Archives: Popular Struggles
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A New Agenda for Asian Labour Movements in the Age of Decaying Neoliberalism
It is imperative to place this the context of the crisis of global neoliberalism that has brought back authoritarian statism.
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Pfizer Condemned for Hiking US Covid Vaccine Price by 10,000%
This latest obscene price hike is truly a mask-off moment for one of the great profiteers of this pandemic.
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Ontario education workers’ union ends strike
The union representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario says it will be collapsing protest sites.
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UK facing huge scale of unrest last seen in 1980s miners’ strike
Nearly 1.7 million mostly public sector workers are being balloted on or have voted for stoppages.
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The 2022 Midterms Are a Referendum on the Future of Democracy in the US
In the current political landscape fascism is on the rise, and the threat to democracy is imperiled both as an ideal and promise.
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Sri Lanka: a cautionary tale of authoritarian neoliberalism
A perfect storm is brewing in the global food system, pushing food prices to record high levels, and expanding hunger.
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New report on the spread of COVID, LTC outbreaks, hospitalizations and deaths
Public Health no longer publishes daily and weekly epidemiologic reports and it has become steadily more difficult to get accurate numbers.
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Notwithstanding – education workers’ right to bargain
Ontario government will pass back-to-work legislation rather than continue to negotiate with 55,000 CUPE education workers.
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Ontario finances don’t justify attack on wages
Provincial revenues are up dramatically of late – Queen’s Park can afford to bargain fairly.
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Toolkit for CPPIB 2022 stakeholder meetings
CPPIB Invests at least 7 percent of our public pension in Israeli war crimes.
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Scientists Urge Immediate Action as Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit All-Time High
Far from emissions being brought under control, they are actually accelerating.
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The New, Reactionary Government of Sweden and How It Came Into Being
The latest Swedish elections have seen the rise of the far-right party, and the fall of the left-wing government.