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Greece, Syriza and the Struggle Against Austerity
| March 19, 2013
An interview with Dimitra Maragoudaki and John Milios,members of the Central Committee of SYRIZA Ingo Schmidt (IS): The economic and political crises in Greece were headline news for a couple … Keep reading »
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Ending the Dues Check-Off: Forcing Union Renewal?
| March 18, 2013
The spread of the notoriously misnamed ‘right-to-work’ legislation in the U.S. – most notably in Michigan, the home of the iconic sit-down strikes and effective birth of modern American-Canadian trade … Keep reading »
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Book Launch: Boom, Bust and Crisis
| March 17, 2013
Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada Over the past decade, Canadians have experienced wild economic swings: an economic boom followed by massive layoffs in traditional industries and a wrenching … Watch video »
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Nepal’s Unfinished Revolution
| March 15, 2013
“I just want to help children,” a voice called out in English from a clothing store in Thamel, a tourist area of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. I saw a young … Keep reading »
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Portugal: “I Prefer the Horses in My Lasagne to the Donkeys in the Government”
| March 14, 2013
On Saturday, 2 March 2013, “Que Se Lixe a Troika” (Fuck the Troika) demonstrations represented a qualitative as well as quantitative shift for the anti-austerity movement in Portugal. In more … Keep reading »
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Manitoba Métis Win Historic Ruling
| March 13, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013 – “Louis Riel must be smiling.” That’s the front-page headline in the Winnipeg Free Press two days ago. It’s taken from the response of the head … Keep reading »
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Dissent Brews in the OSSTF
| March 12, 2013
Over a month has passed since Bill 115 was repealed by the Ontario Liberals, but the contracts imposed on the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) and Elementary Teachers’ Federation … Keep reading »
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Porter Airlines: The Little Strike that Could
| March 11, 2013
On Saturday, 26 January 2013 tens of thousands of teachers and supporters rallied outside the Liberal leadership convention at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in opposition to their Bill 115 … Keep reading »
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Unity, Democracy, Militancy: New Trade Union Initiative in India
| March 10, 2013
Toronto — 24 February 2013. Gautam Mody is Secretary of the New Trade Union Initiative, a trade union centre in India founded in 2002. NTUI proclaims itself as independent from … Watch video »
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Austerity and Ontario’s Universities
| March 9, 2013
The contributors challenge the neoliberal mantra that there is no alternative but austerity to deal with the economic crisis and government deficits; in fact, austerity is shown to be counterproductive … Watch video »
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold: The Post-Chávez Venezuelan Conjuncture
| March 9, 2013
On live television, Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro choked on his words. Hugo Chávez, the improbable President, born in the rural poverty of Sabaneta, in the state of Barinas, in 1954 … Keep reading »
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A Posthumous Message to Hugo Chávez
| March 7, 2013
Dear Hugo, Who would think that the man, full of vitality, who I met nearly 11 years ago in an airplane that flew us toward El Vigía, and who was … Keep reading »
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