Archives: Popular Struggles
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2019 Showed That Workers Win Big If They Bargain Big
This year proved a consequential one for labour struggles, with major new contracts.
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Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists
Notes from strategy session for raid on Wet’suwet’en nation’s ancestral lands show commanders argued for ‘lethal overwatch’
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Michael Lynk’s UN report on Israeli settlements
Hamas is not spared criticism: the Islamist militia in charge of Gaza stands accused of ‘beatings, arbitrary arrest and detentions, and torture and ill treatment’ of hundreds of Palestinian protesters.
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Platforms for people, not profit
In October, Catherine Tait, the CEO of the CBC, said in an interview that the CBC would no longer be working with Netflix to produce shows.
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The Holidays Suck For Gig Workers
In 2019, gig workers across the US suffered a series of changes to their pay algorithm that have left many scrambling to pay for food and utilities, and seeking assistance over the holidays.
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Canadian Oilsands Firm Denied Its Own Science On Climate Change
While Imperial Oil was calling the link between fossil fuels and global warming an ‘unproven hypothesis,’ internal reports had confirmed the connection.
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Speeding up destruction for profit
COP 25 is a dismal failure.
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The rapist is you
A powerful feminist protest performance on the streets of Chile.
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Socialism for the 21st Century
Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin magazine, discusses his new book: The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.
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Corbyn’s Loss: What It Means for Sanders
Leo Panitch is interviewed about what happened in the UK election and what it potentially means for Senator Sanders’ run for president in the United States.
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Close-up look at who runs Vancouver City Hall
Who runs the city? I got a good look at a recent Vancouver city council session.
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The Wounded Knee Massacre and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
This time of year is a moment of deep reflection for Lakota people because of the anniversary of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.