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How Labour is (Part of) the Problem in Building the Left
| October 22, 2010
Toronto, October 15, 2010. Lecture by: Professor Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center. A leading scholar and political activist, Frances Fox Piven was recently president of the American Sociological Association … Watch video »
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Rob Ford and the Rise of the Municipal Right
| October 20, 2010
For years, mayoral candidate Rob Ford has presented himself as the champion of the ‘little guy’ and a tax fighter. The reality is that he inherited a printing business from … Keep reading »
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Workers Without Status in France Emerge as a Social Force
| October 19, 2010
At the end of the afternoon of May 27, a mass demonstration marched into the Place de la Bastille in Paris. The march itself represented what can now be viewed … Keep reading »
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Competitive Creativity? Arts and Culture in Toronto’s Mayoral Debates
| October 17, 2010
On September 29th at the Toronto mayoral debate on arts and culture at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), variations of business-friendly urban policies were presented to Toronto’s arts community. … Keep reading »
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The Hordes at the Gate? Hard-Right Populism Defines Toronto Mayoral Election
| October 13, 2010
For months, Toronto has been enthralled by mayoral candidate, smallish capitalist, and friend of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Rob Ford. Much to the surprise of commentators in the ‘respectable’ bourgeois … Keep reading »
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Mark Carney on the ‘Natural Rate’ of Unemployment
| October 8, 2010
I was disturbed to read this comment on the current state of the U.S. economy in Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney‘s speech last week. “The natural rate … Keep reading »
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NO Fare IS Fair
| October 4, 2010
Toronto — 2 October 2010. Start of the campaign to win free and accessible transit for the GTA. A project of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly. Also, view the “The … Watch video »
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Striking in a Time of Austerity: The NOSM Strike in Northern Ontario
| October 3, 2010
The 150 members of Unit 2 of Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 677 have been on strike since August 16. The office, technical, and administrative workers at the … Keep reading »
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Race, Class and Crisis
| September 26, 2010
Toronto, September 24, 2010. The economic crisis that started in U.S. housing markets in 2007 quickly swept across the world market. A long period of stagnation and austerity now seems … Watch video »
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Venezuela: Voices on the Struggle
| September 22, 2010
In mid-June 2010, we caught up with three revolutionary socialist activists, Gonzalo Gómez, Stalin Pérez Borges, and Luis Primo in Caracas, Venezuela to discuss their views on the contradictions and … Keep reading »
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Rally in Support of Alex Hundert
| September 21, 2010
Toronto, September 18, 2010. G20 defendant and alleged ‘ringleader’ Alex Hundert appeared in court on Saturday September 18, 2010 for an alleged breach of his existing bail condition to not … Watch video »
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Rally Protests Continued Detention of Tamil Asylum Seekers in BC
| September 20, 2010
Seventy-five people staged a noisy rally in Vancouver on September 11 in support of 492 Tamil asylum seekers who landed on Canada’s west coast on August 13. The rally was … Keep reading »
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