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There are many accounts and criticisms of public-private partnerships (PPP’s) which are created to attain a government’s goal. Governments have internalized a market notion that profit-seeking leads to more efficiency … Keep reading »

An all-too predictable pattern has emerged in US-Canada relations. US President Donald Trump makes Canada ‘an offer it can’t refuse’. What follows is a national gnashing of teeth, flag-waving, businesses … Keep reading »

On July 9th, we marked a milestone in the liberation struggle of the Indigenous people of Palestine, as the Palestinian-led nonviolent, anti-racist BDS movement completes 20 years of grassroots organizing … Keep reading »

The decline of the United States is the main explanation for the rise of the BRICS and allows us to place the dynamics of this emergence in a long-term context. … Keep reading »

Not many saw it coming. In just 12 days, the Middle East was once again plunged into a catastrophic war – from Israel’s massive surprise invasion of Iran, to the … Keep reading »

Politicians Crossed the Line in Firing of York Region Paramedic CUPE Ontario is calling out City of Vaughan politicians for overreach in the firing of a long-serving York Region paramedic … Keep reading »

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to host the Toronto launch of Health and Health Care Inequities by author and healthcare worker Arnel Borras. The book provides … Watch video »

Raquel Varela is a social and labour historian, researcher and Professor at New University of Lisbon. This is a short video-clip. The full length video is here.

Between 1917 and 1936 the Governments of Ontario and Canada produced hundreds of films on various subjects like farming techniques, industrial technology, vacations for the wealthy and “appropriate” workplace behaviour, … Keep reading »

Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order. Across the continent, ruling parties that once … Keep reading »

One of the most unaddressed problems in coping with climate catastrophes is who will make decisions concerning what to do. There is a widespread assumption that the shots should be … Keep reading »

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at a critical turning point: while violent conflicts persist in the east of the country, the relaunch of oil and gas block auctions … Keep reading »