Lessons from Quebec's Student Protests. “They pay less than BC's post-secondary crowd, yet the revolt is unlikely to spread west. Here's why.” By Kai Nagata in TheTyee.ca

Charest’s Marie Antoinette moment. “Quebec’s Premier is not only allowing student unrest to fester, but he’s adding fuel to the fire with his ‘let them eat cake’ impression.”

Ostrich Alberta: Burying our heads in the tarsands. Strong stuff from Fast Forward Weekly.

Trickle-Down Gulf Wreck-onomics. “A disturbing survey of the Gulf region, why and where the “BP oil spill” has expanded into the massive disaster widely predicted (but officially denied).”

The Osama-Obama Drama. Analysis from the Nation magazine.

Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Start with the 1984 LA Olympics. More strong work from the Nation. 

Real Politics Must be in the Streets: The Constitutional Crimes of Barack Obama.

The Tinder-Box Society. Economist Robert Reich writing in Nation of Change.