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Podemos and the Catalan Independence Process
The rise of Podemos (“We Can”) in the Spanish state – and of its counterpart Podem in Catalonia – has presented a new challenge to both the Catalan independence movement … Keep reading »
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Important Strike in Mexico: Farm Workers Paralyze Baja Farms
Thousands of farmworkers in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California, just 185 miles south of the U.S. border, struck some 230 farms, including the twelve largest that dominate production … Keep reading »
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Israel: Fortress Racism
Israel sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss of strident chauvinism and endemic racism. Among its Jewish population there is an almost complete consensus that since Israel lives in a … Keep reading »
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SYRIZA’s Two Months in Government: Difficulties and Challenges
The First Round of Negotiations Almost a month after the agreement of the 20th of February between the new Greek government, the European Institutions and the IMF, we need to know … Keep reading »
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Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT
Hundreds of thousands of chiefly white middle class protesters took to the streets in Brazil on 15 March in an organized upsurge of hatred against the federal administration led by … Keep reading »
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A View from Burnaby Mountain: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything
“The call came to protestors assembled at bore-hole 2 on Burnaby Mountain: ‘Kinder Morgan has arrived! Get your asses down here.’ I ran to the motorcycle and hurried down to … Keep reading »
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The Public Value of Public Sector Strikes
The essence of an unjust society is to continually demand and take from those with the least the little that they have to support their lives and life-goals and add … Keep reading »
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Toronto’s Plan to Push Out the Homeless
The Mayor’s Office in Toronto is today occupied by a much slicker operation than it was during the years of dysfunctional, bigoted buffoonery that unfolded under Rob Ford. Mayor John … Keep reading »
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Wynne Gives Big Retail the Gift of Beer
The heads of big retail might be walking with a spring in their step this week due to a potentially generous gift from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. After months of … Keep reading »
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South Africa’s Troubled Alliance and the Road Ahead
An Interview with Karl Cloete The expulsion of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) from COSATU in November 2014 was a watershed moment in the post-apartheid labour … Keep reading »
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StrikeTown: Why Are Toronto University Workers On Strike?
CUPE 3903 represents contract faculty, teaching assistants (TA) and graduate assistants at York University in Toronto, Canada. In August 2014, their collective agreement expired. Since then, teaching assistants and graduate … Keep reading »
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Fundamental Rifts: Power, Wealth and Inequality in the Arab world
Over four years since mass uprisings ousted sclerotic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, it can seem that the initial hopes represented by these movements lie in tatters. Libya, Syria, Yemen … Keep reading »