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Three years after the financial meltdown of 2008, the U.S. Occupy movement opened the possibility for a left regroupment against resurgent neoliberalism. Yet the forceful eviction from the squares just … Keep reading »

Stephen Harper and his governing, Conservative Party hierarchy were hoping that the brawl they have picked with Canada’s appointed Senate would be wrapped up in time for the party’s two-day … Keep reading »

Toronto — 25 October 2013. Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 3 A central feature of the debate about “pension fund activism” and so‐called “Socially Responsible Investment” (SRI) … Watch video »

In the social and political history of Belgium, May 1, 2012, could mark a milestone. On that day the leaders of the Charleroi regional branch of the socialist trade union FGTB/ABVV publicly broke with the social-democratic party and called for a rallying of the left to the perspective of a new broad, anti-capitalist force to the left of the Parti Socialiste (PS) and the Greens. Keep reading »

Another oil train derailment and explosion in Canada has sent nearby residents fleeing from their homes in the middle of the night. It happened at 1 a.m. on Saturday, October … Keep reading »

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has rejected a group’s bus ad showing Israel’s expropriation of Palestinian land over time, claiming the ad could incite anti-Jewish discrimination and violence. The ad, … Keep reading »

Toronto — 19 October 2013. Presentations by: Sam Gindin, co-author with Leo Panitch of The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire. David McNally, author of Global … Watch video »

Now that the latest standoff between the U.S. treasury and Congress is over, it may be helpful to put it in some historical perspective. Indeed, the outcome brings to mind … Keep reading »

Toronto — 11 October 2013. Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 2: The responsible investment, capital stewardship, and ‘pension fund activism’ movements It is noteworthy that as finance has … Watch video »

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” — 1984 by George Orwell Canada’s colonial past is present, however much Prime Minister … Keep reading »

On October 7, President Evo Morales issued a government decree that allows workers to establish “social enterprises” in businesses that are bankrupt, winding up, or unjustifiably closed or abandoned. These … Keep reading »

On 9 September 2013, a red-green alliance led by the social democratic Labour Party lost the Norwegian general elections. Only two weeks later, the German Social Democrats (SPD) only came … Keep reading »