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Climate-Damage Denialism: Setting the Social Cost of Carbon
Dr. Patrick Bond’s submission to the South African National Treasury’s taxation document for the oil and gas sectors, 7 February 2022. I am a University of Johannesburg professor, specialising in … Keep reading »
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The Abortion Crisis and the Legacy of Activism
Beginning September 1, 2021, the state of Texas enacted the most aggressive challenge to Roe v. Wade (1973) since the decision was handed down by a Court packed with justices … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Alt-Right ‘Freedom’ Rage
Canada has been rocked in recent weeks by the ‘Freedom Convoys’ that have descended on the various cities and blocked border crossings across the country. Keep reading »
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Prospects for the Teamsters Under New Leadership
The victory of the OZ slate in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union, headed by Sean O’Brien and Fred Zuckerman and backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), … Keep reading »
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‘Sounding the Alarm’: Ontario Workers and the Ford Government
Labour Committee SP “Ontario workers are sounding the alarm,” begins a statement by the Ontario Federation of Labour on January 20th, demanding the Ontario Doug Ford government change course in … Keep reading »
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Resisting Fossil Fuel Extractavism in South Africa
Hosken Consolidated Investment (HCI) CEO, Johnny Copelyn, declared the criticism of seismic surveys to be ‘poppycock’ in an interview with Cape Talk and subsequently carried by Business Day under the … Keep reading »
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The Workings of Commodified Education
Under the neoliberal accumulation regime, a shift takes place in the internal dynamics of the educational system. Insofar as public education is either privatized or forced to operate along competitive … Keep reading »
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The Blockade Against Cuba Turns 60
It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last … Keep reading »
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The Fourth Transformation and the Future of Mexico
In July 2018, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) won Mexico’s Presidential election in a landslide. Before the formal swearing-in ceremony on December 1, AMLO was already announcing bold, if not … Keep reading »
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Portugal Elections: ‘Socialist’ Party wins but Defeat for Left
The general election in Portugal (January 30) was triggered last October by the decision of the anti-capitalist Bloco Esquerda (Left Bloc) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) to vote down … Keep reading »
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Cruel System of Domination: Amnesty on Israeli Apartheid
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) welcomes Amnesty International’s valuable and comprehensive report, Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity. Placing Israel’s apartheid regime … Keep reading »
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World March of Women: Grassroots Feminist Vision into Action
The World March of Women (WMW) is a feminist, internationalist, anticapitalist, and anticolonial movement organized from local coordinations in 51 countries and territories. The movement’s coordination has previously been located … Keep reading »