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Beware the Canadian Austerity Model
Paul Martin was Canada’s Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2003, then served a short term as Prime Minister (December 2003 to February 2006). He spoke on Canada’s 1990s debt … Keep reading »
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Cochabamba: Climate Justice Has a New Program and New Hope for Victory
On April 22, a mass international assembly in Cochabamba, Bolivia, adopted a charter for action to protect our planet from ecological devastation. Following the failed climate negotiations in Copenhagen in … Keep reading »
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A State of Terror: The Death of Human Rights in the Philippines
“We continue to work because of hope for freedom, and trust in the capacity of the people to unite and change the system of oppression” — Congressman Neri Colmenares of … Keep reading »
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Greece: Driven into Crisis
Neoliberal order reigns in the world. Stock markets are recovering from the crash in the fall of 2008. Private banks are no longer weighed down by bad loans that were … Keep reading »
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May First: High Noon in Nepal
“You must come to Kathmandu with shroud cloth wrapped around your heads and flour in your bags. It will be our last battle. If we succeed, we survive, else it … Keep reading »
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Who Pays for the Crisis?
The ‘Special Diet’ Cut – An Injury to One… The Liberal Government of Ontario’s decision in the spring Budget to eliminate the ‘Special Diet’ will remove the one means by which … Keep reading »
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Ontario’s Big Pharma Drug War
The Ontario government has recently announced major changes to the way that it will pay for generic drugs for those covered under its public drug plan, primarily people 65 and … Keep reading »
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Memories of Michel
Michel Chartrand, an outstanding leader of the Quebec labour, nationalist, socialist and social justice movements, died on April 12 at the age of 93. A multitude of Québécois worked with … Keep reading »
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Canadian Funding for the Only Palestinian Research Center in Israel Cut
Added to the list of civil society organizations under attack in Canada by the Harper government’s devastating position on the Zionist-Palestinian conflict is MADA al-Carmel, the Haifa based Arab Center … Keep reading »
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What Kind of Palestinian State in 2011?
In December 2007, the Palestinian National Authority (PA), in close consultation with donor states and institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, proposed the Palestinian Reform and … Keep reading »
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BOLIVIA: Bittersweet Victory Highlights Obstacles for Process of Change
Although final figures will not be known until April 24, the results of Bolivia’s April 4 regional elections have ratified the continued advance of the “democratic and cultural revolution” led … Keep reading »
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Call for Margaret Atwood to Join Cultural Boycott of Israel
The Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiative (PACBI) has issued a statement encouraging Margaret Atwood not to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University (TAU). … Keep reading »