What's New: We Are Not Beginning a New ColdWar, We are Well into It

by Stephen Cohen | April 17, 2014

As negotiations over the crisis in Ukraine begin in Geneva, tension is rising in the Ukrainian East after security forces killed three pro-Russian protesters, wounded 13 and took 63 captive in the city of Mariupol. Ukrainian officials said the pro-Russian separatists had attempted to storm a military base.

What's New: Canada Must Call for Dialogue Amid Unrest in Venezuela

by Barbara Wood and Tara Ward | April 17, 2014

The Americas' Policy Group (APG), composed of faith-based groups, development NGO's, trade unions, and solidarity organizations, is a working group of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation. We are extremely concerned about the disruption of democratic order in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, over the past two months, and the lack of clarity of Canada's position on this crisis.

What's New: BigOil's Oily Grasp

by Carol Linnitt | April 17, 2014

Oil industry lobbyists in Canada have taken the country by the reins. At least, that's the implication of the Polaris Institute's new report released today. The report documents 2,733 meetings held between the oil industry and federal government officials since 2008. That figure outstrips meetings with environmental organizations by a whopping 463 percent.

What's New: Toronto Transit Zine No. 1

| April 16, 2014

Getting around Toronto is difficult, and it's the subject of many private discussions throughout the city. Despite all we have to say, there is currently no independent publication circulating that is solely dedicated to discussing transit. Enter the Toronto Transit Zine, of which you're reading the very first issue.

Bullet #968: Imperialism in South Asia and the War Against the People of Pakistan

by Campaign Against Drones in Pakistan | April 16, 2014

On March 12, 2014, Canada's troops formally withdrew from Afghanistan after twelve years of participation in Western military occupation under the banners of NATO and ISAF. Nearly two weeks later the minister for citizenship and immigration, Chris Alexander, appeared on CBC to explain why, although Canada had supposedly succeeded in ensuring Afghanistan is no longer a base for terrorism, the main mission to "create a secure and stable environment" in Afghanistan had been a failure.

What's New: Flaherty obit

by Mike Constable | April 15, 2014

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What's New: Take Back the CLC!

| April 15, 2014

RankandFile.ca contributor, Gerard Di Trolio speaks with Hassan Husseini, candidate for Canadian Labour Congress President.

Radical U.N. Report Promotes Democratic Control of Food and an End to Corporate Domination April 17, 2014

Former Toronto Mayor David Crombe on waterfront development April 17, 2014

The Temporary Foreign Workers Program and labour market discipline April 17, 2014

Fair Wages Now Takes On Temp Agencies! April 17, 2014

Reviving Labor From Below April 17, 2014

On the road to reconciliation, tension between miners and Aboriginals grow April 17, 2014

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century: Its Uses and Limits April 17, 2014

Maidan or anti-Maidan? The Ukraine situation requires more nuance April 17, 2014

BRICS and the tendency to sub-imperialism April 16, 2014

The U.S./NATO Enlargement Project April 16, 2014

Why a state funeral for Jim Flaherty? April 16, 2014

Big Oil's bad week April 16, 2014

We need a tipping point toward climate justice April 16, 2014

Ernesto Laclau, 1936-2014 April 15, 2014

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