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Toronto’s Homeless Shelters Bursting at the Seams
On Wednesday, February 17, a mass delegation of members and supporters of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) marched to Toronto City Hall. We brought with us copies of a … Keep reading »
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For BDS, Against Apartheid, Free Palestine
Toward Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions at McGill Six years before the fall of the South African apartheid, an editorial by The Daily (“South Africa Love it and Leave it,” September 12, … Keep reading »
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Women Can’t Wait; Repeal the 8th
The Politics of Abortion and the Irish National Election Abortion is one of the defining issues of the 2016 national Irish election, yet a vast majority of candidates have declined to … Keep reading »
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A Moment of Catharsis
One year after Syriza’s victory and six months after the coup One year after the victory and six months after the coup, we shouldn’t fool ourselves: This was a defeat, of … Keep reading »
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‘No Admittance Except on Business’: How P3s are Produced and the Secret of Their Profit Making
“Accompanied by Mr. Moneybags … we [enter] into the hidden abode of production, on whose threshold there stares us in the face ‘No admittance except on business’. Here we shall … Keep reading »
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The Ontario Liberals and Long-Term Care: The Struggle Against Privatization
Governments across Canada have been caught in a fiscal bind over the entire period of neoliberalism. On the one hand, they have pursued austerity and restraint almost without interruption since … Keep reading »
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Growing Tomatoes in the Era of Free Trade
Southwestern Ontario is the historic home of Canadian tomato growers. The bulk of the crop goes to processing, and since 1909 the dominant corporation had been H. J. Heinz, a … Keep reading »
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NUMSA and Allies Call for Dismantling the ‘Mineral Energy Complex’ in South Africa
Electricity Crisis Conference Declaration We, as representatives of trade unions that organize in the energy sector and delegates from communities that are struggling around outages, loadshedding, high electricity prices and poor … Keep reading »
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What You Need to Know About the Oil Price War
The dramatic crash in the price of oil is rewiring the circuits of global capitalism by creating enormous volatility in the world’s stock exchanges, hammering banks that made billions of … Keep reading »
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Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Say
How the broad climate movement has failed us It has been two months since the UN climate summit in Paris, aka COP 21. One might expect the kind of ebb and … Keep reading »
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Against Privatization: Health Coalition Demands Funding for Hospitals
The 1960s were about much more than protesting the war in Vietnam. It was also a time of cultural upheaval as a new generation challenged capitalist values, including its shallow … Keep reading »
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Eagle and Condor Meet in Oneida
On Sunday, October 25, a 10 person delegation headed by Irene Leon, advisor to the Ecuadorian foreign minister, was welcomed at the Kayanere’ko:wa longhouse within the K^onthyokwanhasta on Elijah Rd, … Keep reading »