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What Does India Get Out of Being Part of ‘The Quad’?
Australia has joined the US and UK games to contain China, leaving India unclear in the Quad and isolated in Asia. India is gradually losing strategic autonomy. Keep reading »
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GM Silao Workers Reject Protection Contract
In a precedent-setting test of Mexico’s labour justice reform, workers at the General Motors (GM) truck assembly plant in Silao, Guanajuato, have voted to reject a protection contract between their … Keep reading »
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Teachers and Education Beyond Symbolism: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Symbolism is powerful. It can be misused horrifically as a tool of dominance and loathing. But consider symbols countering hate, division and racism: “Black Lives Matter,” smashing the Berlin wall, … Keep reading »
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Does Capitalism Make Us Crazy?
Does capitalism make us crazy? The short answer is YES! Life under capitalist rule is perilous. We can’t survive on our own, and we can’t rely on society to support … Keep reading »
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German Election: Losses for Establishment Parties, Defeat for Die Linke
The parties in the “grand coalition” of Angela Merkel’s government, the conservative CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union) and the SPD (Social Democratic Party) attracted only a quarter of the … Keep reading »
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Building Back Better or Return to Austerity?
The COVID-19 pandemic is ebbing. Governments have amassed unprecedented debts in responding to this public health threat. Soon a choice must be made as to which direction we follow: build … Keep reading »
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The Meaning of Macron: Lessons from the Fifth Republic
France has always had a slippery status within comparative political economy. Once upheld as an ideal model of a planned capitalist economy during the Les Trente Glorieuses of the postwar … Keep reading »
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The Dangerous Turn in the Arms Race in the Pacific
On 16 September 2021, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the President of the United States of America, announced an enhanced trilateral security … Keep reading »
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In the Wake of the Pandemic: The Rebirth of Climate Mobilizations
One-hundred-thousand students strike. Fifteen-to-twenty thousand demonstrate in Quebec. More than 110,000 students in Quebec went on strike September 24, according to the Coalition étudiante pour un virage environnemental et social (CEVES … Keep reading »
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Hybrid Learning Is Not Learning: Cuts, and Educational Inequalities in Ontario
“Hybrid learning is not learning. It is a cheap cover-up for the fact that this government abandoned students in their time of need.” — Deborah Buchanan-Walford, Teacher. Let’s clear up … Keep reading »
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The Struggle for Development: The Labouring Classes in Turkey
The below is drawn from the preface for the newly published Turkish edition of The Struggle for Development, first published in 2017. The original edition aimed to root development thinking … Keep reading »
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Canada: No Change
Canada’s Liberal Party prime minister Justin Trudeau has managed to get re-elected for the third time in the snap general election he called. The Liberals won or were leading in … Keep reading »