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The Ontario Government’s Plans for Healthcare Privatization and Seniors: Ontario Health Coalition Responds
The Ontario Conservative government of Doug Ford released what it called a five-point healthcare plan this morning in a press conference. In summary: On COVID-19 there was nothing new. On … Keep reading »
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Statements of Solidarity with Walden Bello
Speaking truth to power is not a crime: drop charges against Walden Bello, decriminalize libel & cyberlibel Focus on the Global South On Monday, 8 August 2022, Dr. Walden Bello was … Keep reading »
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‘The Canary in the Coal Mine’: Sri Lanka’s Crisis is a Chronicle Foretold
Sri Lanka’s acute economic crisis and sovereign debt default, along with its people’s uprising in 2022, has drawn attention across the world. It is described as the ‘canary in the … Keep reading »
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Ontario Government Refuses to Address the Healthcare Crisis
The Doug Ford government re-released its spring Budget this week with a new first quarter fiscal and economic update providing a little bit more information – albeit from a government … Keep reading »
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National Strike Called on Cost of Living Crisis in South Africa
On August 5, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) held its second Working Class Summit. This was the first gathering since July 2018, and since the COVID-19 pandemic, … Keep reading »
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Lean Production Is Not a Solution
Matt Vidal’s framing of lean production as a neutral technology that provides openings for worker empowerment and participation is mistaken. It is a production system that bolsters the cost-reduction capacities … Keep reading »
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Standing Together: Neoliberalism, Palestine and Progressive Politics in Israel
Daniel Randall (DR): Can you give an overview of the political situation in Israel, as it approaches new elections? Uri Weltmann (UW): Israel will soon hold its fifth parliamentary elections … Keep reading »
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Antagonism and Contradictions in Sri Lanka
“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen,” as Lenin never actually said. The estrangement between the regime-state in Sri Lanka and its core constituencies, … Keep reading »
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It’s Time for Salting to Make a Comeback: The New Terrain for Union Organizing
At Starbucks, Amazon, UPS, and many other workplaces, there are enormous opportunities for radicals to organize on shop floors. If you want to rebuild the labor movement, get a job and start organizing with your coworkers. Keep reading »
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The WTO and Vaccinations: Greed and Profits Win
The health of all people is being sacrificed to Big Pharma profits and rich countries’ saber-rattling sanctions. Meanwhile, other countries are capable of meeting the world’s vaccine needs. Keep reading »
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Climate Collapse and the Responsibility of the Military
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death” – Martin Luther King. Everything is … Keep reading »
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The Left, Inflation and Monetary Policy
The return of high inflation after the global pandemic poses a major political and analytical challenge for labour and the left. On top of cuts to real wages resulting from … Keep reading »