Sunday in Vancouver, reading the colour comics from yesterdays Vancouver Sun and an article about how journalists in Columbia have a very short life span. David Carter’s performance at the Commodore Ballroom went pretty well as far as I could tell. Almost fell asleep again listening to the super slow music, not what I was…

All over the world are May Day celebrations today. Hundreds of thousands of American workers, increasingly determined to resist subjugation to capitalist power, poured into a fledgling labor organization, the Knights of Labor.Beginning on May 1, 1886, they took to the streets to demand universal adoption of the 8-hour day. Chicago was the center of…

Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan were brought home yesterday. The Prime Minister was there along with other dignitaries to greet the coffins as they came off the plane to Canadian soil. On a lighter note, I talked to one of my brothers in Seattle today and heard all about how his kids were doing and…