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The Bipartisan Assault on Higher Education
Barack Obama and Republican Party Presidential nominee Mitt Romney agree that the Stafford loan program should be maintained at a 3.4 per cent interest rate, rather than being allowed to … Keep reading »
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Syriza’s Rise
The rise of Syriza, Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left, in the May elections and in polls since has changed the political landscape of Europe. Michalis Spourdalakis, professor of political … Keep reading »
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Workers at CP Get Railroaded
On May 23, 4800 CP Rail workers went on strike after giving a 72-hour strike notice on May 19. The workers, represented by the Teamsters Rail Conference of Canada, had … Keep reading »
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Government Repression of Quebec Student Movement Sparks Massive Protests
Quebec’s student movement and the swelling ranks of its popular allies staged a massive rally and march in Montreal on May 22 in favour of the students’ fight for free, … Keep reading »
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Red Square, Everywhere
With Quebec Student Strikers, Against Repression The Charest government has turned to repression to try to break the largest and longest student strike in Quebec history. Students had already endured heavy-handed … Keep reading »
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Mexico: Populist Lopez Obrador Moves Up in Polls
Keynesian Impulses Give Way to Appeals to Business Mexico’s voters face an increasingly murky choice in the rapidly approaching July 1 national election between three conservative, pro-business candidates and a populist … Keep reading »
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NATO Reality Check: Protestors in Chicago Can Fatally Fracture NATO
The NATO summit in Chicago, on 20-21 May, will be a lightening-rod for protest. This is a historic moment when peace activists have an opportunity to deflect NATO’s current trajectory … Keep reading »
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Quebec Students Mobilize Against Draconian Law Aimed at Breaking Four-Month Strike
The strike of post-secondary students in Quebec has taken a dramatic turn with the provincial government rushing adoption of a special law on May 18 to suspend the school year … Keep reading »
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Quebec Government Bludgeons Student Strikers With Emergency Law
But the Struggle Continues Quebec premier Jean Charest announced May 16 that he will introduce emergency legislation to end the militant student strike, now in its 14th week, that has shut … Keep reading »
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Impoverishing Europe
The crisis is not relinquishing its grip on Europe. From autumn 2008 to early 2009 the world market experienced the deepest slump in economic output since the Second World War. … Keep reading »
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Stop the Neoliberal Crisis Politics
Dispossess the Beneficiaries! We are experiencing the deepest crisis of capitalism since the great depression of the 1930s – and the European governments continue to pour oil on the fires! From … Keep reading »
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M15: A Look Toward the Future
Untimely and unexpected. That’s what the emergence of this movement of collective outrage at the Spanish state was. If we had been told on M14 (May 14th, 2011) the next … Keep reading »