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Challenging the Market with Collective Solutions
A review of Simon Pirani’s new book, Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption, which traces the history of fossil fuel burning from pre-industrial times to the present day. Keep reading »
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Brazil: The Collapse of Democracy?
Brazil will elect its new President on 28 October 2018. Since the judicial-parliamentary coup that removed elected President Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party (PT), the new administration (led by … Keep reading »
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Ford Takes on Bill 148: But There is Resistance
When the Tories were elected to govern Ontario this past June, it was a day that many were both dreading and expecting. The Ontario government has finally unveiled their legislation … Keep reading »
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Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right
It is the time of monsters. The organic crisis of the old neoliberal project has also brought forth the rise of a new radical right. Yet these monsters are quite … Keep reading »
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In and Against the State
British Labour Party needs to develop a socialist strategy that goes beyond a single election manifesto. Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin look at the challenge of state transformation. Keep reading »
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Québec Solidaire Prepares to Confront a New Government of Austerity and Social and Ethnic Polarization
Québec solidaire’s 10 members of the National Assembly, elected October 1, took their oath of office on October 17 in two parts. The oath of allegiance to the Queen, required … Keep reading »
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What Does López Obrador’s Cabinet Say About His Upcoming Presidency?
On July 2, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of the recently formed Morena Party swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential election with 53 per cent of the vote, the first … Keep reading »
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Massively Expand Public Transport Now
During the San Francisco Global Climate Action Summit, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) announced its support for a declaration to create zero-emissions cities by 2030. According to the ITF’s … Keep reading »
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It’s Time We Dispel The Myth Of ‘Progressive’ Liberalism In Ontario
Far from progressive public policy, it has been tax cuts and austerity that has prevailed in Ontario over the last decade. Keep reading »
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Praise the Workers, Not Amazon
“Power concedes nothing without a demand,” abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass declared 161 years ago. Last week saw that truth on broad display as Amazon, facing growing political and organizing pressure, … Keep reading »
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The Age of Unreason
The Knowledge-Practice Relation and its Political Significance In many contemporary societies, there is a typical distrust of knowledge claims that are backed by reason and evidence. Correspondingly, there is a popular … Keep reading »
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Round Two of the Brazilian Election: Interview with Stedile of the MST
After votes were counted last Sunday and confirmed a second round between Brazilian presidential candidates Fernando Haddad (Workers’ Party – PT) and Jair Bolsonaro (Social Liberal Party – PSL), a … Keep reading »