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Austerity, Disabilities and Union Rights: Opposing Bill 83
| November 23, 2010
On the twenty-eighth of October, a bill passed Second Reading in the Ontario Legislature, a bill that is a clear danger to the labour movement’s ability to win fair contracts … Keep reading »
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Capitalism and Confrontation
| November 21, 2010
Ottawa — 19 March 2010. Keynote address by Bryan Palmer, Trent University. Recorded at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Critical Social Research Collaborative (CSRC).
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Returning to the Gold Standard is Not a Good Idea
| November 16, 2010
Should we take seriously the idea, promoted by World Bank president Robert Zoellick, to partially root the global monetary system in gold? Is gold, as he claims, an “elephant in … Keep reading »
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Forum on Bolivia with Dr. Hugo Salvatierra
| November 14, 2010
Toronto — 8 November 2010. Moderated by Judy Rebick. Dr. Hugo Salvatierra is one of Evo Morales’s top advisors and a founder of the MAS in Bolivia. Salvatierra is a … Watch video »
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South Africa in 2010: A History That Must Happen
| November 11, 2010
South Africa is a country on a roller coaster to disaster. A recent paper written by the leadership of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) attests to this. … Keep reading »
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1810, 1910, 2010 and Mexican Labour
| November 8, 2010
In the midst of a deep depression, an ongoing crisis of legitimacy and a brutal internal war amongst the different fractions of the drug cartel/state complex, Mexico is celebrating its … Keep reading »
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Unite-Here! Local 75 on Strike
| November 7, 2010
Toronto — 30 and 31 October 2010. Workers from Unite-Here! Local 75 – on strike against the Delta Chelsea hotel in Toronto. The workers are fighting for safer workloads, fair … Watch video »
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Ecuador and Venezuela: Danger South of the Border
| November 3, 2010
It is not difficult to see that the events of September 30, in the Latin American country of Ecuador, amounted to an attempted right-wing coup d’état. Mass mobilizations in the … Keep reading »
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Economic Crisis and Tax Injustice
| November 2, 2010
The Associated Press’s Robin Hindery reported on October 29, 2010 that the AP had found a remarkable fact: communities across the U.S. have been raising their local property taxes. The … Keep reading »
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Workers’ Control, Workers’ Councils and the Social Economy
| October 31, 2010
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela — August 10, 2009. Presentation by Michael Lebowitz, Professor Emeritus, Economics Department, Simon Fraser University. “Workers Control, Workers Councils and the Social Economy” presented 10 August 2009 … Watch video »
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Building Labour Resistance
| October 28, 2010
Toronto — 26 October 2010. Forum Organized by the Labour Caucus of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly. Moderator: Ilian Burbano, Co-President CUPE 3393 and member of Latin American Trade Unionists … Watch video »
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Drivers and Riders Unite!
| October 27, 2010
Fare hikes, layoffs, and service cuts decimate public transit In 2008, when gas prices spiked, so did transit ridership, reaching 10.7 billion trips in the United States. Hard times make this … Keep reading »
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