Category: Poverty
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Disablement, Oppression, and Political Economy
It is often claimed that disabled persons are invisible, disregarded by mainstream society, and irrelevant to the workings of society. This analysis has attempted to explain that the “unemployables” have … Keep reading »
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A Tale of Two Austerities
The UK’s brutal austerity regime is acting as a template for similar programmes across the Atlantic in Canada, reports John Clarke. Keep reading »
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A Tale of Two Toilets: Profiting from Necessity?
Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities famously opens with the lines “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, … Keep reading »
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The Homelessness Crisis Deepens Across North America
As an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in Toronto, I am only too aware of how much worse the homeless crisis has become in this city over … Keep reading »
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Doug Ford’s War on Ontario’s Poor
Analysis by @JohnOCAP of the new war on the poor by the Ford government in Ontario. Keep reading »
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Stop Land Grabs – Declaration
Declaration of the Social Movements: Ten Peoples’ Principles Against Land Grabs, Evictions and Neoliberalism “Let a New World be born in Bandung for a genuine land reform, not land grabs!” — … Keep reading »
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Doug Ford’s New Poor Laws Replace Basic Income
The decision of the new Tory Government in Ontario to terminate the basic income (BI) pilot project that their Liberal predecessors had set in motion, confirms that the right is … Keep reading »
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Disabled People in UK Lead Fight Against Austerity
On July 20, I was truly honoured to represent the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) at the International Deaf and Disabled People’s Solidarity Summit, in Stratford, east London that had … Keep reading »
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Basic Income: Progressive Cloak and Neoliberal Dagger
Basic Income is not an answer to inequality under neoliberalism. Social transformation will come through collective struggle, argues John Clarke. Keep reading »
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Where’s The Funds? OCAP Confronts City Budget
Shelters in Toronto are packed full. Over 700 people are crammed in nightly into the sub-standard back-up respite facilities. OCAP took a hidden camera into three of these facilities. The resulting video documents conditions within them. Watch video »
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Homelessness Doesn’t End in April
Toronto City Council Must Start Building Shelters Now Homeless people in Toronto are in crisis. In the first nine months of 2017, the city has recorded an average of 8 homeless … Keep reading »
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Basic Income In The Neoliberal Age
From the very first days of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), at the beginning of the 1990s, we have found ourselves on the front lines of a war on … Keep reading »