Author: John McMurtry

John McMurtry is Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His work has been translated from Latin America through Europe to Japan, and he is the author/editor of UNESCO's three-volume Philosophy and World Problems, as well as more recently, The Cancer Stage of Capitalism: From Crisis to Cure.

From Canada’s Election to Public Action

Beyond the Alberta Tar-Sands For months, during and after Canada’s 2019 federal election campaign, corporate media provided daily frontpage news space for Alberta’s non-stop demands for more tar-sands-export infrastructure through British … Keep reading »

Canada, Environment • November 19, 2019 • John McMurtry
The Koch Brothers and the Tar-Sands

Big Lies and Ecocide in Canada As we know, big lies can run free across borders with few people joining the dots. For example, no media has been reporting that China’s … Keep reading »

Environment • July 5, 2019 • John McMurtry
The Davos Blind Eye: How the Rich Eat the Poor and the World

The just-released Oxfam Davos report An Economy For the 1% which the mass media have ignored arrestingly shows that 62 individuals (388 in 2010) now own more wealth than 50 … Keep reading »

Economy • January 26, 2016 • John McMurtry
Breaking Out of the Invisible Prison

The Ten-Point Global Paradigm Revolution As we enter 2015, the global corporate system deepens and spreads in its eco-genocidal effects. But the dots are not joined in their common cause across … Keep reading »

Theory • February 25, 2015 • John McMurtry

Author: John McMurtry

From Canada’s Election to Public Action

The Koch Brothers and the Tar-Sands

The Davos Blind Eye: How the Rich Eat the Poor and the World

Breaking Out of the Invisible Prison