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Disaster in the Making: Canada Concludes Its Free Trade Agreement With Colombia
What’s the monetary value of a Colombian trade unionist’s life? As it turns out, it depends on how many are killed in a given year since the potential fines the … Keep reading »
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Falling Wages, High Prices and the Failure of an Export-Oriented Economy
In April 2008, after a wave of protests over low wages and high food prices, including an attempt to generate a general strike by many workers and social activists on … Keep reading »
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Building its Ties to Colombia: Canada’s Imperial Adventure in the Andes
On May 5th, 2008 Canada’s Trade Minister, David Emerson, proudly declared that Canada is “very close” to concluding free trade negotiations with Colombia. According to Foreign Affairs officials, a deal … Keep reading »
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Learning Some Lessons from Michigan’s Auto Jobs Crisis
The evidence of manufacturing job loss on a massive scale in Ontario where the Canadian auto industry is concentrated is clear and undeniable. Nonetheless a question must be asked. Is … Keep reading »
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Building Labour Solidarity with Palestine
In July 2005, over 170 Palestinian organizations urged the world to adopt a campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel in the manner of South Africa Apartheid. This … Keep reading »
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Food Crisis II – Capitalism, Agribusiness, and the Food Sovereignty Alternative
When food riots broke out in Haiti last month, the first country to respond was Venezuela. Within days, planes were on their way from Caracas, carrying 364 tons of badly … Keep reading »
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Race and Policing: Inquiry into Police Killing of Frank Paul Shows Power of Protest
On December 5, 1998 a Vancouver police officer dragged Frank Paul, a 47-year-old Mik’maq man, soaking wet and unconscious, from the downtown holding cells and dumped him in an alley … Keep reading »
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The CAW and Panic Bargaining: Early Opening at the Big Three
In the face of a deteriorating economic climate and concerns about the ‘investment competitiveness’ of Canadian plants, the CAW leadership made a startling move this spring. It had an air … Keep reading »
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What Emergency? An Assessment of Toronto’s 2008 Transit Strike
Last weekend’s two-day transit strike in Toronto raises anew and in starker terms two issues of longstanding concern to the labour movement in this city and throughout the province. First, … Keep reading »
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Justice for Migrant Workers: Why We Will March
Global migration has been increasing rapidly over the last decades within and between states. A disquieting aspect of this has been the growth of migrant workers who are non-citizens and … Keep reading »
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Food Crisis I
In Haiti, where most people get 22% fewer calories than the minimum needed for good health, some are staving off their hunger pangs by eating “mud biscuits” made by mixing … Keep reading »
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The Capitalist Workday, The Socialist Workday
As May Day approaches, there are four things that are worth remembering: For workers, May Day does not celebrate a state holiday or gifts from the state but commemorates the … Keep reading »