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The Dangers of Working-Class Women’s Football: 100 Years After the English FA Ban
For many sports fans in Canada, the most memorable moment of this past summer’s Olympic Games in Japan was the triumph of the Canadian women’s soccer team, a heart-stopping penalty-shootout … Keep reading »
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‘So Far from God, so Close to the United States’: Responding to Biden’s Buy-American Auto Rebates
The recently passed US “Build Back Better Act” includes a section that is causing great angst for America’s co-signers of the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA).* Justified as addressing the environmental … Keep reading »
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Protecting Seniors? Bill 37 and the Ontario Crisis in Long-Term Care
The ‘new’ Ontario Long-Term Care legislation, Bill 37 Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021, has been referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly … Keep reading »
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COP26 Gives It Up to the Capitalists
The Glasgow Conference (COP26) should have given priority to 1) making good on the promise of the “developed” countries to contribute to the Green Climate Fund, from 2020 onwards, at … Keep reading »
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The Quebec Mix: Racism, French, Austerity, Climate, Biodiversity
An emerging anti-capitalism which heralds the convergence of struggles The televised English debate during the federal elections (September 9, 2021) began with the controversial question to Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet: … Keep reading »
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Conversion of the Arms Industry: Time to Cut the Pentagon Budget
Limitless military spending doesn’t help workers like me. Green, union jobs do. Keep reading »
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India: Statement on Repeal of Farm Laws
After over 15 months of farmers protests, Modi has finally been made to accept defeat and to come out and announce the repeal of the three farm laws. Keep reading »
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COP26: Dangerous Omissions, Amplifying Feedbacks, Human Fatalities
November 2021 saw the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP26). This year the meeting was held in Glasgow. The COP is the global governing body made up … Keep reading »
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Why Our Climate Isn’t Jumping for Joy After COP26
Two major gains took place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Glasgow, Scotland, which concluded on November 13: the first was that there would be another COP … Keep reading »
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Quebec: Class Struggles over Occupational Health and Safety
Bill 59 (now Law 27) on occupational health and safety was adopted, as amended, at the end of September by the National Assembly, against the unanimous opposition of the unions, … Keep reading »
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A Path to a Livable Future?
As climate change leads humanity’s march to Armageddon, data surfacing during late 2021 suggests that the march could be much briefer than previously thought. “Nature is starting to emit greenhouse … Keep reading »
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US Workers in Motion: An Assessment of Labor’s Gains
The news has recently highlighted labor’s growing activism, publishing numerous stories about high quit rates, threatened and actual strikes, and wage gains. While these stories do capture the anger and … Keep reading »