bullshit.
Know how I know? Because Apple has $98 billion and the
– Syndicated from http://redioactive.blogspot.com/
By awreeves, on February 14, 2012, at 3:51 pm Climatopolis by Matthew E. Kahn
Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Survive and Thrive in the Hotter Future Matthew Kahn Basic Books | New York, NY 2010 | 288 pp
Despite the compelling title of UCLA economist Matthew Kahn’s Climatopolis, his work on identifying which cities will adapt to climate change and how they will survive is underwhelming. His focus is on cities, the “growth engines of capitalism,” to examine what qualities will keep them vibrant or ensure their failure as the planet heats up.
Kahn builds his argument on a highly debatable and oversimplified premise — that “we have already
. . . → Read More: the reeves report: Book Review — Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Survive and Thrive in the Hotter Future by Matthew Kahn – Syndicated from http://thereevesreport.wordpress.com
By Armine Yalnizyan, on February 14, 2012, at 9:29 am A shorter version of this article appears today at Economy Lab, the Globe and Mail’s on-line business feature.
Capitalism has entered an ugly new era, one that may work well for the shareholders of world, but not for the rest of us.
I couldn’t help but notice that, on the very same day Caterpillar shuttered the doors of its London, Ontario locomotive plant and headed to low-wage Indiana, the Wall Street Journal reported federal corporate tax receipts as a share of profits had dropped to their lowest level in at least 40 years in the US. Sadly, that’s
. . . → Read More: The Progressive Economics Forum: In the Wake of the Crisis: Bully Capitalism – Syndicated from http://www.progressive-economics.ca
By Edstock, on February 13, 2012, at 12:46 pm — the epitome of the Prancing Horse — 32 MILLION DOLLARS for a 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO. It’s the second-most expensive car to be sold, according to AUTOBLOG: Word has it that a private treaty sale – the only way vintage machinery of this caliber ever moves – of one such 1964 model has yielded a purchase price of £20.2 million – $31.8M in equivalent U.S. currency– just shy of the $30-40 million said to have been paid in 2010 for a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. In other words, this is the second most valuable . . . → Read More: The Galloping Beaver: Something of value . . . – Syndicated from http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/
By ck, on February 12, 2012, at 9:01 pm I have to learn to not read funny, ironic things in the news while sipping my coffee or anything else for that matter.
It appears that (quelle surprise) the Greek parliament accepted yet another futile bail out package in exchange for even more useless draconian austerity budget. Naturally, Greek citizens are in an . . . → Read More: A Choking on my Coffee Moment With Laughter
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
By redbedhead, on February 7, 2012, at 7:30 am It doesn’t have to be this way. We built this country, this economy and this world. We don’t have to mourn the loss of more jobs, this time sent to a union-busting “right to work” state, Indiana, for half the wages. It isn’t inevitable that our wages, pensions, benefits – or social programs for that matter – are cut. Caterpillar didn’t have to happen. It was a choice.
First and foremost it was a
– Syndicated from http://redioactive.blogspot.com/
By Kim, on January 27, 2012, at 11:21 pm Our Canada is gone. Harper made that perfectly clear this morning in Davos, Switzerland. Sweeping changes to Old Age Pensions. Privatisation of science and innovation. Deregulation. MacKay signed off our military sovereignty quietly yesterday, authorising Homeland Security operations on Canadian soil, in the event of an emergency, or a terrorist attack…
Canada and . . . → Read More: “Let Me Be Perfectly Clear…”
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
By ck, on January 26, 2012, at 7:27 pm Step right up, boys ‘n’ girls, see what you’re forced to sacrifice for!
Tell me again how these mega-low corporate tax cuts and austerity for the rest of us is supposed to benefit Canadians in the long run?
H/T deBeauxOs who also wrote some lyrics. I don’t think they’re white stuffed shirts . . . → Read More: See How Austerity Will Really Pay Off Canadians in the Long Run
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
By Simon, on January 26, 2012, at 6:37 pm It was without a doubt the most grotesque spectacle the Davos Cozy Capitalist Club had ever seen. As they sat there in their silk leather pajamas watching Stephen Harper pose as an economist.
