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Realities Collide at Halifax “War Conference”
| November 23, 2009
While the world’s top military elites gather inside a fortified hotel to discuss NATO’s future, protesters question the organisation’s legitimacy, secrecy, and the lack of democratic debate about the increasingly … Keep reading »
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Was the German Election a Turning Point?
| November 21, 2009
Toronto, November 13, 2009 – Facilitator: Leo Panitch. Featuring presentations by: Frederick Peters – Political Science, York, Ingar Solty – Political Science, York, Jan Fichter – Frankfurt University, Roger Keil … Watch video »
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Morbid Symptoms: Current Healthcare Struggles
| November 20, 2009
Leo Panitch and Colin Leys have just brought out the 2010 annual volume of the Socialist Register, Morbid Symptoms: Health Under Capitalism, published by Merlin Press in London, Monthly Review … Keep reading »
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Escalation of Afghanistan War: Canada Faces a Fateful Decision
| November 18, 2009
The United States and its imperialist partners are losing their war of conquest in Afghanistan and a further escalation is required. Canada’s Conservative Party government now faces the thorny problem … Keep reading »
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Public Sector Workers: The Recession’s Next Victims?
| November 16, 2009
I fear that Tom Walkom of the Toronto Star is bang on when he argues that the next victims of the recession will be public sector workers. As he writes: … Keep reading »
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Strike at World’s Largest Nickel Mine
| November 11, 2009
International solidarity organizes against Vale Inco, 2nd largest transnational mining giant in the world In France’s south Pacific colony of New Caledonia, a small delegation of Vale Inco strikers from … Keep reading »
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A Real Green Deal
| November 10, 2009
Thirty-five years ago, workers at the Lucas Aerospace company formulated an “alternative corporate plan” to convert military production to socially useful and environmentally desirable purposes. Hilary Wainwright and Andy Bowman … Keep reading »
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The World Social Forum, A Sustainable Model?
| November 9, 2009
After a period of remarkable expansion, the process of the World Social Forum (WSF) has stalled. The balance sheet of the most recent big assemblies turns out to be very … Keep reading »
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Campaign for a Poverty Free Ontario
| November 7, 2009
Poverty Free Ontario rallies in Toronto with: OCAP – No More Band-Aids or Bail-Outs For The Rich CFS – Drop Fees Music by Faith Nolan and the CUPE 4308 Freedom … Watch video »
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Combating Anti-Semitism or Shielding Israel?
| November 5, 2009
Submission to the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism I am writing this submission as a sociologist, a Jew, and a long-time opponent of all forms of oppression. As a … Keep reading »
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November 5 Day of Action Called at Critical Time
| November 4, 2009
The November 5 day of action for a ‘poverty free Ontario,’ that has been called by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), is taking place against a backdrop of major … Keep reading »
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Economic Crisis Hits States and Municipalities
| November 2, 2009
Crises expose the system’s irrationalities and wasteful resource allocations. For example, Madoff and his many, smaller imitators reveal the tips of corruption icebergs. More important, the crisis-induced fiscal emergencies looming … Keep reading »
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