Month: August 2026
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Pushed Over the Brink: The Escalating Assault on Ontario’s Hospitals
In previous submissions to the government, we noted that Ontario hospitals face a worsening capacity crisis due to stagnant bed growth, insufficient staffing, and inadequate funding. This has worsened as … Keep reading »
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Artificial Intelligence – part 3: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance
This is the third post in a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of artificial intelligence (AI) hype in order to help us understand some of the real … Keep reading »
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NATO and Potemkin Ankara
Attendees of the NATO summit in Ankara in early July were anxious. Prior to the gathering, Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the US from the 32-member alliance, primarily because the … Keep reading »
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New Brunswick’s Energy Contradictions
On May 28, the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board approved construction of a new gas- and diesel-fired generating plant. It will be built in Centre Village, a small hamlet … Keep reading »
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Artificial Intelligence – part 2: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance
This is the second post in a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of AI hype in order to help us understand some of the real dangers we … Keep reading »
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Wildfires and Floods are Devastating Communities
Canada and Alberta Must Stop Expanding the Fossil Fuel Industry and Respect First Nations Rights Dear Prime Minister Carney and Premier Smith: Today [Aug 9], on the International Day of … Keep reading »
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National Exclusionism: A Global Problem and the Spanish Case
For Canadian readers, the names Frente Obrero (FO) and Reconstrucción Comunista (RC) probably evoke nothing. Organizations that wrap a reactionary program in the rhetoric of Marxism-Leninism tend to flourish in … Keep reading »
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Palestinian Human Rights and Civil Society Organizations Call on the International Community to Fulfil its Duties in Protecting the Palestinian People
The escalating violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers, driven by religious Zionist ideology and supported by the Israeli occupying forces in the occupied West Bank on 24 July 2026, resulted in … Keep reading »
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Artificial Intelligence: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance - part 1
Artificial intelligence (AI) covers a broad range of technologies. But there is only one that dominates the news and financial markets – the multimodal generative AI systems produced by leading … Keep reading »
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Climate-Driven Wildfires Sweep Across Canada
As extreme wildfires become a deadly seasonal threat, governments are accelerating the causes of the crisis, showing that the system of profit is an existential threat, argues John Clarke. Keep reading »