Author: David Mandel
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Next To Starting a War The Worst Thing Is To Keep It Going
With No Hope the War Can Change The Outcome The complex nature of the war in Ukraine, and especially of the question of the relative responsibility of the different parties, has … Keep reading »
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The War in Ukraine: Truth is the Whole
Two maxims come to mind as I sit to write about the war in Ukraine: ‘Truth is in the whole’ and ‘Truth is the first victim of war.’ The picture … Keep reading »
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Quebec: Class Struggles over Occupational Health and Safety
Bill 59 (now Law 27) on occupational health and safety was adopted, as amended, at the end of September by the National Assembly, against the unanimous opposition of the unions, … Keep reading »
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Reform of Quebec’s Workplace Health-and-Safety Regime: “Social Partnership” or Class Struggle?
Last January, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ – National Institute of Public Health) published a report on non-traumatic musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). These are pains and other … Keep reading »
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Understanding Naval’nyi
To understand Aleksei Naval’nyi’s significance for Russia as a leading figure of the opposition, one needs some idea of the nature of the political regime of President Vladimir Putin. This … Keep reading »
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Elections in Russia, 2018: Managed Democracy?
This article examines the bases of popular support for recently re-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin. Although this support is strenuously “cultivated” by the regime by various illicit means, it nevertheless has a genuine basis that needs to be understood by people on the left who are trying to develop an enlightened position in the escalating confrontation between the “West” and Russia. Keep reading »
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They Dared: The Legacy of the October Revolution
A hundred years later, the question of the historical legacy of the October Revolution is not an easy one for socialists, given that Stalinism took root within less than a … Keep reading »
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Understanding the Civil War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian conflict, like most political phenomena, is multi-dimensional and highly complex. As such, it calls for a holistic – dialectical, if you wish – approach. But to judge by … Keep reading »
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Ukraine Between Popular Uprising for Democracy and Fascist Putsch
Let’s begin with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s version. One can think what one likes about deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, but his election in 2012 was recognized as legitimate by … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Solidarity or Colonial Complicity? Quebec Unions and Asbestos
The struggle for workplace health and safety is undoubtedly one of the most noble aspects of the labour movement. It is a struggle for human dignity, the refusal of workers … Keep reading »
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Fighting Austerity? The Public Sector and the Common Front in Quebec
The previous round of negotiations in Quebec between the rightwing provincial Liberal government of Jean Charest and the public sector unions in 2005 was ended abruptly by the adoption of … Keep reading »
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The Struggle Has Its Own Dynamic
The Professors’ Strike at the Université du Québec à Montréal The seven-week strike of professors at the Université du Québec in Montréal (UQAM) ended on April 24, 2009 in a significant, … Keep reading »