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Book Launch Invitation: Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety
Thu, Jun 7, 2012 Join authors Ian McKay and Jamie Swift as they dissect Canada's militaristic rebranding of itself into a "Warrior Nation." Join authors Ian McKay and Jamie Swift as they dissect...
View ArticleTwo centuries ago: Tecumseh's freedom speech to the Muscogee people
On September 20, 1811, Tecumseh rode into Tuckhabatchee, in present day Alabama, the capital of the Muscogee people. Twenty warriors, members of the Shawnee, Kickapoo and Winnebago nations, rode with...
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Harper's transformation of Canadian foreign policy
Friday, September 23, 2011I've been trying to wait for the official start of 2012 before mentioning the War of 1812's 200th birthday, but the Harper government has jumped the gun and I can't help...
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War of 1812: What's behind the gaudy celebration of a 200-year-old war?
Friday, June 15, 2012Got change? Want change? Spare some and get some by becoming a member of rabble.ca today. The Harper government has put a big push behind the 200th birthday party for the War of...
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The trouble with celebrating the war of 1812
Monday, June 18, 2012 Harper and his New Warrior supporters among historians, journalists and sundry militarists are attempting to establish war as the pith and essence of all Canadian history. Want...
View ArticleYes Minister MacKay! Perfesser Dave explains the French role in the War of 1812
Some stories happened just too long ago for ordinary bloggers to explain. That's when we turn to the expert knowledge of the historical record offered by academics like Perfesser Dave, the Canadian...
View ArticleHarper Tories cry havoc and let slip the wars of dogs!
Doggone it! Readers concerned about the fondness of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government for the dogs of war -- any old war at all, even if it involved burning down the White House 200...
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Tecumseh & Brock: The antidote to Harper's War of 1812 propaganda
November 15, 2012Stephen Harper’s interest in communicating his version of Canada’s past has been on full display this year, with his government spending lavishly on celebrations of the War of 1812. To...
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