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The Remote Control War
Antiwar activists are planning actions in April to focus attention on a dark and deadly corner of U.S. military operations: The Pentagon’s and the CIA’s massively scaled-up use of drone … Keep reading »
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Fare Increases to Pay for New Transit in Toronto
Punishing those who can least afford to pay Metrolinx, the Greater Toronto Area’s regional transit authority, has released a short list of revenue tools that they will consider using to help … Keep reading »
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European Trade Unions and the Struggle for Public Services
The public sector is a key battleground for a progressive trade union strategy and for an alternative to neoliberalism in Europe. On the one hand the existence of a public … Keep reading »
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New Occupational Breast Cancer Study Challenges the Cancer Establishment
As part of a team of international researchers, we have produced a new epidemiological study[1] on the causes of breast cancer. This study adds considerable weight to a growing body … Keep reading »
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My Response to Three MPs’ Statements on CUPW
Federal Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Adler has said in a statement that a CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) newsletter was “radical” propaganda. He was supported by two … Keep reading »
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It’s Time to Decide: The Left, Austerity, and the People’s Assembly
The Peoples’ Assembly will meet in London on June 22, where thousands of those opposing the Coalition’s cuts will gather to work out a strategy to defeat austerity, and by … Keep reading »
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From the World Social Forum to the Arab Revolts
Tunisia, cradle of the revolts in the Arab world, hosts from today [26 March] and until Saturday the World Social Forum (WSF), the most important international meeting of social movements … Keep reading »
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Land For Those Who Work It
The land is a source of wealth for a few, here and on the other side of the planet. In the Spanish State, the housing boom has left a legacy … Keep reading »
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The World’s Debts Shall Not Be Repaid
“On the eve of the crisis, the bourgeois, with the self-sufficiency that springs from intoxicating prosperity, declares money to be a vain imagination. Commodities alone are money. But now the … Keep reading »
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The Cyprus Eurocrisis: The Beginning of the End of the Eurozone?
The Cyprus crisis is essentially a Eurozone crisis which threatens the very foundations of the European Union (EU). This small island economy, only 0.2 per cent of the Eurozone, is … Keep reading »
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The Crisis of the European Welfare State
An interview with Asbjørn Wahl Vladimir Simovic and Darko Vesic (VS and DV): Norway is considered as one of the most successful (economically, socially, etc.) countries in Europe and beyond. As … Keep reading »
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Ten Seldom Posed Progressive Demands for the Propertyless
And now for something completely different… The global economic crisis is into its sixth year. Every few months a new report details the continued growth in inequality between the haves … Keep reading »