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The Greek Crisis: Syriza vs Europe
| April 25, 2015
On January 26, Greeks elected Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, to form government in their country that has been ravaged by a toxic mix of economic depression and … Watch video »
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The Armenian Genocide: An Open Wound
| April 24, 2015
To the memory of Stepan Shaumyan, Armenian Bolshevik leader of the Baku Commune in 1918, and of Hrant Dink, Armenian socialist intellectual from Istanbul who, until his assassination in 2007, … Keep reading »
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Fortress Europe and a Mediterranean Cemetery for Migrants
| April 22, 2015
In the night between April 18th and April 19th a boat filled with up to 950 migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 70 miles north of Libya, while trying to … Keep reading »
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Low-Wage Workers’ Struggles Are About Much More than Wages
| April 21, 2015
When fast-food workers first took the streets in New York City in November 2012 to protest for higher wages and a union, no one could have imagined how successful the … Keep reading »
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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 … 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 … 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. … 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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