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Lac-Mégantic: A Social and Ecological Tragedy
Québec has just experienced the most brutal ecological catastrophe of its history. On July 6, 2013, a train loaded with 72 cars carrying crude oil derailed during the night. It … Keep reading »
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Spanish State: They Want Us Poor, Silenced and Straight
The governing Popular Party (PP) is on a crusade – not only against fundamental rights such as health, education, housing, work, but also against sexual and reproductive freedoms. The PP … Keep reading »
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The War on Public School Teachers
New Unions, New Alliances, New Politics The U.S. working-class was slow to respond to the hard times it faced during and after the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Finally, however, in February, … Keep reading »
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“Não Nos Representam!” — A Left Beyond the Workers Party?
Introduction: The Limits of a Good Idea It started as a good idea. Rather than taking the path of the old Latin American left, in the form of the guerrilla movement, … Keep reading »
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Why are Canada’s Trains Vulnerable?
Good Old Capitalist Cost-Cutting The fireball in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, flashed around the world last week as a very hot news item. Thirty-five people are now confirmed to have been killed, with … Keep reading »
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The Mass Protests in Brazil in June-July 2013
The mass movements starting in June 2013 were the largest and most significant protests in Brazil in a generation, and they have shaken up the country’s political system. Their explosive … Keep reading »
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Whither Brad Wall? Conservative Dilemmas
Arguably Brad Wall, leader of the Saskatchewan Party, has reached the pinnacle of his career as premier of Saskatchewan. In 2011, he made history with the largest popular vote victory … Keep reading »
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Fighting Austerity
Our Crisis and Rebuilding Unions from Below Dan Gallin is Chair of the Global Labour Institute (www.global-labour.org), a labour service organization established in 1997 with a secretariat in Geneva. This is … Keep reading »
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Bonapartist Coup in Egypt!
The near equality in strength of the two camps contending for power in Egypt led the army to stage a Bonapartist coup. It is not only the recent episode of … Keep reading »
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Student Debt and the American Dream
This interview is part of a larger piece on the student debt crisis in America the author wrote as an assignment for one of his classes at the Graduate School … Keep reading »
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Organized Labour in the Gezi Process
Reflections on a Popular Uprising and Weakened Organized Labour The recent wave of resistance that spread from a park in one of the historic neighbourhoods of Istanbul, Turkey has evoked significant … Keep reading »
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Labour in the Time of Cholera and Cancer
A recent book, The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills, makes the reasonable point that, “the price of austerity can be measured in human lives.”[1] Austerity programs have obvious negative impacts … Keep reading »