Bragging about the stability of our banking system, while forgetting to tell them that if it had been up to him and his Reform Con cowboys our banks would have been deregulated, and in worse shape than those in Europe or the United States.
Bragging about his job creation prowess even though the Canadian economy hasn’t created any good jobs for the last six months. Despite all
. . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Horrible Day at Davos – Syndicated from http://montrealsimon.blogspot.com/
By Simon, on January 25, 2012, at 8:49 pm Golly. It looks like that fancy pajama party in Davos, has considered the state of the capitalist pig, and found its condition rather alarming.
For decades, this ritzy Swiss resort has hosted an annual celebration of capitalism where luxurious Audis ferry potentates and presidents between lavish hotels so they can bemoan the perils of socialism, high taxes and debt. And yet, this year, the veteran founder and Chairman of the Davos World Economic Forum, Professor Klaus Schwab, declares that “Capitalism, in its current form, no longer fits the world around us.”
And is so shaken by the situation it’s taking
. . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The Capitalist Pig and the Occupy Movement – Syndicated from http://montrealsimon.blogspot.com/
By Anon, on January 24, 2012, at 8:11 pm Well, south of the border Mitt Romney released his tax records.
Death and Taxes
Guess what, everybody is discussing whether or not capital gains taxes should be at a higher rate or not. Of course, we have the usual douchebag economics arguments:
Double taxation: corporations already pay taxes on their earnings so capital gains and/or dividends are in essence already taxed. Job creation: lower
– Syndicated from http://canadatoo.blogspot.com/
By Anon, on January 22, 2012, at 11:37 am Gwynne Dwyer is obviously wondering why world powers are clinging to so much military capacity.
Defence Budgets and Cave Men For the first time in history, NO great power is planning to attack any other great power. War between great powers became economic nonsense more than a century ago, and sheer suicide after the invention of nuclear weapons. Yet the military establishments in every major
– Syndicated from http://canadatoo.blogspot.com/
By Anon, on January 18, 2012, at 5:18 pm I know some people think that the profit motive is perfect but it’s not. It’s incredibly efficient at allocating resources but it doesn’t take into account the needs of human beings that aren’t expressed in terms of profit and expense:
This is the full video, from YouTube.
You may want to wait until you have about an hour and a half of free time before you start watching it. I’ll
– Syndicated from http://canadatoo.blogspot.com/
By Bill Longstaff, on January 12, 2012, at 2:06 pm The world’s capitalists are worried. The World Economic Forum, an organization composed of 1,000 of the world’s most powerful corporations, is concerned that the financial crisis gripping the global economy may be leading us to a “dystopian future.”
In its report Global Risks 2012, the Forum warns, “a society that continues to sow the seeds of dystopia—by failing to manage aging populations,
– Syndicated from http://blongstaff.blogspot.com/
By Kim, on January 11, 2012, at 11:57 pm EthicalOil. Ezra. Shares an address in Toronto with Tony Clement. Minister of Gazebo’s in Muskoka. From a website in the archives… 02/ 19/ 04 12:21 pm
Fourteen Canadian Alliance Councillors say: “CHOOSE TONY” Fourteen members of the former Canadian Alliance National Council released a statement today, declaring their support for Tony Clement’s campaign . . . → Read More: Crudities
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
By Andrew Jackson, on January 10, 2012, at 2:23 pm Larry Summers has contributed to a new Financial Times series on Capitalism in Crisis. It merits a read, as an example of tortured reasoning.
