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New President in Mexico to Accelerate the Energy Transition
Claudia Sheinbaum’s resounding victory in Mexico’s presidential election on June 2nd, 2024, has been welcomed by two of the country’s main energy unions, UNTyPP and SME. During her campaign Sheinbaum, … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Countering Foreign Interference Act: Raising the Alarm about Bill C-70
To the members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, House of Commons, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa: We are writing to you today to express our deep … Keep reading »
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Why I Chant “From the River to the Sea”
Supporters of Palestinian liberation have been chanting the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free” for many years. I myself, a Jewish advocate of human equality, … Keep reading »
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Statement on Morning Encampment Raid at York University
[Content Warning: The following statement references police violence and racism, colonialism, imperialism, and anti-Indigenous racism. — YFS] On June 5, 2024, York University students launched the York Popular University for … Keep reading »
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The Next Front in Palestine Solidarity: Worker Strikes
The symbiotic relationship between universities and the military puts higher education workers in a position of significant structural power. Keep reading »
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The Economic Fallout of India under Modi and the BJP
India is the world’s largest democracy, but perhaps not as secular as it was before PM Narendra Modi, leader of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), came to power in 2014. … Keep reading »
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Open Letter to Canadian Government: Support the ICC’s Work
The following is an open letter that I had the pleasure and honour of drafting alongside Canadian justice and accountability leaders Alex Neve, Heidi Mathews, Ardi Imseis, Kjell Anderson, Leilani … Keep reading »
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The Inexorable Rise of the Belgian Workers’ Party
Can Europe’s last insurgent left-wing force maintain its momentum after this super election year? Keep reading »
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Enabling Dictatorship and Destroying Democracy
In Timothy Ryback’s recently published book Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power, he explains how the establishment (the political and economic ruling elite) allowed Hitler and the Nazi Party to … Keep reading »
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Is There Dissent in Israel?
It’s often said that a large percentage of Israeli Jews oppose the war – not true! Keep reading »
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The Unhoused: Scapegoating Politics and Housing Struggles
From Anna Seghers, Comrades (translated by Todd Cronan): Steiner (the intellectual) talking to Bató (a Hungarian communist) in 1919: “Yes, people like you are fine! Join the party and then … Keep reading »
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A Generational Challenge: Taming Amazon, Renewing Labour
As the Occupy protests of 2011 exhausted themselves, a dramatic turn from protests to politics surfaced. In the US, the energy was channeled into Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign for the … Keep reading »