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Terrorism in Venezuela and Its Accomplices
The private media and important actors both at home and abroad including Washington have downplayed, and in some cases completely ignored, the terrorist actions perpetrated against the Venezuelan government over … Keep reading »
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South Africa: There’s No Turning Back
A. Introduction The Central Committee (CC) of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) met from May 12 until May 15, 2014, at The Lakes Hotel and Conference, Benoni, … Keep reading »
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Low-Cost Mass Graves for the Working Class
Miners Massacre in Turkey A mine explosion has just claimed the lives, as of the latest count, of almost 300 workers in Turkey. This event added another link to the long … Keep reading »
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Quebec Election: A Seismic Shift Within the Independence Movement?
The defeat of the Parti Québécois (PQ) and the election of a federalist Liberal party government in the Quebec general election of April 7 raises important questions about the future … Keep reading »
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Popular Rebellion Deepens in Eastern and Southern Ukraine
NATO and the Kiev Government Step Up Attacks A political crisis over the future of Ukraine has exploded in the past two months. It’s being driven by the longstanding efforts of … Keep reading »
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Mexican Workers in the Continental Crucible
The central purpose of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which celebrated its twentieth anniversary on January 1, was the consolidation of the neoliberal domestic agendas of the three … Keep reading »
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Climate Change: Engine of Inequality
Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change started the publication of its 5th Assessment Report (or AR5), initially showing the work by the Working Group I, which deals with … Keep reading »
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Hungary: A Black Hole on Europe’s Map
An interview with G. M. Tamás by Jaroslav Fiala (A2 magazine) Jaroslav Fiala (JF): In the past you have written on post-fascism. In recent years, the growing rise of nationalist and … Keep reading »
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Hands Off Venezuela!
What Has Been Happening Since February and Why It Matters The recent destabilization campaign waged by the right-wing opposition has yet again made Venezuela a darling of the international media. While … Keep reading »
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May Day in Istanbul a Battle Ground
After the people’s revolt last summer, after the immense crisis of the state caused by the breakup of the Islamic power bloc in December 2013, after the local elections that … Keep reading »
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Eight Years Gone: The Harper Government’s Health Record
The Canada Health Accord ceased functioning on March 31, 2014. There was no state funeral. The Accord was negotiated in 2004 under Prime Minister Paul Martin and set-up the last … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Coup-Supporting Corporate Cowboy Diplomacy
When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry bloviated last fall about officially ending the Monroe Doctrine (the U.S. belief that God grants only Americans the right to interfere with the … Keep reading »