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As Bolsonaro incinerates the Amazon, urgent action is needed for climate justice
Did South Africa need another high-profile reminder of climate chaos, after the Cape Town drought in 2015 to 2018; the two cyclones in March to April that ravaged Mozambique, Malawi … Keep reading »
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The United Auto Workers and the Big Three Automakers: A Tale of Corruption
What follows is a somewhat complex tale of what happens when a labor union, structured to be unaccountable to the rank-and-file membership, embraces a system of labor-management cooperation rather than … Keep reading »
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Make UK Public Transport Free
It’s time for radical proposals to rebuild Britain’s social fabric and combat the climate crisis. Here’s one: make public transport free. Keep reading »
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Ecosocialism and Just Transition
Climate change requires major societal change. But how do we ensure this transformation is done in a fair and just manner? John Bellamy Foster – a renowned environmental sociologist and … Keep reading »
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‘Dual Power,’ Then… and Now?
Global capitalist crisis, impending ecological disaster, and new responses by popular movements in some regions, particularly in Latin America, inspire radical thinking about the need to go “beyond capital.” But … Keep reading »
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The Vicissitudes of the Latin American State
A Conversation with Mabel Thwaites Rey In early May, while in Buenos Aires, I had an extended conversation with Mabel Thwaites Rey, one of the leading theorists of the Latin American … Keep reading »
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Public Transport Can Be Free
Free public transport is not a pipe dream. It exists in over 100 cities across the world – and has transformative impacts. Keep reading »
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The Politics of Ecosocialism
Interview with Ian Angus about the pressing need to develop the politics of ecosocialism in the world today. Keep reading »
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Electric Vehicle Production is Possible in Oshawa
Green Jobs Oshawa distributed this leaflet at the Unifor Constitutional Convention on Wednesday, August 21. It calls for government action to establish electric vehicle production in Oshawa, under public ownership. … Keep reading »
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Canada’s ‘Vampire’ Pension Plan
How the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board feeds on some futures to secure others Wet’suwet’en people have never ceded their land through treaty; like many Indigenous people they continue to practice … Keep reading »
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A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams
Cathy Crowe’s book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and challenging a growing blight of destitution and poverty in Toronto … Keep reading »
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Imagine a Free Palestine
I wrote Siegebreakers because I can’t liberate Gaza or Palestine, but I can dream about it. I wanted it to be a proximate dream, a dream of the next step … Keep reading »