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February 3, 2020

For the teachers, public education, and the Public Good

As the public education system is roiled by a needless dispute triggered…

May 6, 2014

Reviving the Public Good, part 2: Winning back the words | #TOpoli #onpoli

Welcome back, class. Yesterday’s lesson introduced the notion of critical thought and…

December 31, 2013

Community, citizenship, The Public Good, yada yada yada. More to come | #TOpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

Sanctimonious wank — er, post — about reaffirming the intrinsic value of…

November 25, 2013

Infrastructure maintenance, billion-dollar tax savings, and Accounting 101 | #TOpoli

So this happened this morning. Water main let go just around the…

July 1, 2013

Cycling in Toronto and the toxic effect of consistent anti-bike rhetoric | #TOpoli #BikeTO

https://twitter.com/kiwinerd/status/349540526325903360 Bit of a change-up here, folks. Usually it’s Daren who gets…

July 9, 2012

#cARTographyTO and Astral Media: subverting the commercial colonization of public space | #TOpoli

Via The Grid and Torontoist, news of an inspired and inspiring guerrilla action over the weekend. Dozens of sidewalk-blocking, ad-filled eyesores, laughably known as “info pillars,” were repurposed and turned into art installations, social and pol…

June 14, 2012

@Cityslikr, Riverdale Farm, and getting business out of government | #TOpoli #publicgood

Our good friend Daren’s been keeping track of the goings-on at City…

February 29, 2012

Video: @JoshMatlow on #transit planning | #TOpoli #TTC #Toronto

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/37644713 w=500&h=283] From a meeting on the future of public transit,…

January 25, 2012

Let’s stop fetishizing “The Market” | #cdnpoli #TOpoli #classwarfare #austerity

Comrades, this is our moment. Tonight we smash capitalism! (The code word…

January 11, 2012

In defence of the public sphere | #TOpoli

There’s been some kerfuffle in the cybersphere about “radical conservatives” over the…

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