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For Leo: the Teacher, the Friend, the Comrade
| December 31, 2020
The news of his hospitalization came unexpectedly just a few weeks ago. When things became more difficult for him, Skype became the tool to carry out his “commitments.” You see, … Keep reading »
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When They Say Jump: The ATU and the TTC
| December 30, 2020
On Thursday, December 17, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU Local 113), the union that represents the majority of Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) workers, provided an example of how not to organize … Keep reading »
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Transit Policy and COVID-19
| December 29, 2020
Public transit is an essential service. In the midst of a pandemic it is also a particularly dangerous one for transit workers and transit users. The City of Ottawa has … Keep reading »
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Millions of India’s Farmers Are in a Fight for Their Economic Lives
| December 28, 2020
India’s Hindu fundamentalist government has pushed through a deregulatory agenda for years. Now it has taken on farmers who have nothing left to lose and who are refusing to back down. Keep reading »
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Challenges Ahead: The US Left and Labour After Trump
| December 27, 2020
With the results of the presidential and congressional elections in the US, a series of questions have come to the fore for the North American left. How far – or how little – will Biden overturn the policies of Trump? With Nicole Aschoff, Chris Maisano, and Jonathan Rosenblum. Watch video »
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Leo Panitch and the Socialist Project
| December 26, 2020
The death of Leo Panitch has made the world a darker place. His writings have carried us through some of the most difficult periods in the history of the socialist … Keep reading »
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Local Elections in Brazil: The Return of the Living Dead
| December 24, 2020
Brazil held local elections this past November. These always take place midway through the legislative terms of the presidency and the national parliament, and hence, serve as an important temperature … Keep reading »
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Leo Panitch’s Many Lessons on Living Under American Empire
| December 23, 2020
Leo Panitch’s untimely death last weekend is a tragic loss for the international left. His intellectual and political contributions toward rebuilding working class movements in such diverse settings as North … Keep reading »
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Ethiopia Entering a Dangerous Phase
| December 22, 2020
Paulos Tesfagiorgis is interviewed by Pierre Beaudet. During the liberation war from the mid-seventies to the early 1990s, Paulos Tesfagiorgis was head of the Eritrean Relief Agency (ERA), the central … Keep reading »
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Empire, Socialism and November /w Leo Panitch
| December 20, 2020
Sanjiv Gupta interviewed Leo Panitch in early September 2020. They discussed two issues which Panitch has studied and written about for decades. First, whether the pandemic has fundamentally altered the geopolitical balance between the US and other great powers, specifically China. And second, how socialists in the US should approach the November elections. Watch video »
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A Green New Deal for Public Transport
| December 19, 2020
As the US confronts the twin crises of climate and the coronavirus, each disproportionately harming Black and brown Americans, it’s time for a reckoning over our failed federal transportation policies. … Keep reading »
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The Farmers’ Fight Is Our fight!
| December 18, 2020
New Trade Union Initiative – Secretariat The New Trade Union Initiative supports and stands in solidarity with the on-going farmer’s struggle, including the call for Bharat Bandh by the All … Keep reading »
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