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• The Caribbean and Latin America at the Rendezvous of History

  In 2004 two events sent shock waves across the Caribbean Sea, presenting us with two radically different blueprints for future hemispheric relations. In February a combined force of American, Canadian … Keep reading »

  Latin America  •  October 20, 2009  •  Melanie Newton
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  Ford Canada Concessions: Could it Signal the End of an Era?

  While the CAW and Ford enter into another round of concessions bargaining – in the wake of concessions in the UAW – there is an argument to be made that … Keep reading »

  Labour  •  October 19, 2009  •  Herman Rosenfeld and Euan Gibb
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  The Canadian Media Oligopoly Against Media Democracy

  To observe that the North American media is dominated by corporate oligopolies serving commercial interests and squeezing out critical voices is to state the obvious. Media concentration in Canada is … Keep reading »

  Canada, Culture/Media  •  October 16, 2009  •  Tanner Mirrlees

• What’s Wrong with Ontario’s Health Ministry and How to Fix It

  Health Minister David Caplan’s resignation is the right thing in the wake of scathing Provincial Auditor’s reports and repeated exorbitant salary revelations at the Ministry of Health (MOH). Undoubtedly in … Keep reading »

  Public Goods  •  October 14, 2009  •  Natalie Mehra
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  Is Canada More pro-Israel than the U.S.?

  In June, Israel began barring some North Americans with Palestinian-sounding names entry through Ben Gurion Airport. Forced to reroute through a land-border crossing that connects the West Bank with Jordan, … Keep reading »

  International Relations  •  October 12, 2009  •  Yves Engler
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  Growing Concerns, Coming Battles

  Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Policies The Canadian government has recently been signalling that it is going to introduce changes to Canada’s refugee determination system. For some time the Conservative government of … Keep reading »

  Anti-Racism, Canada  •  October 7, 2009  •  No One Is Illegal – Toronto

• Hand-Washing Is Not Enough

  Fighting the Spread of H1N1 And Other Deadly Infections Requires Permanent and Highly-Trained Workers The view of a former hospital cleaner With the worldwide emergence of H1N1 influenza and the World … Keep reading »

  Canada  •  October 6, 2009  •  Steven Kennedy

• Against Concessions: CAW – UAW Rank and File Solidarity

  In the spring of 2008, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, opened contract talks early to negotiate a concessionary contract in order to give the Detroit Three auto makers (Chrysler, … Keep reading »

  Labour  •  October 2, 2009  •  Lindsay Hinshelwood

• The German Federal Elections

  Centre-Right Wins Majority,Social Democracy Suffers Crushing Defeat,The Left Receives a Boost Conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was leading a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 2005, will also … Keep reading »

  International Relations  •  October 1, 2009  •  Ingo Schmidt

• What’s in Play at Pittsburgh?

  The London G-20 summit last fall may go down in history as the meeting that saved the world. That’s a huge exaggeration of course, but leaders did agree to a … Keep reading »

  Economy  •  September 14, 2009  •  Andrew Jackson
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  Down in the Vale: Sudbury Steelworkers Strike at Vale Inco

  For a valley so used to being torn up, spit out, and poisoned daily, everything is eerily quiet in and around Sudbury, Ontario these days. Beginning June 1st with a … Keep reading »

  Labour  •  September 13, 2009  •  Petra Veltri

• Anti-Privatization Protests in Serbia

  Interview with Milenko Sreckovic,prepared by the Global Balkans Network The IMF recently concluded a one-week mission to Serbia, during which it extended the second-tranche of a EUR 4.3-billion loan package to … Keep reading »

  Social Movements  •  September 11, 2009