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Terror Attacks, G20 Hypocrisy
I join with many others who stand for a world of peace and justice in completely repudiating the terrorist attacks in Paris and the similar atrocity in Beirut. We express … Keep reading »
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Will Justin Trudeau Change Canadian Policy in the Middle East?
The election of Canada’s Liberal Party is likely to mean a shift away from the hyper-belligerent tone Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party used on issues pertaining to Middle East policy, but … Keep reading »
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The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left
The Preface to the 2016 Socialist Register, The Politics of the Right, includes the following paragraphs: “There is a great strategic importance in a sober analysis of the strength of … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Election: Voters Defeat Harper, but Elect Another Trudeau
Canada’s federal election October 19 was effectively a plebiscite of voter opinion on the decade-long rule by the ultra-neoliberal Conservatives (Tories) led by Stephen Harper. With some 70 per cent … Keep reading »
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South African Student Protesters Win First Big Victory
Decolonization, Race and Class Politics Fused in Epic Battle The university students have been furious, as their cry “Fees must fall!” rang out on campuses and sites of political power across … Keep reading »
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Corbyn’s Labour
“Leaps! Breaks in Gradualness. Leaps! Leaps!” — V.I. Lenin, “Conspectus of Hegel’s Science of Logic,” Collected Works, volume 38 p.123. Lenin’s excitement at his rediscovery of Hegel as he grappled … Keep reading »
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Surge in Portuguese Left Bloc Support Puts Socialist Party on the Spot
Will Portugal finally see the end of austerity as administered for four years by the right-wing coalition (known as Portugal Ahead) composed of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic and … Keep reading »
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Good Riddance and Old Quandaries
Two Views from Quebec on the Canadian Federal Election The recent Canadian federal election results have taken most commentators and social activists by surprise. If the anti-Harper sentiment amongst two-thirds of … Keep reading »
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Beyond Parliamentarism: Historical Bases and Prospects for Corbynism
Who would have thought? Britain, of all places – that island so often lamented to be devoid of revolutionary history and thought, the land of Fabianism without Marxism, the home … Keep reading »
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Fighting Class War While ‘Walking on Two Legs’
There’s an apartment building in Dorchester that used to be a safe and affordable place to live for working-class families in Boston. But after a corporate landlord bought it in … Keep reading »
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The Syrianization of Turkey
The immense catastrophe that struck Turkey in the streets of Ankara, the capital city, on 10 October, when two bombs exploded in the midst of a thronging crowd of what … Keep reading »
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Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Resistance!
Boycott Israel now! Whether the current phase of Israel’s intensified repression and Palestinian popular resistance will evolve into a full-fledged intifada or not, one thing is already evident – a new … Keep reading »