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Where to Begin?
| December 6, 2017
Lessons from the Fight for $15 Beyond North America Jonathan Rosenblum lives in Seattle, Washington, and is a member of UAW 1981/National Writers Union. He is the author of Beyond $15: … Keep reading »
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FilmSocial Schedule
FilmSocial 7 – Sorry to Bother You (2018) FilmSocial 6 – Pride (2014): An LGBTQ Labour Day Celebration FilmSocial 5 – 9 to 5 (1980): Celebrating International Women’s Day FilmSocial … Keep reading »
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FilmSocial
Our time is one in which inequality, precarious work, sexism, racism, right-wing extremism, global conflict, war, automation and environmental degradation are at the forefront of the public mind. What stories … Keep reading »
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The Capitalism Workshop
What is capitalism? How does it shape the world? What are its social consequences? How are social classes being shaped and remade by gender, race and other identities and experiences? Where … Keep reading »
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Healthcare Funding Falls, Again
| December 5, 2017
Real provincial government healthcare funding per-person has fallen again this year in Ontario, the third year in a row. Since 2009 real funding per-person has fallen 2.6% – $63 per … Keep reading »
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Chile’s Political System Shaken by Rise of New Anti-Neoliberal Left
| December 4, 2017
The first round of Chile’s presidential election was held on November 19. The right-wing candidate, ex-president Sebastian Pinera, won with 36% of the votes. He will compete in the second … Keep reading »
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Henry Giroux – Higher Education and the Plague of Authoritarianism
| December 3, 2017
Toronto – 26 October 2017 Higher education in our politically desperate age is threatened by a legacy that it does not dare to name and that legacy with its eerie … Watch video »
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Neoliberalism: A Useful Concept?
| December 1, 2017
It is only over the past decade-and-a-half or so that scholars have begun to explore in greater depth the ideological roots of the neoliberal project. Such contributions tend to focus … Keep reading »
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Deena Ladd and Jonathan Rosenblum – The Fight for 15 – What Next?
| December 1, 2017
For those of us in unions, the Fight for $15 and Fairness means using all of the tools at our disposal to defend what we still have – at the … Watch video »
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On the Rails: A Case for Renewed Leftist Infatuation with Transport
| November 29, 2017
A few weeks ago, at 3:30 in the morning, the Manitoba government froze public transit funding to Winnipeg, equivalent to a $10-million cut. It was a quiet affair. The bill … Keep reading »
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Toward a New Model Young Labour
| November 27, 2017
Preface to Proposal Following decades of neoliberalism, where a massive redistribution of wealth and power has taken place in favour of the rich, the capitalist system now finds itself in serious … Keep reading »
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Building Capacities: Education for Democracy
| November 26, 2017
Transcending Pessimism, Reimagining Democracy – Session 3: Building Capacities: Education for Democracy Recorded in Toronto, 6 October 2017. This conference is in honour of Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch (York University). … Watch video »
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