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Canada: “Cheek by Jowl” With U.S. on COIN in Afghanistan
July 2011 and beyond, no country will have been more closely integrated with U.S. President Barack Obama and Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan than the Canadians. Shortly after … Keep reading »
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Crisis, Populist Neoliberalism and the Limits to Democracy in Mexico
Forbes magazine recently placed two Mexicans, Carlos Slim and Joaquín Guzmán, high on their list of the most powerful people in the world. Carlos Slim is the world’s third-richest man … Keep reading »
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Québec solidaire: A Left-of-the-Left Formation?
The first decade of the 21st century has seen the rise of new ‘left of the left’ formations in several Western countries. The best known cases are the Nouveau Parti … Keep reading »
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Ottawa Citizen Smears Progressive Activists
It’s not every day that the Ottawa Citizen mentions Socialist Voice, but on November 30 the pillar of the Canwest media empire broke its silence – and misquoted us as … Keep reading »
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Quebec Left Debates Independence Strategy
LAVAL — Québec solidaire, the left-wing party founded almost four years ago, held its fifth convention in this Montréal suburb on November 20-22. About 300 elected delegates debated and adopted … Keep reading »
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Vigorous Activism Can Defeat the Denialists
A lesson from Seattle for Copenhagen Preparations for the December 7-18 Copenhagen climate summit are going as expected, including a rare sighting of the African elites’ stiffened spines. That’s a great … Keep reading »
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Canada Must Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan Immediately
I have just completed a two-week speaking tour across Canada, bringing a message to the great people of this country: The people of Afghanistan are fed up with the occupation … Keep reading »
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Canadian Government Rocked by Accusations of Abuse, Torture of Afghan Prisoners
The Canadian government’s war effort in Afghanistan has been shaken by new accusations that Afghans detained by Canadian forces were tortured and abused. The charges were made by Richard Colvin, … Keep reading »
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Maxico part 2: The Fightback
Mexico: The Murder of a Union and the Rebirth of Class Struggle The Fightback: From Protest to Rebellion? The government’s blitzkrieg attack on the SME has failed to destroy the resistance. … Keep reading »
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Mexico: The Murder of a Union and the Rebirth of Class Struggle
Part 1: The New Assault “Brothers, companeros, comrades: we must convert the rage, the anger and the helplessness into superior organization, into unified and convergent projects, into cultivating unity without distinctions … Keep reading »
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Museum Workers at War
Precarious Employment and the Public Sector Squeeze The casualization of labour has placed many workers in a position of precariousness forcing them into a state of perpetual insecurity characteristic of the … Keep reading »
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Realities Collide at Halifax “War Conference”
While the world’s top military elites gather inside a fortified hotel to discuss NATO’s future, protesters question the organisation’s legitimacy, secrecy, and the lack of democratic debate about the increasingly … Keep reading »