Category: Public Goods
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TRIPS Waiver & Libertarian Brain Rot
TSS digs through a libertarian Financial Post article opposing a TRIPS waiver for COVID vaccines, discuss the public research origin of COVID vaccines, and dissect Biden’s puzzling tentative support for a patent waiver. Listen to audio »
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Subjects of the New Corporate University: The Sabotage of Laurentian University
At about 10:28 p.m. on Sunday May 3rd, the other shoe dropped. Insolvency Court Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz gave Laurentian University’s president what he had wished for: a ruling in … Keep reading »
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The Care Economy Statement
If COVID-19 has taught us nothing else, it is that we need a new approach to caring for each other in this country. And there is no better time to … Keep reading »
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A People’s Public Transport Policy
Public transport is a vital service relied upon by millions of people all over the world. It is strategically important in the economic and social life of cities. Public transport … Keep reading »
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A Complete Turnaround of the Transport Sector is Absolutely Imperative
In order to fight climate change the whole system of transportation has to be reversed and reconstructed as it is currently responsible for one fifth (in some countries up to … Keep reading »
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COVID-19 and Public Sector Workers: Tax Justice, the Just Transition and the Care Economy
An Interview with Daniel Bertossa – Public Services International On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 we caught up with Daniel Bertossa, Assistant General Secretary at Public Services International (PSI), a global union … Keep reading »
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Transit Justice Struggles in Toronto: Statement on the TTC Fare Review
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is developing a 5-year fare policy review and plan, along with a 10-year “collection” outlook, both to be included in a policy framework by the … Keep reading »
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Capitalizing on the COVID Crisis: the Ford Government’s Move to Privatize Public Education for EdTech
In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein demonstrated how neoliberalism was not always advanced in society through democracy, but was instead pushed on society by powerful elites behind the public’s back … Keep reading »
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Pharma Failure
We discuss the failure of Bill C-213 to pass its Second Reading in the House of Commons. It would have started the process of creating a national pharmacare program in Canada. Listen to audio »
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Fighting the Medical Monopoly: Mobilizing for ZERO-COVID and Decommodified Healthcare
With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, ‘vaccine nationalism’ is only slightly more rife than the calls against it. The focus on ‘vaccine nationalism’ by critical thinkers and activists misses some … Keep reading »
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100,000 Deaths and a White Paper: What we need instead in Britain
When Imperial College’s modeller Neil Ferguson told the British government in early March 2020 that it was on course to see 250,000 deaths from COVID-19, he was widely seen as … Keep reading »
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Ontario’s Care Crisis /w Pat Armstrong
We continue our discussion of the crisis in long-term care homes in Ontario. This time we are joined by Dr. Pat Armstrong, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. Listen to audio »