Archives: Popular Struggles
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The Dialectic Lurking Behind the Brutality
Ieva Jusionyte digs into Greg Grandin’s: America, América: A New History of the New World.
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What Carney’s win means for environment and climate issues in Canada
Making several references to deteriorating Canada-US relations, the freshly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney said: we are going to build — build, baby, build.
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Can the Green Transition Work for Workers?
Robert Pollin presents a compelling case for a global Green New Deal that fights climate change without sacrificing jobs.
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Even if Pierre Poilievre loses the election, he will have jolted Canada rightward
This fake firebrand was on the verge of victory. If Mark Carney wins, he will govern in Poilievre’s shadow.
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Will Canada’s next prime minister support Indigenous Rights and conservation projects?
Here’s what the federal election could mean for conservation, resource projects and costly legal battles over the duty to consult.
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Justice for Garvin Yapp
Garvin Yapp was a Jamaican migrant worker who worked in Canadian fields for 34 years. He was tragically killed in a workplace accident on August 14, 2022.
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To the Vatican with Red Flags
In 2014, Pope Francis met representatives of the European Left, along with Franz Kronreif of the Christian Focolare movement.
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Trump’s Tariffs and Capital’s Constraints
When Donald Trump was forced to pause most of his tariffs, the country got a basic lesson in Marxist state theory.
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Both the BRICS and Bandung revivalism need tough critiques – not quasi-cults
Notwithstanding Prashad’s unparalleled experience in global-justice advocacy, he runs the risk of raising expectations and promoting alliances that will set back international and local progressive politics.
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Canada’s Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future
Canada’s climate plans are a PR front for a carbon-export economy: its oil sands are distorting the economy and derailing any hope for transition.
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Poilievre “costed platform” puts unexplained numbers beside empty slogans
Billions in new tax revenue from unexplained sources marked in to pay for tax cuts heavily flowing to wealthy and high income earners.
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$100 million is missing from the Jewish National Fund
A review of JNF Canada’s tax filings confirms the organization failed to report over $100,000,000 in donations since 2003.