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  • Two Transitions in Brazil: Dilemmas of a Neoliberal Democracy Alfredo Saad-Filho | January 13, 2014

    This article reviews the background and the implications of two transitions in Brazil: the political transition from a military regime (1964-85) to democracy (1985-present), and the economic transition from import-substituting … Keep reading »

  • The Rise of Finance Sam Gindin and John Peters | January 12, 2014

    Toronto — 6 December 2013. Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 5: What role for unions and pension funds? One of the emerging features of the neoliberal landscape has … Watch video »

  • Crucible of Resistance | January 10, 2014

    Class Struggle Over Ways Out of the Crisis Many commentators make Greece and other peripheral EU members responsible for the sovereign debt crisis. People in these countries would hav lived above … Keep reading »

  • The Elusive Recovery Prabhat Patnaik | January 8, 2014

    The world capitalist crisis which began in 2008 not only persists but is worsening. The second half of the current year [2013] was supposed to be the period when growth in the major advanced countries would gather momentum. The IMF had predicted in spring that activity would “gradually accelerate.” Keep reading »

  • First Nations Fight Against the Frackers Brian Ward | January 6, 2014

    After facing months of protest led by the Mi’kmaq people of the Elsipogtog Nation in New Brunswick, the frackers of Houston-based Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) have left the province and … Keep reading »

  • Anarcho-Syndicalism | January 5, 2014

    Toronto — 22 December 2013. A discussion with Taodhg (AKA Tim) Burns and Marc Young about the politics of Anarcho-Syndicalism, its history, and modern application. Taodhg (AKA Tim) Burns is … Watch video »

  • The Geopolitical Ecology of Empire’s Ally Greg Albo, Jerome Klassen and Jordy Cummings | January 3, 2014

    Jordy Cummings interviews Greg Albo and Jerome Klassen Jordy Cummings (JC): One of the overarching themes of Empire’s Ally in general,and your contribution in particular, is a questioning of the predominant … Keep reading »

  • Which Way to the Winter Palace, Please? Mario Candeias | January 2, 2014

    Transnational Echoes and Blocked Transformations Triggered by the Arab Spring (LuXemburg 1/2011), a series of transnational movements, such as the Indignants and Occupy Wall Street, began gathering pace in 2011 in … Keep reading »

  • Fifteen Years of Postal Service Liberalization in Europe Christoph Hermann | January 1, 2014

    The Precarization of Employment and Working Conditions In 2013, a fifteen year process of the liberalization of postal services in the European Union came to a preliminary end as the last … Keep reading »

  • Puzzle or Misreading? Stagnation, Austerity and Left Politics Sam Gindin | December 31, 2013

    That the many attempts to theorize the crisis of 2008, the deepest crisis since the Depression, have at best been inconclusive should not be all that surprising. After all, as … Keep reading »

  • Young Workers and Union Organizing: CUPE and Unionizing at Carleton University Priscillia Lefebvre | December 30, 2013

    It is no secret that the conditions for young workers are deteriorating. Many are not only struggling to keep up with rent increases and the cost of living but are … Keep reading »

  • Luxemburg, Lenin, Levi: Rethinking Revolutionary History John Riddell and Paul Kellogg | December 29, 2013

    Toronto — 14 December 2013. Moderated by Jackie Esmonde. Presentations by: John Riddell, editor of Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International. Paul Kellogg, … Watch video »

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