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Student Debt and the American Dream
| July 4, 2013
This interview is part of a larger piece on the student debt crisis in America the author wrote as an assignment for one of his classes at the Graduate School … Keep reading »
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Organized Labour in the Gezi Process
| July 3, 2013
Reflections on a Popular Uprising and Weakened Organized Labour The recent wave of resistance that spread from a park in one of the historic neighbourhoods of Istanbul, Turkey has evoked significant … Keep reading »
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Labour in the Time of Cholera and Cancer
| July 1, 2013
A recent book, The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills, makes the reasonable point that, “the price of austerity can be measured in human lives.”[1] Austerity programs have obvious negative impacts … Keep reading »
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Chapuling in Turkey
| June 30, 2013
Toronto — 23 June 2013. Occupy Gezi and Reflections from the Turkish Left Since the end of May, Turkey has seen the rise of a social movement that has serious implications, … Watch video »
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How Much Change on Climate Change?
| June 29, 2013
The vast majority of people own no significant amount of stocks or other financial assets. Every single person breathes air. Every single person depends on the growing of food and … Keep reading »
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Gezi Protests in Turkey: A Historic Milestone
| June 28, 2013
The Gezi Park protests in Istanbul have been the center of attention not only in Turkey but the whole world during the last few weeks. This has been a revolt … Keep reading »
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For A European Antifascist Movement
| June 27, 2013
The deepening and generalization of the crisis to nearly all European countries makes it now possible to comprehend not only the crisis’s dynamic and characteristics, but also the priority tasks … Keep reading »
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Brazil: Private Transit, Public Protests
| June 26, 2013
São Paulo has some of the worst traffic in the world. Workers’ daily commutes can be over two hours – one way – without ever leaving the city. Rain or … Keep reading »
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Political Lessons From Greece: Summits, Refugees and Protest
| June 25, 2013
Between June 7th and June 9th we had three contrasting experiences in Athens. One was attending the European Alter Summit over two days; another was marching with Gay Pride on … Keep reading »
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The State and The Future of Democracy in Turkey
| June 23, 2013
Toronto — 20 June 2013. In recent years Turkey has been presented as a “model democracy” for the Middle East. In recent weeks, what started out as a protest against … Watch video »
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Waiting for 2014 in Afghanistan
| June 22, 2013
A short documentary by Justin Podur about Afghanistan’s perils and prospects leading up to the 2014 NATO withdrawal and election. Includes interviews with Afghan MPs: Ramazon Bashardost, and Shukria Barakzai. Watch video »
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Illusions and Realities Surrounding Iran’s Presidential Elections
| June 20, 2013
A salient message from among numerous satirical dispatches from Iran resonated well with last week’s presidential elections. It said, “in other countries people go to the poll booths to elect … Keep reading »
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