Jon Parsons

July 11, 2017

Patronage, Paternalism, NL Politics

This post is a short overview of patronage and paternalism in NL politics. I put…

June 27, 2017

The purpose of this post is to offer some reflections on organizing protests and other…

October 5, 2016

In this post, I offer some details on the recent history of Innu resistance to…

April 19, 2016

[Updated events, actions, demos, initiatives, etc., see link list at bottom of post] There is…

December 12, 2015

Inspired by recent news of the City of St. John’s destruction of public art, recounted…

November 15, 2015

The new federal Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau ran in the recent election with…

September 6, 2015

Are public servants allowed to be politically active? What constitutes political activity? How are different…

July 7, 2015

Any time there’s an article about climate change — about a demonstration calling for policy…

May 11, 2015

[***note*** This paper was presented at UArctic Extractive Industries in St. John’s on May…

February 11, 2015

If you picked up a copy of the Western Star today, the cover here is what…