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“How is India?”
“How is India?” asked an erudite friend of mine from North America soon after I reached India last December. How indeed? I write this piece this week as India goes … Keep reading »
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Jason Kenney’s Doublespeak Exposed
Tories Unleash Canada Border Services on Migrants It is hard to write an article about Conservative Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s attacks on Canadian racialized communities. As soon as one draft is … Keep reading »
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The Economic Model Is in Need of Change
That the Latin American Left has been leading the struggle against neoliberalism and beginning the process to define a 21st century socialism is by now hardly a discovery. This last … Keep reading »
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Colonialism and the Economic Crisis in Canada
The Left in Canada has been quick to point out the shortcomings of the Conservative government’s official response to the recession. Not surprisingly, the response doesn’t mark a departure from … Keep reading »
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When We Are Led to Believe a Lie
Live Bait & Ammo #128: If you believe the Motley Fool and other “stock advisors” in the business press, 90% of General Motor’s (GM) losses can be attributed to the United … Keep reading »
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Complicit, Complacent or Committed? Proposals to Build Pension Security for All Workers
Last summer, Buzz Hargrove, the soon to be former President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), insisted – along with General Motors (GM) executives – that pension fears were unwarranted. … Keep reading »
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The Crisis of Finance Capitalism Challenges For The Left
The brave new world of neoliberalism lies in ruins. Its wealth turned out to be based on robbery, sham and deceit. The Left is in a new situation. Without its … Keep reading »
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United Europe Represses the Right to Protest Against NATO
On April 4th the leaders of the NATO member countries met on the French-German border in Strasbourg France for the 60th anniversary of NATO. At this meeting the U.S. was … Keep reading »
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The Auto Crisis: Placing Our Own Alternative on the Table
Deep economic crises violently interrupt daily lives and force more radical responses onto the public agenda. In the case of the North American auto industry however, that radicalism has been … Keep reading »
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After B.C. Health Services: Back to Reality
“As a power countervailing management the trade unions are much more effective than the law has ever been or can ever be.” — Otto Kahn-Freund In the deteriorating economic climate, … Keep reading »
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Another Left is Possible
The New Anti-Capitalist Party It would be wrong to see last Thursday’s massively successful protest actions in France as distant and exotic, of no particular relevance to us here in Canada. … Keep reading »
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ONDP Leadership: A Revival of Class Politics?
On March 6-8, 2009, Ontario’s New Democrats gathered in Hamilton to select a new leader. After thirteen years of the lackluster leadership of Howard Hampton, the party turned to Hamilton … Keep reading »