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Greece: From Despair to Resistance
| February 14, 2012
On Sunday 12 February 2012 the people of Greece, in demonstrations and street fights all over the country expressed in a massive, collective and heroic way their anger against the … Keep reading »
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ALBA Advances toward ‘Alternative Economic Model’, Pursues Anti-Imperialist Agenda
| February 13, 2012
Member countries of Latin America’s alternative integration bloc, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), met in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas last weekend in order to … Keep reading »
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The NDP Leadership Race: Sleepwalking Toward the Centre?
| February 10, 2012
For the first time, the New Democratic Party (NDP) is holding a leadership race that involves picking the leader of the Official Opposition and someone that can, with some credibility, … Keep reading »
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Canadian Health Care: Privatization and Gendered Labour
| February 6, 2012
Priscillia Lefebvre is a collaborative Ph.D. student at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology/Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). Pat Armstrong is Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies … Keep reading »
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Debunking Anti-Union Myths
| February 5, 2012
Toronto — 2 February 2012. In this exciting new series, Dr. Stephanie Ross of York University decimates the right-wing media spin about organized labour in North America. While many pundits … Watch video »
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Labour Leadership Squabbles in Ontario
| February 2, 2012
As the capitalist crisis intensifies, austerity measures against public sector workers continue to mount. In Ontario, another round of cuts will soon be proposed by the Commission on the Reform … Keep reading »
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An Incomplete Victory or the Beginning of the End for Ford Nation?
| January 30, 2012
Toronto Budget 2012 Does the 2012 City of Toronto budget represent an incomplete victory for the Rob Ford Administration or is it indicative of its impending demise? It really depends on … Keep reading »
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Occupy Talks: What Gravy Train?
| January 29, 2012
Toronto — 18 January 2012. Over the last several decades, inequality has been steadily increasing, with the 1% enjoying ever higher concentrations of wealth, while members of the 99% experience … Watch video »
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Toronto Politics in the Year of the Lockout
| January 28, 2012
We are still very early in 2012 but so far it seems to be shaping up as the Year of the Lockout. A lockout is a labour disruption initiated by … Keep reading »
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Standing Up to Indiana’s Attack on Unions
| January 26, 2012
Some 10,000 angry workers swarmed around the Indiana State House January 23 to protest a pending anti-union ‘right-to-work’ bill that the Republican-controlled state Senate passed by a vote of 28-22. … Keep reading »
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Neoliberalism and the End of Shorter Work Hours
| January 25, 2012
While in previous crises shorter work hours were discussed as a measure to combat growing unemployment, an astonishing feature of the current economic downturn from 2007 on was that work … Keep reading »
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The Distinguishing Features of Latin America’s New Left In Power
| January 24, 2012
The Governments Of Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales And Rafael Correa Most political analysts place the governments of Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Rafael Correa (Ecuador) in the same category … Keep reading »
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