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Trade unions get scant coverage in modern mainstream media

Published on August 30, 2018 in Opinion/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

Back in the 1960s, 1970s, and into the ‘80s, almost all of the large newspapers in Canada had a reporter who specialized in labour-management relations. Wilf List covered labour for The Globe and Mail for an amazing 35 years. I wrote a labour relations column for the Toronto Star for 15 years (1968-1982), and the editorial staff of several other papers at the time also included labour columnists as well as labour reporters. Conventions of the largest labour unions and the Canadian Labour Congress attracted dozens of reporters. The names of union presidents were almost as well known as those of prominent politicians and corporate executives. Once a year, in my Star column, I listed, in order, the ten labour leaders I considered the country’s most influential, without having to identify them with much more than their names. Today, not a single daily newspaper employs a labour columnist, much less…

Is creativity overrated? On the arts in Newfoundland and Labrador

Published on August 8, 2018 in Arts & Culture/Featured/Opinion by Rhea Rollmann

Is creativity overrated? Oli Mould is a human geographer at University of London in the UK, and the title of his latest book—Against Creativity—might lead you to think so. The provocative argument Mould makes in his book is that “creativity is a barely hidden form of neoliberal appropriation. It is a regime that prioritises individual success over collective flourishing. It refuses to recognize anything…that is not profitable.” He’s referring to the manner in which neoliberal, corporate capitalism has appropriated everything we thought of as creative—from the arts to scientific innovation—and harnessed it for the exploitation of profit. His book offers numerous examples. Real estate developers have taken to spray-painting graffiti in housing developments in the hope of making them seem trendy and appealing to the hip and wealthy. Other developers will convert empty warehouses into art galleries or offer free apartments to artists, not because they want the arts to…

Alleviating child poverty would save much more money than it would cost

Published on June 14, 2018 in Featured/Indy Essay by Ed Finn

Oh God! That bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! –Thomas Hood, “The Song of the Shirt.” Canadians are fortunate to live in one of the world’s better countries, but we delude ourselves when we claim to be living in the best—or even one of the best. Not when more than a million Canadian children—15.1 percent or one in seven of them—are living in poverty, many thousands bereft of adequate nutrition and health care. Not when the OECD ranks Canada 15th—third last—among the 17 leading industrialized countries in the extent of its child poverty. (The OECD gives Canada a C grade, not much lower than the D grade given the last nation on the list, the United States.) Not when children in millions of Canadian households are living in sub-standard, crowded, poorly furnished housing conditions. Not when 21 percent of single Canadian mothers have to raise…

Bypassing Dystopia could free Canada from the clutches of neoliberalism

Published on June 5, 2018 in About Books by Ed Finn

The people in Canada who are intelligent, open-minded, and not ideologically conservative would probably number at least a million. But if only one in twenty of them—50,000—were to read Joyce Nelson’s latest book—Bypassing Dystopia: Hope-filled Challenges to Corporate Rule—the outcome could be a grassroots uprising that would free Canada from the corrosive clutches of neoliberalism. Canada would become the idyllic country of economic, social, and environmental well-being that our corporate and political leaders hypocritically boast it already is. For anyone who hasn’t read this book and doesn’t intend to do so, my prediction of its revolutionary effects may seem impossibly grandiose. Most of those who do read it, however, will almost certainly share my enthusiasm. Its stunning exposure of how neoliberalism has worsened poverty and inequality, while supplanting democracy with plutocracy, will both infuriate and motivate readers not yet aware of these and many other “free market” iniquities. A brief…

We need solidarity now more than ever

Published on May 9, 2018 in Opinion/Uncategorized by Rizza Umali

“Power goes to two poles – to those who’ve got the money and those who’ve got the people.” — Saul Alinsky May 1st marks May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, when countless workers across the globe take to the streets to commemorate the sacrifice and struggle of a strong labour movement that faced state-sanctioned violence to bring us the 8-hour work day, wages, benefits, and safe working environments, while continuing to hold institutions and governments accountable in what shouldn’t be an uphill battle for fair working conditions and living wages but often is. As a student at Memorial University for the past six years, I am no stranger to the immense contribution workers on our campus make, to allow students to learn in a safe and supportive environment. Despite the crumbling infrastructure due to years of upper level mismanagement, a profound amount of effort goes into keeping classrooms,…

