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Cuba: The Single Party System Confronts the Crisis
A critical perspective from a Cuban historian None of the ostensibly post-capitalist regimes established since 1917 has managed to find a way to sustain mass democratic forms of governance and to … Keep reading »
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Living with the Virus? Personal Responsibility Is Not Enough.
In a much discussed editorial in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Kamran Abbasi focused on the need to make governments accountable for failing to protect citizens from the COVID-19 pandemic, … Keep reading »
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Latin America’s Dilemmas Reflected on the Streets of Colombia
In one of the regions contributing most to the global increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, amid health chaos, unemployment, hunger and escalating inequality, workers, students and … Keep reading »
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Climate Disaster: On the brink – the Scenario that the IPCC is not Modelling
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I has presented its Climate Change 2021: Physical Science Basis report as a contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report on climate … Keep reading »
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Nuclear Arms Race in the Asia-Pacific Region: Denuclearize as Solidarity with the People of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
I am honored to bring heartfelt greetings of solidarity to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the participants of this World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, from … Keep reading »
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Cuban Dilemmas, Socialist Debates
The situation created in Cuba following the events of July 11th raises questions on a number of levels for those of us fighting for a society free from class exploitation … Keep reading »
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Ontario Government: Hospital Workers Should Work Harder
With as much fanfare as it could muster, the Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford re-announced its Budget plan of $300-million for hospitals to deal with the backlog of surgeries … Keep reading »
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Education Under Neoliberal Capitalism
Neoliberalism has radically restructured the sphere of education. Under the present-day social structure of accumulation, education has been reduced to intellectual labour-power. Intellectual labour – on the most general level … Keep reading »
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Science for the People: Remembering A Great Scientific Crusader – Richard Lewontin
Lewontin fought a lifelong battle against racism, imperialism and capitalist oppression. Keep reading »
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Climate Vandalism: The Earth is Burning
Phil Hearse investigates the latest stage of climate disaster, which threatens to unleash a cascade of unstoppable weather changes. Keep reading »
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The 2021 World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs
The 2021 World Conference against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs, taking place (August 2) shortly after the historic achievement of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of … Keep reading »
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Feminist Protests in Palestine
Palestine looks back on a long history of women organizing dating back to as early as 1917, as well as a vibrant history of women’s social and political participation in … Keep reading »