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Debating the IHRA and Anti-Semitism: Why the CIJA Lost
| July 27, 2020
For more than five years, and on numerous occasions, the Jewish anti-racist social justice organization Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) invited the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) – … Keep reading »
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Capitalism is the Parasite; Capitalism is the Virus
| July 26, 2020
With hindsight, a few years from now, it may well appear to us that the year 2020, the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century, marked the dawn … Keep reading »
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Nuclear Weapons and Extreme Threats
| July 24, 2020
A Tale of Two Men Handling Emergency One man reacted to emergency and the other one didn’t. The two men are Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988), the highly revered Nobel Prize … Keep reading »
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Pandemic Worsens, Resistance Will Follow
| July 23, 2020
World leaders like Trump and Johnson trying to get back to business as usual while the virus continues to spread are deliberately sacrificing public health. Keep reading »
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Laos Has Tackled COVID-19, But It Is Drowning in Debt to International Finance
| July 22, 2020
On June 11, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) – a country of 7 million in Southeast Asia – said it had temporarily prevailed over COVID-19. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said … Keep reading »
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Crunch Time for the Platform Management Model
| July 21, 2020
In what may come to be viewed as a historic court case, a group of UK Uber drivers from London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow have launched a legal action against … Keep reading »
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Trump, Johnson, and Bolsonaro in the Swamp
| July 20, 2020
How is the Pandemic Going for You? The spectacular failures of Brazil, the UK, and the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic offer valuable lessons on what must never happen again: the … Keep reading »
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Political Struggle in the Time of Covid
| July 19, 2020
The film explores the possibilities for socialist change in the pandemic situation. Emergency economic measures demonstrate for example that the “unaffordable” is actually not and the temporary can be made … Watch video »
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An Economic Recovery for Whom?
| July 17, 2020
The Ford Omnibus Bill and Post-Pandemic Politics In the first week of July, the Ontario government announced the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act (Bill 197). The sweeping omnibus bill changes twenty pieces … Keep reading »
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The Fortress World: After the Pandemic, Which Future?
| July 16, 2020
We were already on the way to variations of Fortress World before COVID-19: right-wing, authoritarian/fascist regimes have been able to capture political power riding on the immiseration, anxieties, and frustration … Keep reading »
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Challenges and Openings for the Free Transit Movement in Toronto
| July 15, 2020
Toronto is Canada’s largest city, with a population of 2.7 million (and over 6 million in the Greater Toronto Area). Its public transit system is the third largest in North … Keep reading »
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The Fiscal Deficit, Modern Monetary Theory and Progressive Economic Policy
| July 14, 2020
Modern Monetary Theory or MMT has crept in from the academic margins to become an influential doctrine in progressive policy circles in the United States. Both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie … Keep reading »
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