Bryan D. Palmer

Nov 12, 2024 | newpol.org | Bryan D. Palmer |Bryan Palmer |Phil Gasper

Leonard Cohen, poet laureate of Canada’s 1960s, offered a closing anthem to the twentieth century in his 1992 lament “Democracy.” In an earlier year of revolt, 1968, Cohen had refused his country’s most prestigious literary prize, the Governor General’s Award. “The world is a callous place,” he reportedly said, “and he would take no gift from it.” He would later be the accepting recipient of many honours, including the Order of Canada.

Nov 4, 2024 | links.org.au | Bryan D. Palmer

First published at Socialist Project. Leonard Cohen, poet laureate of Canada’s 1960s, offered a closing anthem to the twentieth century in his 1992 lament “ Democracy.” In an earlier year of revolt, 1968, Cohen had refused his country’s most prestigious literary prize, the Governor General’s Award. “The world is a callous place,” he reportedly said, “and he would take no gift from it.” He would later be the accepting recipient of many honours, including the Order of Canada.

Aug 13, 2024 | canadiandimension.com | Bryan D. Palmer

Bryan D. Palmer, a long-time contributor to Canadian Dimension, and one of Canada’s leading historians of labour and the left, has written a bold, wide-ranging interpretation of the country’s history. In two volumes to be published in October 2024 and May 2025—Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins, 1500-1890 and Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada, 1890-2025—Palmer places the accent on Canada’s entwined colonial and capitalist development.

Dec 12, 2023 | medium.com | Bryan D. Palmer

TLDR: Python has developed a powerful syntax for ensuring type safety. This piece provides an overview and examples of the new syntax. Python is a dynamically typed language. Dynamic typing is sometimes called duck typing. Your program does not care whether the object is a duck, so long as it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck when asked to. Duck typing is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand it facilitates fast prototyping.

Jun 30, 2023 | canadiandimension.com | Bryan D. Palmer

For a Better World: The Winnipeg General Strike and the Workers’ Revolt Edited by James Naylor, Rhonda L.