Review of Paul Palango's "22 Murders"

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Racism, SIU, Ipperwash and other police stories

The new statistics about Toronto police violence against people of colour is not a revelation, but the numbers do confirm what is generally accepted as truth. It is not the first time statistics on race and the Toronto police have caused such controversy. The following is a collection of stories connected by racism, violence, institutions, crime, and mysteries.

Ontario NDP vote collapses as Ford's support softens

Here is last night's election results in historical context since the 1985 defeat of 42 years of PC rule. To give an idea of how few people are voting, Ontario's population grew from 9.3 million to 15 million between 1985 and 2022. It has grown by nearly 4 million people since the millenium.

Some conclusions...

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What Resistance? Ontario labour and Doug Ford

Ford is hours away from winning a second majority. Horwath is hours away from defeat, with the possibility of losing Official Opposition to a Liberal Party led by a tool who may not even win his seat back. How did it go so badly? How did organized labour become so weak and divided?

Doug Dynasty: Season 2 coming soon

Are you ready for another Doug Ford majority?

The static polls during this Ontario election mirror those of the federal election. In fact, there was more movement in the federal election with Paul's sabotage of the Greens and the gains of the People's Party.

A comment on measuring the power of fascist forces

In political debates around the influence and strength of fascism in Ukraine, there has been a very dangerous analysis used here to dismiss their power and influence. This analysis is based on reading the electoral results of a single party - Svoboda's two percent in the parliamentary vote in 2019. This is a central argument made in Doug Saunders' Globe & Mail column on March 26 2022, entitled "Ukrainian 'Nazis' are real - but they're not worth our attention".

Canadian labour, EI and paid sick days during the pandemic

The advent of CERB and the hype surrounding the prospect of a Basic Income was never about replacing EI. CERB and its successor, CRB, was setup as distinct from EI not because of some overwhelming technical-bureaucratic problem, but because they were temporary measures designed to keep our shit-awful EI system untouched and intact once the temporary measures were gone and the height of the pandemic crash of spring 2020 was over.