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Covid-19, Google, and the future of Toronto’s Waterfront
Waterfront Toronto is a tri-government agency with a mandate to re-develop the waterfront. In its search for a ‘funding and development’ partner it has been effectively captured by Google’s digital … Keep reading »
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Ecological and Social Planning and Transition
The need for economic planning in any serious and radical process of socio-ecological transition is winning greater acceptance, in contrast to the traditional positions of the Green parties, favorable to … Keep reading »
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Cuba’s Unique Model of Medical Internationalism
In recent weeks, more than a dozen countries – including two in Europe – have requested and received Cuban doctors to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic. John Kirk, a professor … Keep reading »
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Here Comes Bourgeois Socialism – Again
What should we think of the recent praise of “the welfare state” and public services coming from different voices among the ruling classes in the world? Their conversion is as … Keep reading »
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The Anti-Union Virus Inside the Emergency Powers: Lessons for Workers
While the Covid virus weakens immune systems, it fortifies the anti-union animus of right-wing governments. When it was clear that there was no way the coronavirus was going to exempt … Keep reading »
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Coronavirus Pandemic Brings to Light the Need for a Stronger Public Sector
It is a sign of how bad things are when the editorial board of the Financial Times (FT), the world’s leading business newspaper, carries an editorial calling for “radical reforms… … Keep reading »
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The Viral Emergency in Palestine
Over a dozen states, including Hungary, Ethiopia, Japan, Canada, and Botswana, have recently declared a “state of emergency” giving governments sweeping powers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Israel did not … Keep reading »
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Teachers’ Unions and COVID-19: Time to Step Up
It has been crystal clear from the beginning that the COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a medical crisis. The federal government alone is hurrying to send over $100-billion out … Keep reading »
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Free Transit is in Town, For Now
Even before the current pandemic, the idea of free transit had arrived on the mainstream political scene in Toronto as well as in other parts of Canada. In 2018, Saron … Keep reading »
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#Lenin150: The Man Who Theorized and Practiced Revolution
“You who are building, twenty meters high and on top the trade-union’s palace, Ilyich’s statue, do not forget in his boot the hole, testified by many, sign of poverty. Because … Keep reading »
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When Oil Markets Go Viral
The ecological dimensions of COVID-19 have become increasingly prominent in much recent discussion, with several important contributions exploring the pandemic in relation to capitalist agribusiness, widespread loss of biodiversity, and … Keep reading »
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A Decade on the Left
Interview with Leo Panitch about the lessons learned from the last decade on the Left – from Occupy Wall Street to Syriza, Podemos, Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. Keep reading »