Year: 2024
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Health and Safety: Amazon Fails to Deliver
“We are going to be Earth’s best employer and Earth’s safest place to work.” (Jeff Bezos, April 2021) At the end of March 2021, a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama, … Keep reading »
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Finnish Capitalism at a Tipping Point: Resisting Racism, Austerity, and Militarism
Finland’s 2023 parliamentary election saw the formation of a new government led by Peteri Orpo’s National Coalition Party (NCP), with the True Finns as the main coalition partner. The NCP … Keep reading »
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To Build Solidarity with Palestine, Labour Movement must look to the past
Dedicated organizers convinced Canadian unions to oppose apartheid. Their work provides critical lessons for activists today. Keep reading »
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The Gaza Genocide and the Canadian Left
Four years ago, the Socialist Project published a pamphlet called Palestine and the COVID Crisis. In it, we published two authors from Gaza: Asmaa Tayeh and Sarah Algherbawi. We believe … Keep reading »
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“Post Growth” – Why and How?
People against destroying our planetary home often favor “No Growth” – “steady as she goes” – or even the rhetorically catchier “DeGrowth” – “shrink baby shrink.” Their pro-growth opponents sometimes … Keep reading »
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Scholasticide at Every Level
The beginning of a new school year. By Wednesday, everything will be open, every classroom on campus, every elementary and high school, every recreation facility, every gym, every nursery school … Keep reading »
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Lebanon and the Israeli Strategy of Intimidation
This article was written hours before the mass terrorist act that targeted Hezbollah members through pagers in the afternoon of 17 September, thus enhancing its title’s topicality. In recent days, … Keep reading »
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Oil Kills: Inside the International Uprising Disrupting the Aviation Industry
Despite increasing repression, an unprecedented alliance of civil resistance groups is targeting airports on three continents to demand a binding treaty to end fossil fuels by 2030. Keep reading »
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The New European Parliament Confirms Its Militaristic Credentials
A new European Parliament was elected in June, and it held its first plenary session from 16 to 19 July. That first session immediately sets the tone we can expect from that parliament for the next five years: the tone of military marching music. Keep reading »
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Energy Unions in Mexico Welcome Shutdown of Key Neoliberal Institutions
The Mexican government administration has proposed a package of 20 reforms, including the dissolution of two energy sector autonomous bodies (the focus of this bulletin) from the power and hydrocarbons … Keep reading »
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Iran’s New President: Another Islamist and More of the Same
Following the mysterious helicopter crash on May 20th that killed Ibrahim Raisi, the president of Iran’s Islamic regime, a hasty presidential election was put together. Raisi, a hardline “Principlist” cleric, … Keep reading »
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Israel’s Genocidal Campaign: The Struggle Continues
The assassination of Ismael Haniyeh only confirms that Israel has no interest in ending its genocidal and terrorist campaign on Gazans, in particular, and Palestinians, more generally. Over 500 Palestinians … Keep reading »