Sunday, October 30, 2011

Sunday Afternoon Links

Assorted content to end your weekend.

- Of course the ongoing leadership race will do plenty to determine the NDP's future direction. But for those thinking all will be quiet in the meantime, Nycole Turmel isn't missing the opportunity to highlight the the Cons' attacks on workers.

- New Scientist traces the connections between 147 financial corporations which between them own upward of 40% of the globe's financial resources. Which makes for nice timing for Jordon Cooper to point to the dearth of ethics underlying far too much of the sector.

- Gerald Caplan points out the history of leadership contenders and their supporters developing rivalries that can last long past any particularly leadership campaign. But it's worth noting that the degree of lasting enmity varies from race to race - based largely on the tone set by the contenders themselves. And with a few unfortunate exceptions, the NDP's candidates have set a fairly reasonable one so far.

- Meanwhile, Alice provides another must-read leadership roundup post. And Thomas Walkom comments on Peggy Nash's pragmatic radicalism.

- Finally, can we all agree that if the Cons had entitled their anti-gay bullying video It Gets Better (Despite Our Best Efforts) there would have been no reason for concern?

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