Articles by John Bell
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Dec 07, 2013: Feds lie, withhold proof of Residential School tortureThe Harper government has done everything possible to deny justice to the victims of the racist Residential School program.
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Dec 07, 2013: Talkin' about a revolutionDonald Sutherland, Russell Brand and Pope Francis walk into a bar… Well, if they did they would have something to...
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Nov 08, 2013: Poems and propagandaI am willing to bet that the only poem many Canadians can quote is “In Flanders Fields”.
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Oct 26, 2013: Senate scandal: the forest and the treesIt is a measure of just how sleazy Stephen Harper is, that when standing next to him Mike Duffy and...
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Oct 19, 2013: Solidarity with Elsipogtog against frackingSolidarity actions have erupted in support of the Mi'kmaq people who are leading opposition to fracking in New Brunswick.
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Sep 25, 2013: Detroit: lights out for capitalismI love Detroit.
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Sep 18, 2013: Idle No More day of action on October 7Cynics have been too quick to write the obituary for Idle No More.
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Aug 24, 2013: Hundreds of cities will floodMost of the world’s great cities are coastal, located to take advantage of transportation, trade and the oceans’ resources.
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Aug 23, 2013: Support Idle No More: defend Ron PlainIdle No More activist Ron Plain, from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia Ontario, is being personally victimized because members...
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Aug 02, 2013: A very Canadian genocideRight-wing ranter Ezra Levant is outraged about the history of Canadian genocide against indigenous peoples.
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Jul 02, 2013: Tar Sands flooding: an unreported environmental disasterVirtually unreported among the Alberta flood stories is news that unprecedented flooding in the Tar Sands region of Fort McMurray...
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Jul 01, 2013: Walking to heal the fossil fuel sicknessBeginning July 5, First Nations and Metis people will welcome anyone who wants to witness the environmental damage done by...
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Jun 29, 2013: Magical caper film frothy funLooking for a fun summer film, but tired of superheroes? Not interested in seeing Roland Emerich blow up the White...
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Jun 27, 2013: Tory media manipulation backfiresIt is not unusual that as deadline nears I wrack my brain for a story idea.
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Jun 21, 2013: NB Mi’kmaq and allies resist frackingPlans to develop shale gas wells using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology in New Brunswick are being strongly opposed by Mi’kmag...
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May 25, 2013: Idle No More: sovereignty summer kicks off June 21A recent major policy paper produced by the right-wing think-tank the MacDonald-Laurier Institute presents a scary scenario.
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May 19, 2013: First Nations Human Rights complaint exposes Tory racismStephen Harper’s Tory government has been deliberately withholding documents from a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal looking into accusations that it...
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May 15, 2013: Tories insult First Nations residential school survivors yet againIn 2008 the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established.
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May 13, 2013: Rewriting History: Harper's days of future pastNot content to stifle the future, Stephen Harper has announced his intention to rewrite the past.
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Apr 27, 2013: Battle of York "remembrance"–a Tory farce“The Battle of York–a day for all Torontonians to remember.