The folks at Global kept us Waterloo County types thinking globally and acting locally for a long time, but finally fell to the budget-cutting axes of federal Liberals and provincial Tories. The two greatest living Americans are Michael Moore and Jim Hightower . You really must see what these two are up to. The Council of Canadians is always on the lookout for various projects that threaten the Canadian social project. Theirs is an important progressive voice.
Truth really can be stranger than fiction - especially on the right.
Check out Alliance Exposed to keep up with the latest antics of Canada's funniest fascists. Look in on the IWW in the San Francisco Bay area. Their mission is to provide electronic versions of texts without judging their content. Here's the Federal New Democratic Party website. NDP's site is also helpful.