James Hoggan and New Society Publishers

Beautiful Trouble: Idling No More Changing the course of Canada, and the planet -- before it too late, according to Tyee. Beautiful Trouble: Make a Mini Utopia Imagine bluer skies with 'prefigurative intervention.' Fourth in a series. First in a series on creative activism. Read more: Rights + Justice, Politics, Media image: Sign Up for the Tyee Newsletter Editor note: This is one of three excerpts The Tyee is publishing from 'I'm Right and You're An Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up' by James Hoggan, published by New Society Publishers. When we look at the miserable state of public discourse today and how we are polluting the public square, it plain to see that many people believe the problem derives from evil on "the other side." But this kind of pollution comes from all around the square -- including our side -- and as long as we think somebody else is the source of it, we're unlikely to ever see our way through it. A public relations expert who co-founded DeSmog Blog, Hoggan will speak at the Vancouver book launch May 25; details here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.