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Economic Restructuring and the Politics of Low-Paid and Unwaged Work
| April 19, 2015
Introductions by Carlo Fanelli and John Shields (Ryerson University), co-editors of Alternate Routes. Presentations by: Stephen McBride and Jacob Muirhead (McMaster University): “Challenging the Low Wage Economy: Living and Other … Watch video »
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The Politics of Human Rights
| April 16, 2015
There has never been more talk about human rights than there is today. Social media is full of calls to sign petitions or send e-mails about human rights causes. Almost … Keep reading »
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Bolivia’s Voters Reaffirm ‘Process of Change’
| April 14, 2015
But Issue Warnings to the Governing MAS Up to 90 per cent of the electorate voted in Bolivia’s “subnational” elections March 29 for governors, mayors and departmental assembly and municipal council … Keep reading »
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The Historic Feminist Victories of the 1980s
| April 12, 2015
on Reproductive Rights and Pay Equity: Looking Back and Forward This forum commemorates two of the greatest achievements of the modern Canadian feminist movement, when thirty years ago, working closely together … Watch video »
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Neoliberal Violence and the Mexican state
| April 11, 2015
Toronto — 20 March 2015. Presentations by: Hepzibah Munoz Martinez is professor in the History and Politics department at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John campus). She has done … Watch video »
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The Ultra-Political Game: Depoliticization and False Polarization in Brazil
| April 10, 2015
In a recent essay (see “Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT”), Alfredo Saad-Filho writes of the dilemmas the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT) now faces in Brazil. His … Keep reading »
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There is no Alternative Unless We Build One
| April 8, 2015
Reinventing Socialist Politics The varied left histories dating back to the long 19th century gained momentum during the tumultuous first decades of the 20th century and for some time after. They … Keep reading »
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Bolivia: Burdens of a State Manager
| April 6, 2015
In the opening salvos of Latin America’s uneven lurch to the Left in the early twenty-first century, Bolivia distinguished itself as the region’s most radical socio-political terrain.[1] Left-indigenous movements in … Keep reading »
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Lifting Up Low-Wage Work: Global Perspectives
| April 5, 2015
Stephanie Luce is Professor of Labor Studies at the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education, CUNY School for Professional Studies; and Professor of Sociology in the CUNY Graduate Centre. … Watch video »
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Solidarity rally with striking YorkU and UofT workers
| April 4, 2015
CUPE 3902, representing 8000 educational workers at the University of Toronto went on strike on March 2nd, 2015. weareuoft.ca (On March 26, the union members voted to go to arbitration.) … Watch video »
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Podemos and the Catalan Independence Process
| April 3, 2015
The rise of Podemos (“We Can”) in the Spanish state – and of its counterpart Podem in Catalonia – has presented a new challenge to both the Catalan independence movement … Keep reading »
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Important Strike in Mexico: Farm Workers Paralyze Baja Farms
| April 2, 2015
Thousands of farmworkers in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California, just 185 miles south of the U.S. border, struck some 230 farms, including the twelve largest that dominate production … Keep reading »
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