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Montreal 2005 Climate Change Conference
| December 3, 2005
For persons in the Arctic watching permafrost and polar ice melt; in small island states watching the sea levels rise around them; in drought-filled regions watching another year’s crop fail; … Keep reading »
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This Election will Not End the Impasse of Canadian Democracy
| November 30, 2005
By a margin of 171 to 133, the united parliamentary forces of the Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois and New Democratic Party felled the federal Liberal Government of Paul Martin at 7:09 … Keep reading »
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The GM Layoffs and the Logic of Neoliberalism
| November 25, 2005
The perverse logic of neoliberalism took even more twisted turns on 21 November 2005. General Motors, the largest manufacturing company in the world, had just months ago been promised $450-million in government money to create jobs in Canada. Keep reading »
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The French Riots and Canada
| November 22, 2005
The fires lighting up the nights of the suburbs of France over the last month have stripped even more gloss off the already tarnished ideology of neoliberalism. Against the alleged … Keep reading »
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GM, the Delphi Concessions and North American Workers: Round Two?
| November 14, 2005
It is important to recall that until the 1970s, collective bargaining in the United States and Canada was largely about workers demanding improvements from their employers. But a new era … Keep reading »
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Ariel Sharon Visits Toronto
| November 7, 2005
Activists across Canada have been gearing up in preparation of a visit to Toronto by the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. Sharon is scheduled to be keynote speaker at the … Keep reading »
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PQ’s rightward shift opens space for new left party in Quebec
| November 5, 2005
Ten years after the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty, with its razor-thin victory for the No side, and 25 years since the first referendum, mass media and academics alike have … Keep reading »
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The Suspension of Elections in Bolivia and Left Strategy
| November 2, 2005
The small Andean nation hit the news again on October 31 with the announcement that elections originally scheduled for December 2005 are postponed indefinitely. This most recent political crisis has … Keep reading »
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BC Teachers’ Federation – On Strike
| October 20, 2005
What should we make of the current teachers’ job action in British Columbia? The short answer: B.C. teachers are very courageous in taking a stand. A longer answer: Teachers’ actions … Keep reading »
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The Unexpected Revolution
The Venezuelan People Confront Neoliberalism Carlos Torres, et al. In Latin America, there have been many peoples and countries with an abundance of deep, radical political traditions, whose struggles regularly … Keep reading »
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Whose Violence?: Imperial State Security and the Global Justice Movement
Given the USA’s unique imperial status in today’s world, the re-election of George W. Bush inevitably has global as well as domestic implications, the direst of which is the readiness … Keep reading »
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The Dirt of Pretty Things in Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
| January 1, 2005
Review of Dirty Pretty Capitalism Dirty Pretty Things (2003), a film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, is a realist narrative set in the cosmopolitan global city-scape of London in the period following Thatcher’s neoliberal ascendancy. Keep reading »
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