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Perspectives on the U.S. Financial Crisis
It is time to take stock. The centrality of the American economy to the capitalist world – which now literally does encompass the whole world – has spread the financial … Keep reading »
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USW and the Fiasco at Dofasco
Rumours had been swirling for a few weeks about “a big one.” Then, on March 18, United Steelworkers (USW) Ontario District 6 Director Wayne Fraser and Dofasco/Mittal management both broke … Keep reading »
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‘Poverty Reduction’? Reforming without Reforms in a Neoliberal World
On June 21, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) took over a downtown Toronto park for and with the homeless. We were able to create a short lived space where … Keep reading »
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Global Finance, the Current Crisis and Challenges to the Dollar
It is not often that we find ourselves living through financial turmoil so serious that the International Monetary Fund calls it “the largest financial crisis in the United States since … Keep reading »
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Harvest of Injustice: The Oppression of Migrant Workers on Canadian Farms
Some say that nothing happens by chance. At the very least, it was a fortunate accident that my first job, when I arrived in Canada from Bolivia three years ago, … Keep reading »
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Death Spiral in Zimbabwe
Mediation, Violence and the GNU Would it not be easier In that case for the government To dissolve the people And elect another? — Bertolt Brecht, 1953. In March 2008 Zimbabweans … Keep reading »
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Pan-Africanists: Our Collective Duty to Zimbabwe
Experiences in Guyana, in Kenya and in Zimbabwe have taught us that it is a mistake to adopt western standards of victory as our own, write Horace Campbell and Eusi … Keep reading »
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‘Dare Anyone Say a Word?’: The CLC Convention of 2008
There is always something unsettling about people who say one thing and do another. There is for one thing the hypocrisy. Then, there is the uncertainty. It only takes a … Keep reading »
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Canadian Workers Demand Immediate End to War in Afghanistan
On 29 May 2008, the delegates at the national convention of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), representing more than three million workers from every region of Canada and Quebec, voted … Keep reading »
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Disaster in the Making: Canada Concludes Its Free Trade Agreement With Colombia
What’s the monetary value of a Colombian trade unionist’s life? As it turns out, it depends on how many are killed in a given year since the potential fines the … Keep reading »
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Falling Wages, High Prices and the Failure of an Export-Oriented Economy
In April 2008, after a wave of protests over low wages and high food prices, including an attempt to generate a general strike by many workers and social activists on … Keep reading »
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Building its Ties to Colombia: Canada’s Imperial Adventure in the Andes
On May 5th, 2008 Canada’s Trade Minister, David Emerson, proudly declared that Canada is “very close” to concluding free trade negotiations with Colombia. According to Foreign Affairs officials, a deal … Keep reading »