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How to Reduce the Hidden Environmental Costs of Supply Chains
Global supply chains account for 70% of world trade. They are the arteries of global capitalism, moving goods and services across borders multiple times before reaching consumers. Since the early … Keep reading »
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Climate Destruction – The Irresponsibility of Capitalist Societies
Within a historically short period, capitalist society has generated enormous wealth but also caused profound ecological degradation and threats to survival. Yet the capitalist market economy is incapable of resolving … Keep reading »
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France’s ‘Block Everything’ Anti-Austerity Movement Could Point the Way for Europe
Before it ends up being repressed, the wind of revolt sweeping through the squares of France must be transformed into a comprehensive, alternative economic policy project. Keep reading »
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Labour Leaders Must Advance BDS, or Step Aside
In his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci invokes the “Fable of the Beaver” to critique the political failings of party leaders who compromise their obligation to represent the classes that raised … Keep reading »
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The Intertwined Food and Climate Emergency: Heeding Science
This is an astonishing world. Blame for current disasters cannot be offloaded to ‘human nature’. All who take care of children know that children can learn to live within limits … Keep reading »
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The Passivity or Complicity of BRICS+ with Imperialist Wars
In the first part of this series entitled “Why the BRICS are not denouncing the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” Éric Toussaint demonstrated that instead of severing trade relations with Israel, … Keep reading »
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Pedagogies of Repression: Ford, Trump and the War on Education
Analyses of fascism too often fixate on its most spectacular expressions: staggering inequality, systemic racism, the militarization of daily life, unbridled corruption, monopolistic control of the media, and the concentration … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariff Wars
What does Trump hope to achieve through his tariff wars? 1. He wants to progressively reduce, even, perhaps, to eventually eliminate the US’s huge current account-trade deficit resulting from its imports … Keep reading »
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Daniel Bensaid and Question of Strategy
Introduction: A Strategist in the Ruins of Defeat The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was not merely a geopolitical event but also resulted, globally, in a profound crisis in … Keep reading »
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Unifor and UE Pass Resolutions for an Arms Embargo and Support for Palestinian Workers
The ground is shifting in global popular opinion against Israel’s war and genocide on Gaza. But western states, notably the US, Britain and Canada, remain complicit in arming and assisting … Keep reading »
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The Return of the Wildcat Strike?
In a Canadian tradition as old as maple syrup, governments of all stripes have long leveraged the law to curb strikes, turning what were once exceptional interventions into routine practice. … Keep reading »
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Trump is Looking to Consolidate his Populist Base without Challenging Corporate Power
ILNA: During his second presidential term, US President Donald Trump raised tariffs to an unprecedented level. In your view, are Trump’s tariff policies driven more by economic considerations or political … Keep reading »