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Union Organizing at Amazon
Has the Labor Board Provided a Way Forward or Another Detour? In 2020, Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store … Keep reading »
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Stop the War! An Appeal for a Europe of Peace
transform! europe condemns the attack that Russia, under the governance of Vladimir Putin, has launched upon Ukraine. We reject the use of military force against a sovereign state, just as … Keep reading »
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No to War. For a Transnational Politics of Peace
In these weeks we saw the escalation of tensions between world powers under the astonished eyes of those who are struggling to recover their lives from two years of pandemic. … Keep reading »
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LeftEast: Against Putin’s Imperial War Against Ukraine
The members of LeftEast collective are aghast at the violent military aggression that has escalated into war in Ukraine. It threatens to cast our region into bloodshed of a scale … Keep reading »
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Pacific Northwest: The Salmon Fishery, Climate Change and the Eco-System
The salmon stories project collects and archives stories from everyday people living on the edges of the Pacific Northwest bioregion, who have a connection with salmon in some way. Keep reading »
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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 »