ICYMI: March 17-23

Your weekly roundup.

@jeremy.appelSarah Hamilton appears to have violated Edmonton city council’s Code of Conduct by appearing at a partisan fundraiser as a city councillor #greenscreen #alberta #ucp #yeg #edmonton #politics

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I went on Speaking Municipally to talk to Mack Male and Troy Pavlek about Sarah Hamilton’s partisan political affiliations.

I was asked to name my top five books for understanding the current political moment we’re in for Shepherd.

They are:

1. Neoliberalism: A Brief History by David Harvey

2. The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump by Corey Robin

3. Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra

4. Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia

5. The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent by Martin Lukacs

For Jacobin, I wrote about how the NDP’s capitulation to the Liberals through their supply-and-confidence agreement puts progress towards pharmacare at risk.

I wrote a piece for Briarpatch about how Jason Kenney paved the way for Danielle Smith’s coming assault on public sector workers.

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Mainstream media malfeasance

The Globe and Mail lifted my scoop from January that Take Back Alberta is under Elections Alberta investigation with no credit.

If you consider this unfair, as I do, feel free to reach out to Globe standards editor Sandra E. Martin at standardseditor@globeandmail.com to let her know.

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