Trish Hennessy, Director of the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives in Toronto, provides an insightful overview of why inequality has risen sharply in Canada, its impacts, and why Canadians should be concerned.

Taking place at New York's Barnard College, the Ecosocialist Conference drew some two hundred activists around the slogan "System Change not Climate Change." It was endorsed by numerous progressive organizations and individuals in the U.S. and Canada, and featured speakers from a wide spectrum of organizations and perspectives. Introduced by Abbie Bakan and John Riddell. Moderated by Greg Albo. Recorded in Toronto, 4 May 2013.

Gar Alperovitz argues that our economy needs to be more responsive to ordinary citizens and outlines his plan to transform the economy we have now. He also talks about the need to build on the Occupy Movement. Prof. Alperovitz spoke at Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin.

Beyond the Fragments, first published in 1979, was an iconic book that took a feminist approach to the problem of how to resolve the tensions fracturing the left, and prod its diverse parties, tendencies, groups and non-joiners towards productive dialogue and greater unity. The refreshed BTF was launched on 3 May at a packed-out gathering where we heard the three justly-respected authors, Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright, tell us why their feminist formula for bringing together a divided left is still relevant in 2013.

There was a dearth of substantive policy debate and alternatives offered during British Columbia's election campaign. Transit, education, health care, social welfare, housing -- these and other burning issues received too little attention. A partial exception was the attention devoted to fossil fuel extraction, transport and export from the province.

In 2010 the Canada Revenue Agency was asked whether it would "investigate or revoke" the Jewish National Fund's charitable status, internal documents seen by The Electronic Intifada show. But this request seems to have been ignored in deference to a "charity" that has long participated in the erasure of Palestinians' presence from their historic homeland. Through an access to information request, Montreal-based activist Ron Saba received dozens of Canada Revenue Agency documents.