Austerity comes to America
March 6th, 2013 | by Quiet Mike
*This post originally appeared on QuietMike.org, republished with permission from the author. It has been nearly two years in the
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A Republican Civil War?
February 20th, 2013 | by Quiet Mike
Since Barack Obama won his second presidency back in November, a war has been brewing between Republicans and their Tea Party offspring. It is by no means a war between differing ideals or ideology, although they have their differences
One Billion Rising
February 7th, 2013 | by Taymaz Valley
At least one in three women experience abuse be it sexual or physical in their lifetime. Statistics show that on
Farewell Sweet Penny
February 4th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
I mourn the loss of the penny. Can you blame me? It's been with me my whole life. I think it's safe to say that we are all familiar with the penny. Things change, and sentimentality isn't enough. But, by losing the penny we are also forever altering or outright losing aspects of our lives. Finding pennies in the couch is the first to go
Arab Spring take two or what the rest of the world can learn from Egypt
January 28th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. It looks like people in Egypt plan to deal with their
The murder of Aaron Swartz
January 21st, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Something just doesn’t add up. An Internet freedom activist facing the fight of his life decides to stop fighting and
Quiet Mike’s 2012 Year-in-Review: Top political cartoons
December 31st, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
Quiet Mike takes a look back at 2012 through the year's best political cartoons
Another Day – Another American Tragedy
December 17th, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
Last Friday, tragedy and heartbreak once again took over the American consciousness as another psychopath went on a shooting spree, the likes of which were never seen in the country before. In Newtown, Connecticut, a small town of 27 000 people, a young man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School. Armed with two pistols and an assault rifle he went on to murder six adults along with twelve girls and eight boys all aged between six and seven. The gunman then proceeded to take his own life and will never pay for the atrocities he’s committed. We have seen this type of scenario play out time and time again, but rarely has the number of victims been so high and never have they been so young
Redefining Canadian Nationalism
December 10th, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
I’ve always looked at national pride as somewhat of a lie. Pride is something you normally feel through hard work
Palestine Upgraded at the UN, Degraded by Canada and the U.S.
December 3rd, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza and the West Bank last Thursday to celebrate their historic, but symbolic victory at the United Nations. In a vote of 138 – 9, the general assembly decided to grant Palestine non-member observer status. Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank likened the overwhelming majority vote to a Palestinian birth certificate. The world knows that Palestinian independence can only come through negotiations with Israel, but the vote was a huge step as it acknowledged the legitimacy in the international community of a future Palestinian country
Wal-Mart: Helping to Keep America Poor
November 26th, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
Last week, Wal-Mart employees took to the picket lines to protest low wages and poor benefits on the busiest shopping day of the year. Black Friday protests took place in over a hundred cities in 47 States and attracted thousands of other activists outside of the company. The nationwide, yet semi-isolated strikes may have brought a little more awareness toward the general public, but it did very little to dissuade Americans from partaking in one of their favorite pastimes; shopping
Questioning Bolivia under curfew
November 25th, 2012 | by Joel Balsam
The door to my hostel was shut, the streets were empty like the opening scene of 28 Days Later and I had no clean water or food. I would go to a country with a forced curfew. I happened to be stuck in the Bolivia’s constitutional capital, Sucre, during its first national census in 11 years. If caught outside I could have faced a 1500 Bolivianos fine ($214 CAN) or even jail time. So obviously I went outside to check it out
Another Election – Another Assault on Gaza
November 19th, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
In the run up to American Elections on November 6th, Palestinians and Israelis enjoyed relative peace for weeks. Israeli airstrikes and rocket launches in Gaza were nonexistent, just the way it had been four years earlier. Back in the summer of 2008, Egypt brokered a truce between Hamas and Israel. The armistice lasted until Nov 4th, the same day as Barack Obama’s first election victory
Montreal’s new Mayor: The more things change, the more they stay the same
November 17th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
A city councillor since 1994, Applebaum has been borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce since the post was created in 2002, following Union's election. A Tremblay loyalist of the first order, who stood at the former Mayor's side as he announced his resignation, Applebaum has served as chairperson of the city's all powerful Executive Committee, and right hand man to Tremblay, since April of 2011. He now promises to clean up corruption and open up the secretive Executive Committee, despite having been an outspoken opponent of transparency on that committee until his recent conversion on the road to Damascus
Why I admire Conrad Black
November 13th, 2012 | by Jimmy Gutman
He lives lavishly, jet setting around the world, and becomes a media mogul. Then in a twist of fate he is sent to jail. He then somehow emerges a victim of injustice. Television shows around the world air his grievances. The problem isn’t of his guilt although he might as well be guilty. The tragedy isn’t his circumstance. When millions of poor African Americans lay in prison in the U.S, tens of thousands of poor First Nations in Canada, a rich white male becomes the poster boy for a broken justice system
2012 Election Results: Progress in Baby Steps
November 7th, 2012 | by Quiet Mike
So, almost two years and four billion dollars later and it looks like nothing is going to change in the senate, house and presidency, but that’s only what we see on the surface. Many see the results of Tuesday’s election as a shift toward liberalism. True or not, Republicans must feel like they just left the doctor’s office after a prostate exam. Well, at least they no longer have to pay for it. President Barack Obama won re-election despite mass voter suppression attempts in Ohio, Florida and elsewhere. He won in the face of a vast amount of money being dumped into Republican Super-PACs and he won in spite of some of his own failings. It wasn't easy to be sure
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