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.

2021-05-17

Climate Change, The Pandemic and Multi-Use Pathways (MUPs)

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The greatest long term threat to humankind is undoubtedly climate change. While the planet can no doubt survive anything short of a collisio...
2021-05-03

The Argument for White Supremacy

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It seems that the main argument of the white supremacists is that white western European countries would not have conquered the world if the...
2021-04-19

The future of Laurentian University is in the hands of a flawed process and an anti-education government

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When Laurentian University was founded it was not to create a profit making enterprise but to create an educational institution to serve the...
2021-04-16

Ontario’s COVID-19 Disaster in Five Words

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The Ontario government would like to blame the behaviour of Ontario’s citizens for this disaster implying somehow we are so much worse than ...
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2021-04-02

So Why Would I Buy An E-bike

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It’s not that I have anything against e-bikes. I think they are great for people who want to use them as basic transportation or for whom cy...
2021-02-24

The Unspoken Privilege – English Privilege

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We all know what White Privilege is but no one seems to speak about English Privilege. English privilege is simply the ability of Englis...
2021-02-13

Build a Better City – The Ultimate Reality Show

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The worlds biggest reality challenge - two groups of 10,000 workers in 100 groups of 100 each face of to see who can build the better city ...
2021-01-25

Does Canada Need a Head of State

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          From Twitter           Adrian Harewood           @CBCAdrianH           23 Jan           Why in 2021 is a Canadian Prime Minister, ...
2021-01-21

Sharing My Desktop PC Wallpaper Collections

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When I'm not mountain biking or cycling, mapping trails or ranting about political or social issues I may be taking photographs. The las...
2021-01-05

Bikes from Eh to Zed

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A bike  What everyone needs. Everyone should have a bike. B bike   Be at one with your bike. Be the bike. C bike   A homophonic cross refe...
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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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