Author: Stefan Kipfer
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Hands Off Our Healthcare, Hydro, Transit and Housing
Toronto — 21 February 2016. Privatization is everywhere in the city, our province, and across the country, whether is is selling off public resources and services; financing and managing public … Watch video »
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Launching the Socialist Register 2016: The Politics of the Right
It is becoming increasingly clear that we are at one of those historical moments that compel socialists to undertake a serious calibration of the political forces amassing on the right. … Watch video »
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Palestine: A Political Travelogue
Palestine has long been central to colonial and anti-colonial imaginaries – of the Ottoman and British empires, and Zionist and Arab nationalisms, before becoming a key site of inspiration for … Watch video »
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The Scandalization of Politics: On FordLisi, HarperDuffy, and a Few Others
We are gripped by scandal. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is implicated in a top-level cover up of illegal expense claims by one his own foot soldiers: now-suspended Senator … Keep reading »
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Free Transit and Beyond
Epochal crises allow us to see clearly the irrationalities of capitalism, notably its systematic inability to develop to the fullest human capacities and provide the basis for sustainable and respectful … Keep reading »
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Understanding and Fighting Austerity
Toronto — 12 November 2011. What are some of the forces that are driving the current crisis? How is it pushing forward the agenda of business and governments to get … Watch video »
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The Hordes at the Gate? Hard-Right Populism Defines Toronto Mayoral Election
For months, Toronto has been enthralled by mayoral candidate, smallish capitalist, and friend of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Rob Ford. Much to the surprise of commentators in the ‘respectable’ bourgeois … Keep reading »
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Mayor’s Panel Dreams of White Shiny City by the Lake
Ten years after Toronto’s amalgamation, a new report commissioned by Mayor David Miller signals consensus among city power-brokers, local politicians (progressives, social democrats, centrists and right-wingers alike), and Premier McGuinty … Keep reading »
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The Miller Regime and Suburban Growth Politics
In the City of Toronto, the 2006 municipal elections brought few surprises. Incumbent Mayor Miller was declared the winner seconds after the polls closed. The composition of City Council changed … Keep reading »