THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

2019-04-24

Primitive vs Civilized Societies

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As someone born in 1950 and raised and educated in a Eurocentric culture I learned early that civilized societies are intellectually,...
2019-02-20

On Gender Identity

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I was born in 1950 at a time when spouses were specifically excluded from rape laws and homosexuality was illegal. Homosexuality was ...
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2019-01-29

Is American Democracy Fucked ?

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So is the American political system completely dysfunctional. I suppose the easy answer is to say they elected Trump so case closed,...
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2018-12-21

Beliefs That Will Destroy The World

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2018-12-17

Christmas – Whose Holiday is it Anyway

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It is time for the annual discussions about the “ War on Christmas ” and putting “ Christ Back in Christmas ”, but whose holiday is it anywa...
2018-11-16

On the Justice System, Presumption of Innocence & the Me Too Movement

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Me Too Movement The Me Too movement (or #MeToo movement ), with many local and international alternatives, is a movement agains...
2018-10-13

On Democracy

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What a better way to restart The Fifth Column than by a treatise on how to make our democracy actually democratic. Hopefully this will be...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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