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Artificial Intelligence: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance
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 »
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Diminishing Returns: A Review of Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics
In his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci, repurposing military terminology, formulated the distinction between “wars of maneuver” and “wars of position” in the ongoing class struggle between capital and labour that … Keep reading »
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Spanish High-Speed Rail: Speed, Concrete, and the Limits of the Green Fix
How do infrastructure programmes work under financialised capitalism? Natalia Buier’s Frontiers of Appropriation analyses Spain’s AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) – Europe’s longest High-Speed Rail (HSR) network, second in the world … Keep reading »
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A tribute to Dr. Nouman Ali
It’s a measure of the vitality and stature of a person that, when you attend their funeral, you fully expect them to walk in, relishing the crowd, full of life, … Keep reading »
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Heatwaves: Anger and Sadness. And hope, despite everything
In less than two months, Europe has been hit by three heatwaves that are exceptional in terms of their early onset, intensity, duration and geographical extent. The health impacts are … Keep reading »
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Missing Link: Economics as Lingua Franca of the Left
Leftists struggle with economic issues. In a bygone era, such issues were the subject of endless debate between intellectuals, activists, and the working masses. These debates were not without conflict … Keep reading »
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Cyprus in the New World Disorder: Resisting the Logic of “Geopolitics”
Since 7 October 2023, Cyprus has moved from the margins of Middle Eastern conflict into its operational geography. British bases on the island have supported Israeli and US military activity … Keep reading »
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The Era of Central Bank Independence Is Coming to an End
Central banks are under siege in many countries but nowhere more prominently than in the United States, where MAGA partisans see control over the Federal Reserve as being critical to … Keep reading »
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Stella and Michel – A Revolutionary Love Story
My mother-in-law was a big reader and bought most of her books second-hand at the local Salvation Army for $.25 to $1.00 each. Over the decades she amassed a huge … Keep reading »
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The 2026 World Cup: Inclusivity, Peace, Unity, and Other FIFA Myths
According to the International Association Football Federation (FIFA), the 2026 World Cup is all about inclusivity, peace, and unity. Like many things associated with FIFA, however, those promises become considerably … Keep reading »
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Climate Crisis Deepens
John Clarke is a longtime organizer in Toronto, as well as an active instructor with the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He will be leading classes on the poor, … Keep reading »