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.

2020-11-14

Can America Be Saved

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  I am writing this as a citizen of a world that no matter where we live are strongly impacted by whatever America does and whatever happen...
2020-10-02

The MEC Mess an Intuitive Understanding

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These comments are not based on any comprehensive analysis but rather my intuitive response to what has been filed in court and published o...
2020-09-04

Is Charity Evil

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We supposedly live in a major developed industrialized country which is one of the seven most advanced economies in the world, yet: many pe...
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2020-08-31

Lessons We Must Learn From COVID-19 to Build a Better Society

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Community is the key to the future. Those societies that are fairing best in responding to COVID 19 are those with a strong sense of commu...
2020-07-28

On Television Part 2 - Cutting The Cord

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Those of you who have read THE FIFTH COLUMN: On Television may wonder if the Fifth Columnist has finally decided to cut the cord as it ...
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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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