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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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Bolivia’s Elites Seek A Media Coup
| September 15, 2008
Bolivia’s popular movements are attempting to use democracy and a legitimate government to advance an agenda of sovereignty, greater equality, and development. Their opponents, led by several governors of the … Keep reading »
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Venezuela and Bolivia – People Against Empire
| September 15, 2008
Toronto – September 10, 2008 Moderated by Carlos Torchia. Presentations by: Dr. Maria Paez Victor, Venezuelan sociologist with an MA from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England and a … Watch video »
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Labour Day 2008 and Canadian Workers
| August 31, 2008
Labour Day 2008 in Canada sees a number of longer term trends over this period of neoliberalism intensifying – downward pressures on real wages, growing precarious and marginal work, undermining … Keep reading »
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