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Occupation at the University of Sussex
‘Silent Grinding, Bit by Bit’ An interview with Maia Pal The last two years have seen an explosion of student strikes from Chile to Italy to Quebec. These do not yet account … Keep reading »
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No Sign of Peace or Reconciliation in France-Controlled Mali
France perpetrated two large deceptions in conducting its military intervention into Mali more than seven weeks ago. These have been universally accepted in mainstream media reporting. The first is that … Keep reading »
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A Ghost is Haunting Slovenia, the Ghost of Revolution!
At the moment that I am writing this text, the massive social uprising in Slovenia continues and enters, with even fiercer political determination, into a new stage of political maturity. … Keep reading »
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Privatization and Public Transit in Toronto
The 2012 Provincial Auditor’s Report on Metrolinx Metrolinx, a Government of Ontario agency, has a mandate to “co-ordinate and integrate all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area” … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Response to Devaluation Measures in Venezuela
We agree that the government decision to devalue the Bolivar can be an important step toward providing greater funds for social programs and the state budget at all levels, reducing … Keep reading »
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Reshaping Fiscal Policies In Europe
Enforcing Austerity, Attacking Democracy On December 9th 2011 the European Council announced a new Fiscal Compact, as part of the series of measures undertaken in order to resolve the Eurozone sovereign … Keep reading »
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Campus Fightbacks in the Age of Austerity
Learning from Quebec Students The 2012 Quebec student strikes delivered one of the few victories we have seen in anti-austerity struggles in the Canadian state. The mobilization, which at its high … Keep reading »
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Is the World Social Forum of Use for Popular Struggles?
Are the Social Forum Formulas Adequate to that Effect? 1. The undeniable success of the World Social Forums (and of the national and regional forums), from their first edition (Porto Allegre … Keep reading »
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Europe: Existential Danger: New Political Challenges
In Europe we are at a new stage of class confrontation. Despite the systemic crisis not only of finance but of the whole of the mode of accumulation and reproduction … Keep reading »
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Choosing Not to Look Away: Confronting Colonialism in Canada
Canada has “no history of colonialism.” So said Stephen Harper in 2009. Today the Idle No More movement is shouting down this lie through actions both creative and courageous. In … Keep reading »
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The High Stakes of Native Resistance
The blossoming of the Idle No More movement signals the return of native resistance to the political and social landscape of Canada and Quebec. With its origins in Saskatchewan in … Keep reading »
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In Walmart and Fast Food, Unions Scaling Up a Strike-First Strategy
Small but highly publicized strikes by Walmart retail and warehouse workers last fall set the labour movement abuzz and gained new respect for organizing methods once regarded skeptically. “The labour … Keep reading »