Category: Canada
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Oats for Breakfast highlights
This episode features highlights from content that we’ve published over the course of the last year – including excerpts from our interview with Adolph Reed, our first attempt at engaging in cultural critique, and our discussion about the Zizek-Peterson debate. Listen to audio »
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Sneak peek: Patreon-exclusive segment on Western Canada
Our discussion about life and politics in Western Canada continues. We talk more about indigenous-settler relations and get into the oil sands, forest fires, and about whether there’s hope for turning the tide. Listen to audio »
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Life and politics in Western Canada
We discuss life and politics in Western Canada – Alberta’s premier Jason Kenney, public education in Alberta and British Columbia, and about indigenous-settler relations in the two provinces. Listen to audio »
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Canada’s ‘Liberals’ Have a Disturbing Imperial Streak
Canada’s embassy in Venezuela has just been closed. The spur for this closure is an open attempt by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to overthrow Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Canada is … Keep reading »
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Hard Right Turn Ontario
A decade after the global financial crisis, few of the initial political calculations on the trajectory of world capitalism remain intact. The assessments made by liberals and social democrats alike … Keep reading »
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Another Round of Punishing Austerity in Ontario
The eminent conservative scholar of public budgeting Aaron Wildavsky characterized annual budgets as a record of “victories, defeats, bargains, and compromises.” The province of Ontario’s 2019 Budget, the first of … Keep reading »
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Where is Canada’s Socialist Resurgence?
Socialism is back, at least south of the border. The popularity of Bernie Sanders, the election of open socialists such as Kshama Sawant, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Ilhan Omar, the … Keep reading »
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Conservative ‘Blue Wave’ Sweeps Across Canada
The provincial level of government is now dominated by the Conservatives and other hard right political parties. The only viable resistance to Canada’s creeping blue wave will come from a united working class, writes John Clarke. Keep reading »
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Québec Solidaire to Fight Quebec Government’s Bill 21 on Religion and the State
As it had threatened during last fall’s election campaign, the newly-elected Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government has introduced legislation to prohibit a wide range of persons “in authority,” including teachers, from wearing symbols of their religious beliefs while exercising their functions. Keep reading »
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Time for Some Critical Thinking
We learned many lessons in fighting the Conservative governments in the past, and personally in our long battle to block the privatization of Ontario Hydro One. Keep reading »
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Trudeau Doctrine
Many Canadians are familiar with the Monroe Doctrine. First issued in 1823, it warned European powers against renewed colonization of the Western Hemisphere. Presented as anti-imperialist, the Monroe Doctrine was … Keep reading »
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Opportunities for the Montreal Urban Left
Opportunities exist for an organized urban left one year into the Projet Montréal administration’s mandate. That was the key message of a recent event organized by the Montreal Urban Left, … Keep reading »