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Why Peace and Disarmament Are at the Heart of Nonalignment
As our world spirals toward the catastrophe of nuclear war, there has never been a greater need for a new global balancing, a rejection of great power war, exploitation, and … Keep reading »
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The Eighteen Percent Tory Majority: What Now for Education in Ontario?
There’s something happening here But what it is ain’t exactly clear. – “For What It’s Worth” There’s something happening here. But it’s not Buffalo Springfield singing the song and it’s … Keep reading »
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Classes and Politics: Common Sense in the Form of Theory
A review of The Class Matrix: Social Theory after the Cultural Turn by Vivek Chibber. Harvard University Press, 2022. 224 pp. In the politically contested disciplines – the humanities and … Keep reading »
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Farming and Food Struggles in Palestine
Palestinians are organizing CSA programs and small farms to become food sovereign and protect their culture against colonialism. Keep reading »
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Trade Union Activists Arrested in Iran: Teachers and Bus Workers Singled Out
Since May Day 2022, a number of trade union activists, especially related to the teachers’ unions and the bus workers’ union, have been arrested in Iran, and are being interrogated … Keep reading »
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Precarity and Green Unionism
In a real sense, under capitalism, all workers are precarious, meaning that they can be downsized, replaced, deskilled, outsourced, and so on. It’s simply a matter of degree. The latest … Keep reading »
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We Have a Problem: Live with our eyes open without allowing ourselves to be defeated
It is July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 manned space mission lands on our Moon, and a few hours later, Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the lunar surface, … Keep reading »
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India Has a Key Role to Play in a Possible New World Order
In the first half of April 2022, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made some revealing remarks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. He was standing beside US Secretary … Keep reading »
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How Unions Are Backing BDS
Major unions and labor federations in Oregon recently passed unprecedented resolutions calling for divestment from an Israeli company over its human rights abuses. In March, both the American Federation of … Keep reading »
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Reasons to be Hopeful: Reflections on the Second SAFTU Congress
The second congress of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has just drawn to a close. More than 700 delegates from all of its affiliates gathered to discuss … Keep reading »
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Hundreds Protest North America’s Largest Weapons Fair
Hundreds of lobbyists in Ottawa represent arms dealers not only competing for military contracts, but also lobbying the government to shape the policy priorities to fit the military equipment they … Keep reading »
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Fund Public Transit, Not a New Highway
During a press conference in Ottawa on Monday (May 30), Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford focused on his plan to “help” commuters by widening a five-kilometre stretch of Highway … Keep reading »