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Two Statements on the War on Gaza and Canada
PCAAN Statement on the Attack on Palestine Palestinians will not be erased. The Palestinian Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN) is appalled at the wholesale erasure of the shock and grief … Keep reading »
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Class Leaders and Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism
We are living in the most dangerous time for the human species since our early origins. The massive numbers of wildfires destroying large swaths of Canada and elsewhere this summer … Keep reading »
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Faculty in Canada Condemn the Israeli Invasion of Birzeit University
Dear Lisa Stadelbauer, Ambassador of Canada to Israel We write [on October 3, 2023] on behalf of Faculty for Palestine (F4P) Canada to condemn the Israeli military’s invasion of Birzeit … Keep reading »
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Similar Challenges, Different Narratives: A Tale of Two Unions
The 2023 auto bargaining between the auto unions and the Detroit “Big 3” is shaking out to be different in a way that few of us could have imagined. The … Keep reading »
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Palestinian Resistance: Israeli Occupation and Siege of Gaza
The cross-border attack by Hamas militants in Gaza on Israel was a surprise to the world. Yet contrary to the way the attack has been covered in the international press, … Keep reading »
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Why Don’t Capitalists Want to ‘Go Green’ Anymore?
It seems that among the highest circles of capitalist finance, the ecological transition no longer garners the same level of support it once did. A growing faction among wealthy capitalists … Keep reading »
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Good for the Planet? Public Lands, Cattle Ranching and Wildlife
The US beef industry is destroying the American Wild West and worsening the climate crisis. Keep reading »
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Trump and His Backers Spread Lies, Violence and Fascism
Death threats have become rampant as MAGA culture twists norms and makes once-marginal forms of violence mainstream. Keep reading »
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Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us. Keep reading »
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AMLO’s Neoliberalism in Mexico: Extractivism, Militarism and Climate Breakdown
Edwin F. Ackerman has written a review of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s (AMLO) presidency in the pages of New Left Review. Ackerman’s take is a generous one. While he remains … Keep reading »
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Decolonising Development with Frantz Fanon
The great cultural theorist Stuart Hall called Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth “the bible of decolonisation” as it encapsulated the urge for freedom across the colonial world. Fanon … Keep reading »
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Recent Subsidies: The Deification of Capitalism and the assault on all that Matters
On 6 July, 2023, Canadians watching the news were regaled with pictures of beaming federal and provincial politicians, flanked by some rich people who looked sober and content. The viewers … Keep reading »