Articles by John Bell
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Jan 24, 2015: Harper bids farewell to kindred spiritBlood is thicker than water, and oil is thicker than either.
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Dec 23, 2014: Democracy on its deathbed?There is an old saying.
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Oct 26, 2014: Stop Harper from crushing our civil libertiesLet us not mince words.
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Sep 29, 2014: Franklin my dear, I don’t give a damn"For more than a century this has been a great Canadian story.
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Sep 02, 2014: The rise and fall of Officer Friendly: the mean streets of criminal bluesIn the wake of the execution of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, it has become clear that the...
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Jul 30, 2014: A private warCanadian historian and noted chicken-hawk Jack Granatstein has decried the lack of government support–measured as always in dollars–for celebrating the...
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Jul 21, 2014: Report on business: Microsoft 'thoughtfully' fires 18,000In a July 17 memo address to all Microsoft employees, CEO Satya Nadella said the laying off of 18,000 employees...
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Jul 06, 2014: Has Harper turned dove?Has Stephen Harper lost World War I? Jack Granatstein, historian and lover of all things military, sure thinks so.
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Jul 02, 2014: Feds threaten to destroy Residential School abuse evidenceSince when does the criminal get to decide what evidence gets destroyed? That is a question survivors of Residential School...
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Jun 20, 2014: Stop Harper, stop the pipelineTo the surprise of absolutely no one, Stephen Harper’s Tory government has given the go-ahead to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline...
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Jun 10, 2014: Stephen Harper's acts of charityI suspect that, for most of you, the last word that springs to mind when you think of Stephen Harper...
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Jun 08, 2014: First Nations resist Tory 'education' billThe colonialist arrogance of the Harper Tory government was exposed in Bill C-33, the “First Nations Control over First Nations...
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May 16, 2014: Capitalism's bad sportsWell, we can sleep better tonight.
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Apr 29, 2014: From New Brunswick to BC: Fracking is backUS-based SWN Resources is heading back to New Brunswick to drill four test wells, a precursor to introducing fracking to...
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Apr 04, 2014: The Paris Commune: revolution in democracyWe're in the middle of the anniversary of the Paris Commune, which lasted from March 18 to May 28, 1871,...
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Mar 26, 2014: Day of Honour, day of hypocrisyCape Breton Island is one of the most magnificent natural regions of the country.
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Mar 02, 2014: Dance of the GeneralsAt first I thought news that the Harper Tories were lambasting a retired general for his exorbitant moving expenses was...
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Mar 01, 2014: No more stolen sisters!The latest First Nations woman found murdered is Loretta Saunders.
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Feb 10, 2014: Solidarity with Mi’kmaq warriorsMembers of the Mi’kmaq Warriors Society are on tour, building the successful resistance and solidarity that stopped fracking in Elsipogtog.
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Feb 01, 2014: Over the top: the battle over the anniversary of WWIApril will mark the 100th anniversary of WWI.