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Demeaning Democracy: Turning Doug Ford’s Attack on Toronto into a Movement for Democratic Renewal
We, the undersigned group of scholars and teachers, deplore the autocratic and arbitrary reduction of ward representation for Toronto city council contained in Bill 5 being rushed through the Ontario Legislature by the just-elected Doug Ford-led Conservative provincial government. Keep reading »
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Opening the Door to the Far Right
Sunday’s election in Sweden shows how the decline of robust social-democratic guarantees can feed the rise of the far right. Keep reading »
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Why Canadian Prisoners Are Participating in the U.S. Prison Strike
Much of the U.S. prison system’s distinguishing features — massive racial disparities, the exploitation of prisoners’ labour by private firms, overcrowding, brutality, and much more — are the same in Canada. Keep reading »
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Trudeau Government Acknowledges Nazi Genocide Against Roma
More then 50 people of all ages joined in Toronto August 2, 2018, in an international day of remembrance and recognition of the Romani Holocaust (Porajmos) in Europe. They heard … Keep reading »
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On the Precipice
Like many others (unless they are in a state of simple denial), I sometimes feel paralyzed by the enormity of the environmental challenge. How to break through this? We must … Keep reading »
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Will the Ontario Labour Movement Return to Class Struggle as Austerity Deepens?
The Ontario labour movement is in deep crisis. Some impressive struggles aside, it has been staggering since the end of the great mobilizations of the 1990s. Days of Action was the dramatic class response that emerged in the mid-90s to the radical neoliberal policies and a reminder of the radical potentials of rank and file workers. Keep reading »
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Ford’s Attack on Toronto: The End of Local Democracy As We Know It?
There’s a lot to be said about the new Doug Ford-led Conservative administration in Ontario, but it is Ford’s unilateral and radical reduction of the size of Toronto City Council … Keep reading »
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The Long March to Post-Capitalist Transition: Pan-Africanist Perspectives
The centenary of the October 1917 Russian Revolution, a world-shaking historic event, was an occasion for celebration throughout the world. Many diverse interpretations are advanced as to its success in … Keep reading »
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A Way Out for Brazil
Brazil needs a new project of development for the people. More subordination, submission and exploitation of the people will not be a way out. Keep reading »
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Neoliberal Fascism and the Echoes of History
The nightmares that have shaped the past and await return slightly just below the surface of American society are poised to wreak havoc on us again. America has reached a … Keep reading »
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What Happens When the Alt-Right Believes in Climate Change
Last September, as record-breaking hurricanes thrashed the Caribbean and southeastern U.S., the white nationalist magazine American Renaissance (AmRen) asked its readers a question: “What does it mean for whites if … Keep reading »
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Doug Ford’s New Poor Laws Replace Basic Income
The decision of the new Tory Government in Ontario to terminate the basic income (BI) pilot project that their Liberal predecessors had set in motion, confirms that the right is … Keep reading »