Category: Economy
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Hard Talk
Syriza’s First Weeks in Power in Greece On January 25th, Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) formed a government in Greece with the help of the ANEL (Independent Greeks). Within 24 … Keep reading »
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Breakthrough in Greece? Austerity and Solidarity
Greece will hold parliamentary elections on January 25 and Syriza, the left-wing party which has consistently called for debt restructuring and an end to austerity, is leading the polls. The … Keep reading »
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SOS Alternatives to Capitalism
A discussion with Richard Swift Montreal Serai had the opportunity to discuss SOS: Alternatives to Capitalism – a handy, slim compendium of vital, essential thoughts and discussions on the concept of … Keep reading »
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Can We Defend Our Pensions Without Challenging Financialized Capitalism?
Unrelenting employer attacks on workplace based pension plans are intensifying, and the struggle to defend them is becoming more challenging right across the country. One recent development appears to be … Keep reading »
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‘Responsible Capitalism’ is Nonsense
The Left Must Offer a Real Alternative Ed Miliband’s challenge to “the manufactured, the polished, the presentational” practice of politics, where democracy is reduced to “showbiz, a game, who is up … Keep reading »
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Austerity Against Democracy: An Authoritarian Phase of Neoliberalism?
From its very beginnings, the new doctrine of neoliberalism was quite consciously set in opposition to socialism as an alternate economic and democratic order to capitalism and as an unyielding … Keep reading »
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A New World Order for Living Well
Evo Morales’ Message of Global Solidarity The Summit of the Group of 77 plus China, marking the alliance’s 50th anniversary, closed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on June 15 with the adoption … Keep reading »
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Alternative Trade
Conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously declared on many occasions that “there is no alternative” to economic liberalism and free trade. This popular slogan, referred to by the acronym … Keep reading »
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Unmaking Global Capitalism
Nine Things to Know About Organizing in the Belly of the Beast When Karl Marx famously declared that while the “philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point … Keep reading »
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Global Austerity and Global Resistance
Ottawa — 26 April 2014. Moderated by Shellie Bird. Presentation by: David McNally teaches political science at York University, Toronto. His most recent books include Global Slump: The Economics and … Watch video »
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Austerity, the Hard Right and the French Election: Two Views
Barely two years after assuming office François Hollande finds himself to be the most unpopular French president in history. This past Sunday his Parti socialiste suffered serious defeats in local … Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism and the Decline of Democracy
John Weeks In one of his last books Eric Hobsbawm argued that the conflict between capitalism and communism determined the course of the twentieth century (thus the title, The Age of … Keep reading »