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Night in Tunisia: Riots, Strikes and a Spreading Insurgency
| January 19, 2011
Popular upheavals always carry a distinct sonic resonance. The cascading chants that reverberate through the streets, the roar of the crowd as it drives back the riot police and seizes … Keep reading »
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Like We Said, It’s a Global Slump
| January 14, 2011
I have never accepted the postmodernist contention that contemporary capitalism is all about smoke and mirrors. The notion that ideology and illusion make the system go round strikes me as … Keep reading »
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Will U.S. Labour Challenge Austerity?
| January 12, 2011
Across the U.S., working-class people are struggling, scraping together meager sums in order to get by. In state and local governments throughout the country, workers are watching public services slashed … Keep reading »
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A European Strategy for the Left
| January 10, 2011
The global effects of the crisis have been made even worse by what is happening in Europe. For thirty years the contradictions of capitalism have been overcome with the help … Keep reading »
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Halo Came Off Canadian Recovery as 2010 Drew to Close
| January 6, 2011
Canada’s recovery from the 2008-09 recession ground to a painful halt during the second half of 2010. The economy created no net new jobs from the summer onward, economic growth … Keep reading »
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Opening Ontario and Constraining Collective Bargaining
| January 5, 2011
The Case of Carleton’s Capitalist University As austerity measures intensify around the world, the axe has come down particularly hard on post-secondary education.[1] So-called education ‘reform’ has shown itself to be … Keep reading »
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Portugal: The Prospect of a Full Bailout and More Austerity Looms in 2011
| January 4, 2011
A full financial bailout of Portugal involving the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks set to happen in the first half of 2011. This will … Keep reading »
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What’s Happening On The Korean Peninsula?
| January 3, 2011
What’s happening on the Korean peninsula? If you read the press or listen to the talking heads, your best guess would be that an insane North Korean regime is willing … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Solidarity or Colonial Complicity? Quebec Unions and Asbestos
| December 29, 2010
The struggle for workplace health and safety is undoubtedly one of the most noble aspects of the labour movement. It is a struggle for human dignity, the refusal of workers … Keep reading »
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Public Sector Unions and the Consultations for Austerity
| December 27, 2010
Nearly six months have gone since the G20 Summit in Toronto when we supposedly entered what some have referred to as “permanent austerity” – the “new normal” of capitalist social … Keep reading »
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21st Century Socialism: the Strategy of the Left and the Latin American Experience
| December 26, 2010
Thessaloniki, Greece — 13 December 2010. Michael Lebowitz and Marta Harnecker Marta Harnecker and Michael Lebowitz were invited by the N. Poulantzas Institute and Transform Magazine to present lectures on “21st … Watch video »
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Bottom of the 4th Inning of the Great Game: Afghanistan is Now Open for Business
| December 24, 2010
Many of the Canadian military, police, and civilian personnel who risk their lives in Afghanistan truly believe they are fighting a just war of good against evil. But America’s and … Keep reading »
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