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The Canadian Election and the War in Afghanistan
| October 12, 2008
Conservative Party leader, Stephen Harper, attempted to remove questions about Canada’s role in Afghanistan from debate during the election campaign by announcing the combat role of the Canadian Forces will … Keep reading »
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Battling Harper: The Left and the Canadian Election
| October 11, 2008
Toronto — 11 October 2008 – A 10 Minute Production As the Canadian federal election moves into its final days, the Canadian electorate is again demonstrating its historical volatility in … Watch video »
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Wall Street Panic, Main Street Pain and Policy Choices
| October 6, 2008
Government Responses to the Financial Crisis: Meltdown and Bailouts Falling house-prices triggered a financial crisis in the summer of 2007. Increasing numbers of people who had borrowed against their property, whose … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Elections: What’s the Alternative to the Tories?
| October 3, 2008
Canada’s minority Conservative Party government has called a federal election for October 14. Serious issues confront voters – war in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the economic downturn that that … Keep reading »
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The Current Crisis: A Socialist Perspective
| September 30, 2008
‘They say they won’t intervene. But they will.’ This is how Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary, responded to Paul O’Neill, the first Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, who … Keep reading »
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Comparing Crises: The 1930s, the 1970s, and Today
| September 28, 2008
Boom or bust, Wall Street keeps people busy. Everybody debates the U.S. government’s $700-billion bailout plan these days. After the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, who’s next was … Keep reading »
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NDP or Bloc? Quebec Left Debates Election Tactics
| September 26, 2008
An interesting debate over federal election tactics has developed among socialists in Québec solidaire (QS), the new left pro-sovereignty party that confines its activity to contesting Quebec, but not federal, … Keep reading »
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Harper’s Bunker: The State, Neoliberalism and the Election
| September 25, 2008
The manner of governing of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government might be characterized as a paradox with a purpose. A sharp centralization of authority over decision-making and political management in the … Keep reading »
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Poverty And Healthcare
| September 22, 2008
Presentations by: Natalie Mehra, Director Ontario Health Coalition; John Clarke, Organizer Ontario Coalition Against Poverty; Laura Cowan, Executive Director Street Health; Doris Grinspun, Executive Director Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. … Watch video »
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Canada’s Election and the Climate Crisis
| September 22, 2008
Five Parties, No Solutions For the environment, there’s good news and bad news in Canada’s current federal election campaign. Good news: for the first time ever, climate change is a central … Keep reading »
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Poetry and Socialist Politics
| September 21, 2008
Poet and painter Joe Rosenblatt (1933-2019) was a tremendously important icon of the Canadian cultural left in the 60s and 70s. Watch video »
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Crumbling Bloc?
| September 17, 2008
Watching the Bloc Québécois over the past decade is a little like watching a bullfight. You know that the bull is going to die, but not on what particular charge. … Keep reading »
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