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Cabin Fever: Hope on the Edge of Despair at YYZ
| May 22, 2020
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman infamously defended globalization with the comment, “No, most of our political elite has not realised that the world is flat.” His beloved neoliberal globalization … Keep reading »
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Producing Medical Equipment for Social Need
| May 21, 2020
Expand Production to Include N95 Masks at GM Oshawa On April 24, the Canadian government announced a letter of intent to convert a portion of the GM Oshawa complex for … Keep reading »
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Washing our Hands of Financialized Pensions
| May 21, 2020
Rethinking Retirement After COVID-19 The unemployment crisis brought on by the coronavirus outbreak has suddenly destroyed the earnings of hundreds of thousands of working people in Canada. For many jobless … Keep reading »
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Choosing Between Life and Capital in Latin America
| May 20, 2020
As in most parts of the world, Latin America is struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic with confirmed cases and deaths still escalating. In some countries, notably Brazil and Ecuador, … Keep reading »
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In and Against the Brazilian State
| May 19, 2020
A study of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement is rich with lessons for socialists who want to use the state without being captured by it. Keep reading »
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Following Mexico’s Worker Strikes, the US Steps in to Keep Border Factories Open
| May 18, 2020
In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump is trying his best to reopen closed meatpacking plants, as packinghouse workers catch the COVID-19 virus and die. In Tijuana, Mexico, where workers are … Keep reading »
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Will the Pandemic Set Women Back?
| May 17, 2020
By sapping demand for garments and other goods produced in export-oriented developing and emerging economies, the COVID-19 pandemic poses an acute threat to women workers and progress toward greater gender … Keep reading »
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COVID-19 and ‘Actually Existing’ Unions
| May 17, 2020
The shut-down of non-essential work in response to COVID-19 has decimated labour markets. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 20.5 million more workers lost their jobs in April, … Keep reading »
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The Deadly Consequences of Neoliberalism: The Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany
| May 16, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is relentlessly uncovering the weaknesses of the German healthcare system and the deadly consequences of neoliberal policies. Keep reading »
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The Coming Precarity: Employment in Canada after the Crisis
| May 15, 2020
The immediate impact of Covid-19 on the national employment landscape has been nothing short of catastrophic, with Canada suffering unprecedented job losses over the early months of the crisis. More … Keep reading »
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Why Capitalism Can’t Cure Global Pandemics
| May 14, 2020
Multinational corporations are motivated by profit, which comes from disease, not people’s health. Keep reading »
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Beyond the Plague State
| May 14, 2020
It is commonplace when commenting on crises of various stripes to note their capacity suddenly to reveal what the seemingly smooth reproduction of the status quo leaves unremarked, to frontstage … Keep reading »
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