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Commodity Fetishism and Imran Khan: Right-Wing Populism in Pakistan
| April 24, 2022
On April 3rd, citing a “foreign conspiracy” to unseat him and to avoid an impending vote of no confidence, cricketer-turned-politician and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved the National Assembly. … Keep reading »
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Anti-Abortionists Played the Long Game, And They Are Winning
| April 22, 2022
The US is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color. Keep reading »
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Do Nothing by Halves That Can be Done by Quarters: Federal Budget 2022
| April 21, 2022
A consistent theme in the media, when writing about healthcare in Canada, is to use disparaging adjectives, such as ‘dilapidated,’ ‘ramshackled,’ ‘exhausted.’ They are not exaggerations. The main thing we … Keep reading »
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Ford Government Stumbles into Healthcare Staffing Crisis
| April 20, 2022
Job vacancies across the Ontario economy have sky-rocketed over the last two years, with a ten percent increase in 2020 and a 66% increase in 2021. Compounded that represents an … Keep reading »
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Amazon Workers Form a Union
| April 18, 2022
Amazon workers in Staten Island have achieved something the company has been fighting for years to prevent: a union. The breakthrough at Amazon’s JFK8 facility is being hailed as the … Keep reading »
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Social Sources of Political Polarization in Russia
| April 17, 2022
Two authors from the 2022 Socialist Register offer a compelling account of rising urban-rural and core-periphery polarization in Russia under the authoritarian nationalism of Vladimir Putin. Until recently, Putin was … Watch video »
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Labor Anti-War Resolution
| April 15, 2022
WMALF joined a growing number of labor organizations in passing a resolution calling for the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine and the resolution of the conflict through diplomatic negotiations that respect Ukrainian sovereignty. Keep reading »
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Ford Ramping Up Privatization of Ontario Healthcare System
| April 13, 2022
In Ontario, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita hit its historic high in 2019. According to Randy Robinson, Ontario Director for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, there … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Spiralling Cost of Living Crisis
| April 12, 2022
As we purportedly emerge from the pandemic, one of the immediate challenges that confronts us is a global cost of living crisis. There has been a sharp round of inflation … Keep reading »
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Workers’ Rights and Chile’s Constitutional Convention
| April 11, 2022
Even the workers in the Constitutional Convention process are themselves organizing a union. Keep reading »
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The Hard Right and the Political Parties of Capital
| April 10, 2022
Moderated by Michael Lardner, Marxist Education Project, and introduced by Greg Albo, co-editor of Socialist Register. Ingar Solty: Market Polarization Means Political Polarization Bill Fletcher Jr.: Trump and the Danger … Watch video »
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Social Commons and the Housing Crisis
| April 8, 2022
The Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA) is in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. It’s not simply a matter of insufficient supply, but rather a deficit of affordable housing for … Keep reading »
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