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Will U.S. Labour Challenge Austerity?
Across the U.S., working-class people are struggling, scraping together meager sums in order to get by. In state and local governments throughout the country, workers are watching public services slashed … Keep reading »
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A European Strategy for the Left
The global effects of the crisis have been made even worse by what is happening in Europe. For thirty years the contradictions of capitalism have been overcome with the help … Keep reading »
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Halo Came Off Canadian Recovery as 2010 Drew to Close
Canada’s recovery from the 2008-09 recession ground to a painful halt during the second half of 2010. The economy created no net new jobs from the summer onward, economic growth … Keep reading »
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Opening Ontario and Constraining Collective Bargaining
The Case of Carleton’s Capitalist University As austerity measures intensify around the world, the axe has come down particularly hard on post-secondary education.[1] So-called education ‘reform’ has shown itself to be … Keep reading »
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Portugal: The Prospect of a Full Bailout and More Austerity Looms in 2011
A full financial bailout of Portugal involving the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks set to happen in the first half of 2011. This will … Keep reading »
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What’s Happening On The Korean Peninsula?
What’s happening on the Korean peninsula? If you read the press or listen to the talking heads, your best guess would be that an insane North Korean regime is willing … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Solidarity or Colonial Complicity? Quebec Unions and Asbestos
The struggle for workplace health and safety is undoubtedly one of the most noble aspects of the labour movement. It is a struggle for human dignity, the refusal of workers … Keep reading »
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Public Sector Unions and the Consultations for Austerity
Nearly six months have gone since the G20 Summit in Toronto when we supposedly entered what some have referred to as “permanent austerity” – the “new normal” of capitalist social … Keep reading »
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Bottom of the 4th Inning of the Great Game: Afghanistan is Now Open for Business
Many of the Canadian military, police, and civilian personnel who risk their lives in Afghanistan truly believe they are fighting a just war of good against evil. But America’s and … Keep reading »
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Message to the U.S. – Blame the Wars, not China
There is a growing chorus of voices in the media and the academy singling out the actions of the Chinese state as central to the dilemmas of the world economy. … Keep reading »
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European Monetary Union: Muddling Through, Falling Apart, Going Where?
Springtime in Athens, Dublin in the fall. Lisbon next time or Madrid? The sparks of public deficits, foreign debt, and soaring risk premiums have lit a fire of fiscal and … Keep reading »
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Student Protests and the Emerging Discontent of Youth
The “iPod generation” have long been written off as apathetic, pampered wasters; a collection of illiterate Nathan Barleys draining their parents resources. Yet, from the storming of Tory HQ to … Keep reading »