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Teachers’ Strikes and the Fight Against Austerity in Ontario
On January 3, Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten announced that she will be imposing concessionary contracts on the province’s teachers. This is a drastic attack on collective bargaining rights that … Keep reading »
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Austerity and Aboriginal Communities
An Interview with David Newhouse David Newhouse is Chair of the Indigenous Studies Department, and Associate Professor of Business Administration at Trent University. His works include Improving the Aboriginal Quality of Life: … Keep reading »
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Harper Launches Major First Nations Termination Plan
As Negotiating Tables Legitimize Canada’s Colonialism On September 4th the Harper government clearly signaled its intention to: 1) Focus all its efforts to assimilate First Nations into the existing federal and … Keep reading »
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Shared Hardships and Concerns Bind the Fates of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Haitians After the Earthquake
A social and political rights movement of Indigenous people is rising across Canada and making international headlines. Protests by the ‘Idle No More’ movement began last month and continue to … Keep reading »
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United Left National Convention: ‘This is the Spanish SYRIZA!’
On the last day of the 10th federal convention of the Spain’s United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU), Juan Peña, young IU organization secretary for the Castilian town of Valladolid, summed … Keep reading »
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Learning to Govern Ourselves: Venezuela’s National Network of Commoners
News of the deterioration of Chávez’s health has Venezuelans increasingly worried. While top government officials and opposition members were meeting behind closed doors in early December to discuss their next … Keep reading »
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Canada’s “Maple Spring”
From the Quebec Student Strike to the Movement Against Neoliberalism This article first appeared on the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-New York Office website. The 2012 student strike in Quebec is a lesson … Keep reading »
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Camaro Blues
GM’s mid-December announcement that the next generation Camaro will be produced in Lansing, Michigan not in Oshawa is cause for serious reflection among Canadian autoworkers. This relocation of production is … Keep reading »
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Free and Accessible Transit Now!
Toward A Red-Green Vision for Toronto Transit is a critical issue for people in Toronto, as in all major urban areas. More is at stake than reducing traffic congestion and gridlock. … Keep reading »
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21st Century Eco-Socialism? Struggles over Nature in Venezuela
Santiago Arconada was the first Community Coordinator for the Caracas metropolitan region of HIDROCAPITAL, the city’s water utility, and subsequently held several prominent positions in HIDROVEN, the national water company. … Keep reading »
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Egypt in Light of the Iranian Revolution: The restoration of a dictatorship?
The new constitution submitted to referendum by Mohamed Morsi, the president of Egypt elected with the support of the Freedom and Justice party, i.e. the political wing of the Muslim … Keep reading »
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Haiti’s New Dictatorship
What constitutes a dictatorship? Haiti had an election in 2006, which the popular candidate won. It had an election in 2011, which had one of the lowest turnouts in recent … Keep reading »