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Online Education and the Struggle over Disposable Time
| August 18, 2020
During COVID-19 times, the ‘social distancing’ catchphrase has invaded every aspect of our lives. Public space has been fragmented into individualized, quarantined units, transforming social relations into aggregates of their … Keep reading »
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Racism, Palestine and the IHRA: Letter to Barrie City Council
| August 17, 2020
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) applauds Barrie, Ontario, Mayor Jeff Lehman for withdrawing a motion to adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism on August … Keep reading »
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Shocking but Not Surprising: COVID and Class
| August 16, 2020
A recent Toronto Star article, by Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Jennifer Yang, “More than 180 workers at this Toronto bakery got COVID-19,” and reproduced below, reveals a large COVID outbreak at … Keep reading »
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Limits of Ontario’s Mineral Strategy: The Magino Mine Approval
| August 14, 2020
On June 11, 2020, 21 lakes, streams and wetlands in northern Ontario were re-characterized as a mine tailings impoundment for the proposed Magino gold mine. This magical transformation took place … Keep reading »
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Extractivism and Exploitation in Peru
| August 13, 2020
Martin Vizcarra, Peru’s president, has announced that “[t]his government has taken up the challenge and has been working on the approval of a new regulation for mining procedures in order … Keep reading »
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Bolivia’s Perfect Storm: Pandemic, Economic Crisis, Repressive Coup Regime
| August 12, 2020
Introduction The rising toll of diseased and deceased from the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Bolivia particularly hard, in a continent that is now in the lead in global contagion rates. … Keep reading »
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Book launch: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left
2020 has seen an amplified struggle against the right and capitalism generally. This volume suggests it is essential to rethink longstanding assumptions, jettison wishful thinking and dated ideas, and recover … Keep reading »
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Systemic Racism in the US and Israel: Analogies and Differences
| August 11, 2020
A most relevant analogy between the US and Israel lies in the principal rationale for the force of their establishment as settler-colonial states. Imperialism, which is the driving force of … Keep reading »
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What Would the NHS Look Like If It Took Health Promotion Seriously?
| August 10, 2020
On Sunday, July 5, 2020, the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, wished it a happy 72nd birthday. Spitfires flew over in celebration, and buildings were lit up in blue as … Keep reading »
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Socialist Media Politics, Digital Capitalism and Media Imperialism /w Tanner Mirrlees
| August 9, 2020
On Socialist Media Politics, Digital Capitalism and Media Imperialism Listen to interview: Your browser does not support the audio element. Created and hosted by Peter Bloom, “Another World is Podable” is … Watch video »
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From Unorganized Street Protests to Organizing Unions
| August 7, 2020
The Birth of a New Trade Union Movement in Hong Kong For several months in 2019, the world’s news media was front-paging the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill movement almost on a … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for His Abject Failure on COVID-19
| August 6, 2020
Gutting the WHO, the only instrument of global cooperation during a pandemic, is a road to disaster. Keep reading »
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