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A Call to Action Against the Cuts to Come
Submission on the Ontario Provincial Pre-Budget ‘consultations’ The Ontario Government’s pre-budget consultations are currently underway at Queen’s Park. The Federal budget is set to be released at the beginning of … Keep reading »
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Beyond ‘Stimulus’ – Fiscal Policy After the Great Recession
As the communiqué from the Pittsburgh G20 summit put it, “it worked.” Unprecedented macro-economic stimulus in the form of ultra low interest rates and large government deficits has pulled the … Keep reading »
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Carleton’s War Portfolio: Students Demand Divestment from Apartheid
General Dynamics. Shell. Apache Corporation. Philip Morris. Pfizer. These are weapons manufacturers, oil companies, mining corporations, tobacco companies, and pharmaceutical giants. Notorious war profiteers, environmental destroyers, and human rights violators. … Keep reading »
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Canadian Mining and Popular Resistance in Honduras
Carlos Danilo Amador interviewed by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber JRW/TG: We’re here in Tegucigalpa, Honduras (January 26). Can you give us your name and position in your organization? CDA: … Keep reading »
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The London Conference on Afghanistan: Rebranding an Unpopular War
Lawrence Cannon, Canada’s foreign minister, is on his way to London for a major international conference on the future of Afghanistan, January 28. Hilary Clinton and other high level representatives … Keep reading »
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Turkey: The Working Class (Literally) Takes the Stage
After at least a decade and a half of stagnation, the working-class movement of Turkey is making a great stride forward, thanks to the militant action of the workers of … Keep reading »
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Lessons Learned: Assessing the 2009 City of Toronto Strike
When word came that the 39-day strike by CUPE Locals 79 and 416 had come to an end, the immediate question on most members’ minds was “Did we win?” The … Keep reading »
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Relief Efforts in the Shadow of Past ‘Help’
Moving from crimes-as-charity to actual support for Haiti Over the course of the past decade, Canada’s leading officials and most prestigious commentators have learned how to approach Haiti in the spirit … Keep reading »
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Our Role in Haiti’s Plight
Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive damage from an earthquake on the scale of the one that ravaged Haiti’s capital city on Tuesday afternoon, but it’s … Keep reading »
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Vancouver Winter Olympics: A Festival of Corporate Greed
On February 12, the corporate sporting behemoth known as the 21st Winter Olympic Games will open to great fanfare in Vancouver. In a time of economic hardship and government cuts … Keep reading »
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The Dexter NDP: Old Wine, New Bottle?
“I’ve waited all my life to see a socialist government in Nova Scotia. I’m still waiting.” — Voter email read on CBC Newsworld on election night.[1] On June 9, 2009 … Keep reading »
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Notes on Recent Developments in the European Radical Left
The recent elections in Germany and Portugal have confirmed the emergence of a new radical Left in a number of countries across Europe. In Germany, Die Linke won 11.9 per … Keep reading »