Category: Canada
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In Memory of Ernie Tate (1934-2021): A Life of Revolutionary Activism
The socialist movement lost an outstanding educator and organizer with the passing of Ernest (Ernie) Tate in Toronto on 5 February. An outstanding partisan of global anti-imperialist solidarity, Ernie also … Keep reading »
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Stock Market Pipedreams
We chat about Biden’s cancelling of the Keystone XL pipeline, as well as a socialist perspective on the GameStop stock surge and financial market ‘democratization’. Listen to audio »
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Socialist Activist, Ecologist: The Wayne Roberts We Knew
The tributes that have been made to Wayne Roberts (born 30 September 1944) for his work as a food-policy leader and activist are well known and continue to be made … Keep reading »
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Trudeau: End Hassan Diab’s Ordeal Now!
Forty and some years have elapsed, yet the French authorities have failed to find the real culprit for the 1980 bombing of the synagogue on rue Copernic, Paris. Not only … Keep reading »
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2020: Beard in Review
In this episode we explore Politico’s obsession with how Trudeau the Politics Dad grew a quarantine beard. Touching on news topics throughout the year like the Wet’suwet’en protests, CERB rollout, and the BLM uprising, this episode serves as our review of the dumpster fire that has been 2020. Listen to audio »
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Ignoring is Denying: The Ontario 2020 Budget and the Climate Emergency
Briefing note prepared by David Robertson for Seniors for Climate Action Now! SCAN! is a new, Ontario based seniors’ climate action group whose goals are to support youth climate activists … Keep reading »
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The Ontario Budget: Hard Times Ahead
To ease future cuts, the government established a budgeting system this year which would see much of the COVID-related funding budgeted under special funds distinct from the normal ministries. So … Keep reading »
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Ontario 2020 Budget
“We are here at a critical time; not just for Ontario but for the whole country. And during this difficult time, my government’s top priority is the health and well-being … Keep reading »
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Quebec, Canada, and the Indigenous Peoples: Toward Plurinational Alliances around a Decolonial Outlook?
The latest issue of the Quebec journal Nouveaux Cahiers du Socialisme (NCS), published in September, revisits the Quebec national question in light of the mounting struggle against climate catastrophe, the … Keep reading »
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Quebec’s October Crisis, 1970
What Today’s Left Learned From Ottawa’s Turn to Repression Fifty years ago this month, the federal government, invoking the War Measures Act – its first use in peacetime – occupied Quebec … Keep reading »
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The Events of October 1970: From Yesterday to Today
In 1970, the national question and the social question were merged (especially in Montreal). The big “bosses” were English. The overwhelmingly francophone working class was exploited as well as oppressed … Keep reading »
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Eco-Socialist Futures /w Dimitri Lascaris
We speak with Dimitri Lascaris about his experience running for leader of the Green Party of Canada as an eco-socialist. We also delve into eco-socialism’s intersections with internationalist foreign policy, the COVID-19 health crisis, and the future of the Canadian left. Listen to audio »