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Love in the Days of Rage Book Review

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Name-dropping Parisian streets and landmarks is not a substitute for creating a setting for this novel. For what's supposed to be a love story, Ferlinghetti is way too fixated on gratuitous phallic imagery and never once mentions pleasure. Like Annie's lover Julian, the so-called anarchist banker, this book is also full of shit.

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What environmentalists can learn from the labour movement

Today, the lowest-paid group of education workers (represented by CUPE) are on strike in defiance of the Ontario government’s new law that prevents them from doing so legally. This is a big deal, and I applaud everyone who’s able to show up and picket the offices of MPPs. Unionized workers in …

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Organizing between elections

Elections are galvanizing moments: when an inspiring candidate presents themselves, people can project all of their hopes and dreams onto someone that might win and change things for the better. Deep down, we know that it takes more than one person to change the world. But our culture is so focused …

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Who I'm voting for this municipal election

This Monday, we go vote for our Mayors, councillors, and school board trustees in the municipal election. You’ll remember to vote, right? Set yourself a calendar reminder right now before you continue reading, I’ll wait. In Waterloo Region we’ve got a few different ballots to pay attention to. If …

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