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Community Fridges and Mutual Aid Amid the Pandemic
The COVID-19 global pandemic has revealed many things about the structural social inequalities of capitalism – from the class and global inequalities of access to public healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Keep reading »
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Internationalism or Extinction
Returning to the major crises we face at this historic moment, all are international, and two internationals are forming to confront them. One is opening today: the Progressive International. The … Keep reading »
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United Front or Bust
People lie. People cheat. People steal. Some get punished. Some wind up taking the punishment for someone else. That’s the way of this wicked world. But a wise man once … Keep reading »
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Attawapiskat First Nation versus De Beers Diamond Mine
Massive Garbage Dump in Fragile Wetlands Habitat? In May 2019, production at De Beer’s Victor diamond mine on the traditional territories of Attawapiskat First Nation came to an end. In all, … Keep reading »
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Sunset for Podemos: A Farewell?
The creation of Podemos (We Can) in the Spanish state was an important attempt to build an anti-neoliberal and pluralist mass party to the left of social-liberalism. That experience, which … Keep reading »
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Health Coalition Demands that Ontario Government Stop Privatizing Healthcare
The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) expressed deep concern about the Doug Ford government’s privatization of healthcare services, the lack of a coherent plan for a second-wave of COVID-19, and cuts … Keep reading »
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COVID-19 and Class Struggle in France
Protests and strikes are on the rise across France against deteriorating working conditions, job losses and Macron’s woeful response to the COVID crisis. Keep reading »
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Donald Trump: Emperor of the Lumpen Proletariat or the Stalin of Capitalist Counter-Revolution?
Donald Trump defies easy classification. His location within the politics of class eludes precise definition. If there is no doubt that he functions in the interests of capital, his capacity … Keep reading »
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What Happened to PPE Production in Canada?
Joint Statement on Domestic Production of N95 Respirators On August 21 the federal and Ontario governments announced major subsidies for 3M Canada to expand its Brockville plant, and starting in early … Keep reading »
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Where is the ‘Recovery Fund’ to Save the Lives of Migrants?
While the “recovery fund” marks a qualitative leap in the process of European integration, battles of fundamental importance are being waged in the Mediterranean for the definition of the borders of the Europe that is to be redeveloped. Keep reading »
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The California Disaster: What is the Link Between Wildfires and the Coronavirus?
I live in the San Francisco-Bay Area outside of Berkeley. Following the COVID-19 outbreak we went into shelter-in-place in March and officially never left after a second wave in early … Keep reading »
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What Questions Must Students Ask Their Educators, and Why?
Given the enormous problems that humanity is facing, it is reasonable to expect to see a future society that is radically different from, and superior to, the current one, that … Keep reading »