Category: Economy
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Challenges for Public Sector Unions: Thinking Big to Win
How did we get to this economic crisis? — It’s common to point the finger at greedy bankers, irresponsible speculators and regulators who let the financial system spiral out of control. Each of them certainly deserves blame but we need to look deeper. The crisis wasn’t just about the excesses of our economic system; it was rooted in what had become the normal, everyday functioning of our economic system. Keep reading »
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Financial Meltdown
Canada, the Economic Crisis and Political Struggle Over the last quarter century, the left in most of the developed world has been marginalized as a social force. The ‘culture of possibilities’ … Keep reading »
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What’s in Play at Pittsburgh?
The London G-20 summit last fall may go down in history as the meeting that saved the world. That’s a huge exaggeration of course, but leaders did agree to a … Keep reading »
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The End of Retirement?
The attack on private sector pensions is not new; while the process has been uneven across time and sectors, private pensions in the U.S. and Canada have been eroding for … Keep reading »
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Transcending Pessimism: Rekindling Socialist Imagination
I “We’re free… we’re free.” The last words of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, are uttered, sobbing, by Linda Loman over her husband Willy’s grave. Weary and penniless … Keep reading »
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Air Canada Workers Reject Wage, Pension Concessions
Members of the largest union at Air Canada have narrowly voted to reject an extraordinary agreement that would have frozen their wages for the next 21 months and allowed the … Keep reading »
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World Slump
The Financial Crisis and Emerging Class Struggles in the Global South Toronto, June 28, 2009 – The political period that has opened up since the financial turbulence of 2007 began to … Watch video »
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Lessons from the Humbling of General Motors
Of all 20th century industries, it was the auto sector that best captured the sway of capitalism and the rise of American dominance. The assembly line showed off capitalism’s remarkable … Keep reading »
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The Economic Model Is in Need of Change
That the Latin American Left has been leading the struggle against neoliberalism and beginning the process to define a 21st century socialism is by now hardly a discovery. This last … Keep reading »
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Colonialism and the Economic Crisis in Canada
The Left in Canada has been quick to point out the shortcomings of the Conservative government’s official response to the recession. Not surprisingly, the response doesn’t mark a departure from … Keep reading »
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Complicit, Complacent or Committed? Proposals to Build Pension Security for All Workers
Last summer, Buzz Hargrove, the soon to be former President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), insisted – along with General Motors (GM) executives – that pension fears were unwarranted. … Keep reading »
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The Crisis of Finance Capitalism Challenges For The Left
The brave new world of neoliberalism lies in ruins. Its wealth turned out to be based on robbery, sham and deceit. The Left is in a new situation. Without its … Keep reading »