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Lock-Outs: The newly embedded right to strike turns out to be a retractable privilege
In Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley wrote: “There are more ways to kill a cat than choking it with cream.” What he left unsaid is that, no matter how you do … Keep reading »
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Assad’s Fall, Turkey’s Victory? A Critical Appraisal
On 8th of December, Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria collapsed, and it is reported that he fled to Moscow. What could not be achieved in almost 14 years was … Keep reading »
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Refusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World
On February 8, 2024, Earth reached a new milestone. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that mean temperature in the previous 12 months had been more than 1.5 … Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism’s Plague: The Erosion of Conscience in Education
Neoliberalism is a systemic force of political, economic, and cultural violence, fostering despair while obliterating any vision of justice, solidarity, or care. Keep reading »
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Trump and the Holding Environment
There are certainly a number of highly political and socioeconomic insights about the Trump catastrophe, and here I offer some psychoanalytic ideas about [US President-elect] Donald Trump and his hold … Keep reading »
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How Different is the Fourth Israeli Invasion of Lebanon?
This past year’s new round of conflict and war between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon has once again plunged Lebanon into a dangerous predicament. The recent war marks the … Keep reading »
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: On the Breakdown of the Traffic Light Coalition in Germany
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) showed strong leadership twice: when he announced a turning point in rearmament after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And when he dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner … Keep reading »
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The Conflicted Transformation of CAW-Unifor: A Review of Shifting Gears
Recent commentaries on the political trajectory of the major private sector union in Canada, CAW-Unifor, have often had a rather simplistic and problematic perspective. That the CAW-Unifor (the latter being … Keep reading »
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IJV Condemns Police Repression Against Palestine Solidarity Movement
Across Canada and internationally, we are seeing a marked rise in violent repression of the Palestine solidarity movement. Independent Jewish Voices condemns the mounting criminalization of Palestine solidarity activism, and … Keep reading »
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In Ukraine, the Real Desire to Sacrifice Oneself for the State is Very Weak
Volodymyr Ishchenko is a Ukrainian sociologist who was politically active and took part in several left-wing initiatives in Ukraine before moving to Germany in 2019. Ishchenko currently works at the … Keep reading »
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Israel’s Sick Sense of Humour
With all the talk about a ceasefire in Lebanon, the following news about AI (artificial intelligence) may have got lost. The Israelis and their supporters like to laugh about the … Keep reading »
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In Belgium, The PTB Wants To “Awaken Class Consciousness”
For the Marxist Belgian Workers’ Party (PTB), electoral success doesn’t come at the expense but because of building strong organisation. Keep reading »