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Responses From The South To The Global Economic Crisis
International Political Economy Conference Final Declaration Caracas, October 11, 2008 Academics and researchers from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Mexico, Peru, Phillipines, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United … Keep reading »
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The 2008 Canadian Federal Election: A Quebec Perspective
Traditionally, federal elections in Quebec have always been a privileged time to reflect and debate on Quebec’s constitutional status within Canada. Is Quebec getting more autonomous? Is Canadian federalism becoming … Keep reading »
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Where’s Palestine in the Canadian Election?
Many will certainly remember that incredibly friendly moment, during the otherwise acrimonious recent U.S. Vice-Presidential debate, when Republican candidate Sarah Palin reached out to her Democratic rival Joseph Biden, saying … Keep reading »
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The Canadian Election and the War in Afghanistan
Conservative Party leader, Stephen Harper, attempted to remove questions about Canada’s role in Afghanistan from debate during the election campaign by announcing the combat role of the Canadian Forces will … Keep reading »
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Wall Street Panic, Main Street Pain and Policy Choices
Government Responses to the Financial Crisis: Meltdown and Bailouts Falling house-prices triggered a financial crisis in the summer of 2007. Increasing numbers of people who had borrowed against their property, whose … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Elections: What’s the Alternative to the Tories?
Canada’s minority Conservative Party government has called a federal election for October 14. Serious issues confront voters – war in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the economic downturn that that … Keep reading »
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The Current Crisis: A Socialist Perspective
‘They say they won’t intervene. But they will.’ This is how Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary, responded to Paul O’Neill, the first Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, who … Keep reading »
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Comparing Crises: The 1930s, the 1970s, and Today
Boom or bust, Wall Street keeps people busy. Everybody debates the U.S. government’s $700-billion bailout plan these days. After the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, who’s next was … Keep reading »
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NDP or Bloc? Quebec Left Debates Election Tactics
An interesting debate over federal election tactics has developed among socialists in Québec solidaire (QS), the new left pro-sovereignty party that confines its activity to contesting Quebec, but not federal, … Keep reading »
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Harper’s Bunker: The State, Neoliberalism and the Election
The manner of governing of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government might be characterized as a paradox with a purpose. A sharp centralization of authority over decision-making and political management in the … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Election and the Climate Crisis
Five Parties, No Solutions For the environment, there’s good news and bad news in Canada’s current federal election campaign. Good news: for the first time ever, climate change is a central … Keep reading »
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Crumbling Bloc?
Watching the Bloc Québécois over the past decade is a little like watching a bullfight. You know that the bull is going to die, but not on what particular charge. … Keep reading »