Summers is the consummate insider neo liberal Democratic economist. A leading academic, he was chief economist of the World Bank, acolyte and then successor to Robert Rubin as the US Secretary to the Treasurer under Clinton, a key member of the Obama economic team until late 2010, and a former President of Harvard. Along the way he has angered environmentalists, feminists, progressive Democrats, and the faculty of Harvard who ousted him in a vote of
. . . → Read More: The Progressive Economics Forum: Capitalism as a Matter of Faith and Twisted Logia – Syndicated from http://www.progressive-economics.ca
By Max Haiven, on January 7, 2012, at 6:16 pm
NSCAD's modern new Port campus overlooks Halifax harbour. Photo by Rory Hyde.
Celebrating its 125th anniversary next year, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is the oldest of Canada’s four dedicated art universities. With slightly over 1000 full time students and spread across three campuses in downtown Halifax, NSCAD is widely recognized as a key catalyst for the Atlantic city’s cultural community. Over the past two decades, NSCAD’s financial situation has deteriorated dramatically, thanks to a number of factors. Today it is roughly $20-million in debt with a $2.4-million deficit.
This situation has prompted the provincial government,
. . . → Read More: Art Threat: What’s the value of an art school? – Contextualizing the crisis at NSCAD – Syndicated from http://artthreat.net
By Kim, on January 5, 2012, at 7:06 pm Pressure mounts in the Media, as Canadian Petroleum Producers bombard us with propaganda to forcefeed the Northern Gateway Pipeline and it’s associated Tanker traffic in the most dangerous and pristine water ways in the world. Across Canada, you are being told by the Press that the majority of British Columbians support a . . . → Read More: Canada’s Energy Future
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
By ed~, on January 5, 2012, at 11:38 am Paul Street on why the U.S. is not a “fascist” state: Even if real historical fascism could be translated across times and place to the modern U.S. it would be largely redundant for America’s powers that be. The American elite already gets the basic regressive and authoritarian outcomes of fascism – increased exploitation and division [...]
– Syndicated from http://thecylinder.wordpress.com
By Kim, on January 3, 2012, at 11:41 pm Today the news sites are jam packed with interesting tidbits about government spending and the disparity of wealth in this country. First out of the gate is the fact that CEO’s and CFO’s earned the median Canadian income by noon today.
According to a report by economist Hugh Mackenzie, of the CCPA, reported . . . → Read More: Austerity for me but not for thee?
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
By Simon, on January 3, 2012, at 8:14 pm It was -17 degrees in London, Ontario, today, where a foreign company has locked out 400 Canadian workers. To try to slash their wages and benefits by more than fifty percent, and gut their pensions.
And in Alma, Quebec, where another foreign company has locked out 700 Canadian workers, and is using the courts to club them like seals, it was even colder.
But don’t worry eh? The big bosses in this country are warm and toasty.
And living high off the hog. By noon on Tuesday, Jan. 3, the highest-paid chief executives officers in Canada will have earned
. . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The Harper Cons and Our Hollowed Out Country – Syndicated from http://montrealsimon.blogspot.com/
By Simon, on January 2, 2012, at 10:07 pm What would you say if you worked at Caterpillar’s Electro-Motive plant in London, Ontario, and found yourself locked out?
Because you wouldn’t agree to have your wages and health benefits cut by more than fifty percent, and your pension eliminated altogether.
Even though Caterpillar is making record profits.
Its CEO ain’t doing too badly himself.
Stephen Harper greased Electro-Motive’s wheels three years ago with a big wad of our tax dollars.
If London’s Electro-Motive plant is closed and its jobs moved to Indiana, it’ll be after having milked the benefits of a billion-dollar tax break once trumpeted on the
. . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The Harper Cons and the Race to the Bottom – Syndicated from http://montrealsimon.blogspot.com/
By Jymn, on January 1, 2012, at 10:33 am Occupy will stay underground and grow its infrastructure and goals. More and more organizations and individuals will pledge allegiance to the movement. The media will interpret this lack of visibility to the failure of Occupy and continue to treat supporters as dirty fucking hippies. The year of Occupy will have to wait until . . . → Read More: Jymn’s half-assed Predictions for 2012
– Syndicated from http://sistersagesmusings.ca
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