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Africa And Globalization
Economists continue to celebrate the free movement of goods, services, and capital. However, faced with slowing economic conditions in core countries, it is now third world growth that is highlighted … Keep reading »
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Statements of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Urgent call from Gaza civil society: Act Now! We, Palestinians trapped inside the bloodied and besieged Gaza Strip, call on conscientious people all over the world, to act, protest, and intensify … Keep reading »
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Breaking the Canadian University Links with Israeli Institutions
1. Israel must be held accountable for its measures of collective punishment of the Palestinian people. 2. Attacks on Palestinian academic freedom and their right to education are endemic to … Keep reading »
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Time for Canada to Honor its UN Obligations Toward Palestine
July 9th, 2014 marked a critical landmark for the Palestinian struggle against Israeli Apartheid as it marks the International Court of Justice (ICJ) opinion on the Apartheid wall in the … Keep reading »
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The Commons As a Fount of Hope
The commons is not just a battlefield between corporate predators and those who resist them – it is also a source of hope for those willing to imagine a world … Keep reading »
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False Hopes or Political Strategy?
There are two points of common agreement amongst almost all sections of the Left. We are in the midst of a fundamental turning point in the earth’s environment from climate … Keep reading »
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NDP Lurch to the Right Underscores Need for A New, Left-Wing Party in Canada
Voters in Canada’s largest and most industrialized province went to the polls on June 5 to choose a provincial government. The choices were limited lesser evils, ‘bad,’ or ‘worse,’ constrained … Keep reading »
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A New World Order for Living Well
Evo Morales’ Message of Global Solidarity The Summit of the Group of 77 plus China, marking the alliance’s 50th anniversary, closed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on June 15 with the adoption … Keep reading »
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Alternative Trade
Conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously declared on many occasions that “there is no alternative” to economic liberalism and free trade. This popular slogan, referred to by the acronym … Keep reading »
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Turkey After Soma
May 31 was the anniversary of the eruption of the popular rebellion in Turkey that has gone under the name of Gezi Park around the world. On that anniversary, a … Keep reading »
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Unmaking Global Capitalism
Nine Things to Know About Organizing in the Belly of the Beast When Karl Marx famously declared that while the “philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point … Keep reading »
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Boycott IKEA: Some Assembly Required
Locked out for thirteen months, over three hundred IKEA workers in Richmond, BC are still holding out. While setting record profits in 2013, IKEA is trying to impose a two-tier … Keep reading »