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Lessons for the Climate Emergency
Rationing, Moratoriums, Ending War “The bad news is that if history teaches us one thing, it is that there never has been an energy transition… The history of energy is not … Keep reading »
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What Ever Happened to the Energy Transition?
Anyone trying to understand what’s happening with the world’s energy systems right now can be forgiven if they are confused. On one hand, most people know about the climate emergency, … Keep reading »
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Transforming Capitalist Power: From the Streets to the State
The communist playwright Bertolt Brecht once wrote, “The individual can be annihilated/But the Party cannot be annihilated” (1977, 29). And yet, in the neoliberal era, the Party has been annihilated … Keep reading »
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What Will it Take to Win a Green New Deal?
Analysis of the struggle for a #GreenNewDeal in Canada #strike4climate #CdnPoli Keep reading »
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The US’s Favorite Weapon: Sanctions Are Genocidal
Far from precision-guided munitions, sanctions are weapons of starvation, which target the most vulnerable civilians for slow and painful death by deprivation of food and medicine. Keep reading »
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Eternal Builder of Dreams and Hopes: Marta Harnecker (1937 – 2019)
“Well, friends, that’s it for today. You have to live in uncertainty and get ahead no matter what it takes. A hug as always, full of dreams and hopes.” – … Keep reading »
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Teachers’ Strikes: A New Class Politics Emerging
Analysis of the wave of illegal teachers’ strikes that hit the American mid-west in 2018. Keep reading »
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Belgium’s Left Breakthrough
As radical left forces were suffering defeats across Europe in the recent elections, the Belgian Workers’ Party secured historic gains with a clear message of class politics. Keep reading »
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The Green New Deal: Whither Capitalism?
The Green New Deal resolution by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey sparked an immense amount of discussion on all layers of political discourse, national and international. The way Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie … Keep reading »
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Bernie Sanders Defines his Vision for Democratic Socialism
Bernie Sanders is calling for a new democratic socialism for the 21st century. Keep reading »
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Manifestos and Socialisms for the 21st Century
A review of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality. Keep reading »
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Canada’s ‘Liberals’ Have a Disturbing Imperial Streak
Canada’s embassy in Venezuela has just been closed. The spur for this closure is an open attempt by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to overthrow Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Canada is … Keep reading »