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Quebec’s ‘Red Square’ Movement: The Story So Far
In 2012 Quebec has been shaken by the most important social movement in the Canadian state since the 1970s. What began as a strike by students in Quebec’s universities and … Keep reading »
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Fighting for Land and Territory in Urban Caracas
An Interview with Héctor Madera Jeffery R. Webber and Susan Spronk (JW and SS): We’re here in Caracas, Venezuela, with Héctor Madera, one of the founders of the Comités de Tierras … Keep reading »
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Class Struggle in the Philippines
Trade union leader speaks in Vancouver and Toronto On August 2, Pete Pinlac of the MAKABAYAN labour and political center in the Philippines spoke at a public forum hosted by the … Keep reading »
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Greece: Syriza Shines a Light
Like a swan moving forward with relaxed confidence while paddling furiously beneath the surface, Syriza, the radical left coalition that could become the next government of Greece, is facing enormous … Keep reading »
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Syria Between Revolution and Counterrevolution
The struggle between the Baath regime of Bashar al-Assad and the popular masses of the city and country in Syria that started on 15 March 2011 seems to have consumed … Keep reading »
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Cockburn and Vidal: a Dying Breed
In just the last few weeks, the radical left has lost two of its most important, elegant and eccentric voices, Alexander Cockburn and Gore Vidal. Much (virtual) ink has already … Keep reading »
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Denmark: Red-Green Alliance Congress Grapples With Increased Influence
Red carpet and champagne marked the start of the first Red-Green Alliance (RGA) congress since the party tripled its mandate at a poll in September 2011. The 385 delegates representing … Keep reading »
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The New Student Rebellion and the Mexican Left
Challenging the Corporate Media and the Electoral Fraud Éramos silencio, éramos dolor, éramos opresión. Quisieron arrebatárnoslo todo y lo único que perdimos fue el miedo. Ya no seremos más una voz … Keep reading »
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Remembering Sask Oil: It Can Be Done!
This past week it was revealed that one of China’s state-owned oil corporations has made a bid to take over Nexen, one of the remaining four large oil corporations operating … Keep reading »
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The Day the Wheat Board Died
On August 1, 2012, the Conservative government will bring an end to a major Canadian institution and one of the world’s largest, longest-standing, and most successful “state trading enterprises.” After … Keep reading »
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Cheap Labour, Cheap Lives
Contextualizing Farm Worker Deaths in South Africa and Canada There is a passage from Olive Schreiner’s 1883 novel The Story of An African Farm where she describes the isolated existence of … Keep reading »
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Ed Miliband At the Miners’ Gala
A Red Dawn Over Durham? Although their histories are quite different, the British Labour Party and the U.S. Democrats have one thing in common: both like to avoid too much public … Keep reading »