Category: Social Movements
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Solidarity Saved Me from Hitler: Now it Must Save Palestine
The following talk was given by Suzanne Weiss to Solidarity for Palestine Human Rights at the University of Western Ontario on November 20, 2013. Her talk examines Canada’s insertion into … Keep reading »
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The Scandalization of Politics: On FordLisi, HarperDuffy, and a Few Others
We are gripped by scandal. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is implicated in a top-level cover up of illegal expense claims by one his own foot soldiers: now-suspended Senator … Keep reading »
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After the Evictions: The U.S. Occupy Movement Struggling at the Front Lines of the Crisis
Three years after the financial meltdown of 2008, the U.S. Occupy movement opened the possibility for a left regroupment against resurgent neoliberalism. Yet the forceful eviction from the squares just … Keep reading »
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What Future for Social Democracy?
On 9 September 2013, a red-green alliance led by the social democratic Labour Party lost the Norwegian general elections. Only two weeks later, the German Social Democrats (SPD) only came … Keep reading »
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Blowing Up The CFS?
I would first off like to say that until very recently I have never been in a student union that was part of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). I … Keep reading »
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France: One year after the Sarkozy defeat
Toronto — 8 August 2013. Part 1: François Hollande and his Socialist Party came to power following presidential and legislative elections in May-June 2012. While the defeat of hard-right president … Watch video »
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German Politicians Take Aim at the Euro
German voters are heading to the ballot box on September 22. The re-election of incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel seems certain. The latest polls saw her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party … Keep reading »
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SYRIZA: The Great Social and Political Movement of Subversion
Political Resolution, First Congress of SYRIZA 1 The Conference of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is a continuity and a breakthrough in its course, which started in 2000, continued … Keep reading »
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Mega-Events, Mega-Businesses, Mega-Protests in Brazil
There is no need to argue about the importance of Brazilian struggles and manifestations in recent days. They express an extraordinary willingness to change not only transportation, education and health … Keep reading »
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The Gezi Park Resistance and Social Class: A Revolt of the ‘Middle Class’?
The following interview is part of the www.sendika.org website continuing conversations on the class character, appearances, causes, and probable results of the revolt in Turkey. As well, there are considerations … Keep reading »
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Spanish State: They Want Us Poor, Silenced and Straight
The governing Popular Party (PP) is on a crusade – not only against fundamental rights such as health, education, housing, work, but also against sexual and reproductive freedoms. The PP … Keep reading »
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Organized Labour in the Gezi Process
Reflections on a Popular Uprising and Weakened Organized Labour The recent wave of resistance that spread from a park in one of the historic neighbourhoods of Istanbul, Turkey has evoked significant … Keep reading »