The Capitalist God’s Ten Commandments

Published on May 2, 2018 in Opinion/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Brian Arden and Ed Finn

The first version of this satiric parody was written nearly two decades ago by Brian Arden, while he was a member of the board of the Manitoba office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. 2018 revisions and updates by Ed Finn. 1. Thou shalt honour Me as your one true God and have faith in my religion of neoliberalism, globalization, free trade, and private ownership. 2. Thou shalt accept the impoverishment of the many and the enrichment of the few, for in my religion avarice is to be valued over social and economic equity, and competition over co-operation. 3. Thou shalt not oppose the decline of democracy. I will permit you the illusion of democracy. You may still vote for and elect parties that purport to be different, but since they now all bow down to Me, it matters not which forms the government. 4. Thy governments shalt provide…

Communication is complicated

Published on April 14, 2018 in Columns/Opinion/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

“But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little, and who talk too much.” –John Dryden. During the early 1960s, I was assistant editor of The Newfoundland Examiner, a weekly tabloid published in St. John’s. It was a journal launched to provide progressive news and views that were not likely to be found in the province’s conservative media. Our sole reporter was Malcolm (“Mac”) Maclaren, who had earlier emigrated to Newfoundland from England. He and I were boarders in a lodge owned by Mrs. Penny (not her real name), and she became a good friend as well as a good host. One evening, however, her friendship with Mac was sorely tested. She had a dentist’s appointment at 8 o’clock the next morning, but her alarm clock was broken, so she was worried about getting there on time. “Oh, that’s all right, Mrs. Penny,” Mac assured her.…

Trump “has done us a favour”: Gwynne Dyer

Published on October 2, 2017 in Uncategorized by Luke Barry

One of Newfoundland’s most famous intellectuals argues the U.S. President’s election in 2016 offers valuable insight into American politics and society before it’s too late.

The rise of nativism in NL politics

Published on May 11, 2017 in To Each Their Own by Rhea Rollmann

Our provincial and post-secondary leaders are playing with a dangerous idea.

MUN community must unite against provincial government’s austerity

Published on May 4, 2017 in Power and Dissent by Jon Parsons

Questionable strategy, fractured university community means everyone loses.

Enabling dependency

Published on April 20, 2017 in Politics by Numbers by Robert Sweeny

How can we explain the continued government inaction in the face of the worst recession since the cod moratorium?

What hurts the public hurts the private

Published on April 1, 2017 in The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

Corporate attacks on the public sector and public employees inflict just as much damage on the private sector.

Lessons from the fight against CETA

Published on February 21, 2017 in Cutting through the spin on CETA by Marilyn Reid

Why has government ignored all information detailing the potential negative consequences of CETA and gleefully implemented legislation to activate it?

World’s super-rich are wrecking the planet

Published on February 2, 2017 in The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

But they plan to survive civilization’s collapse.

We can fight neoliberalism and mitigate its impacts at the same time

Published on January 19, 2017 in The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

Whether or not global plutocracy can be toppled, its billions of victims need immediate help.

The Independent’s Top Stories of 2016

Published on December 31, 2016 in Journalism by TheIndependent.ca

Indigenous rights and economic inequality dominated The Independent’s coverage of Muskrat Falls and Budget 2016.

‘The future’s not ours to see’ — but it is ours to shape

Published on December 7, 2016 in The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

What we need to know about neoliberalism. (Part 3 of 3)

Unbridled corporate rule will wreak global devastation

Published on November 23, 2016 in The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

What we need to know about toxic neoliberalism. (Part 1 of 3)

Ball Government’s new vision buries N.L. residents in gobbledygook

Published on November 12, 2016 in To Each Their Own by Rhea Rollmann

But cutting through the spin doesn’t inspire any greater confidence.

What really prompted Wallonia’s feisty standoff against CETA?

Published on November 2, 2016 in Cutting through the spin on CETA by Marilyn Reid

The Belgian regional government had it right all along on the controversial Canada-European Union trade agreement.

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