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In the Aftermath of the G20: Reflections on Strategy, Tactics and Militancy
The events at the Saturday G20 demonstration in Toronto last week have provoked a series of responses already. This article is not meant to review the events of the day … Keep reading »
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The G20 Debacle
What it Might Have Looked Like Inside the Fence Hosting the G20 in Toronto was the first of a series of political gambles by the Conservative Canadian government led by Prime … Keep reading »
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‘To Have and To Be’: Building a Socialist-Feminist Economy in Venezuela
An interview with Lidice Navas A long-time revolutionary activist, Lidice Navas is an important socialist-feminist leader within the PSUV and a candidate for the Latin American parliament, among her many other … Keep reading »
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“A Taste of South in the Global North” – Demonizing Democracy in Canada
They never “opened fire” but by Canadian standards the public got a shock – a well-thought out theatrical performance – Southern style! “This only happens in places like Mexico,” one … Keep reading »
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The Mass Arrests, the Security State and the Toronto G20 Summit
The massive police presence in Toronto over this week has been officially justified on the basis of protecting the leaders of the G8 and G20 countries meeting in Huntsville and … Keep reading »
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British Columbia’s Fossil Fuel Superpower Ambitions
Part one of two parts: The province of Alberta is well known as a climate-destroying behemoth. The tar sands developments in the north of that province are the single largest … Keep reading »
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Global Bonapartism: The G20 and the Planet
“We are left with the politicians who think poorly of us, and who stand back with chaos in their pale old eyes whimpering, ‘That is not what we wanted. No, … Keep reading »
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Workers’ Control and the Contradictions of the Bolivarian Process
An Interview with Gustavo Martínez On June 10, 2010 we caught up with Gustavo Martinez, a union leader in the worker-controlled, nationalized coffee company, Fama de América, in Caracas, Venezuela. The … Keep reading »
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The G20, Capitalism and Austerity
The Group of Eight (G8) is an annual forum for the leadership of the leading capitalist countries. It was first created in 1975 (then as the G6, as Canada did … Keep reading »
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Their Crisis, Our Misery: OCAP Versus the G20
On June 26th, the G20 meetings will bring together the leaders of the world’s richest 20 states in Toronto, following right on meetings of the G8 in Huntsville, in Northern … Keep reading »
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Gangs and Violence in Jamaica and Haiti
When police in Jamaica launched a bloody assault in May on poor neighbourhoods in the country’s capital city, news outlets in Canada responded with an ignorance and insensitivity that is … Keep reading »
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Bargaining in an Era of Wage Restraint
With the Great Financial Crisis apparently over, economic and political elites across the developed countries have cynically ignored who caused the crisis and turned, as their solution, to cutting back … Keep reading »