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The long term fiscal and economic outlook released this week by Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO) shows that big increases in healthcare spending are required in the years ahead. The … Keep reading »

David Harvey: The Double Consciousness of Capital Ilya Matveev, and Oleg Zhuravlev: Social Sources of Political Polariztion in Russia Virgina Fontes, Ana Garcia, and Rejane Hoeveler: The Far Right, Corporate … Keep reading »

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine seems to have caused some disorientation on the Left. For example, a left-wing website supported by some key leaders of the Stop the War Coalition … Keep reading »

Politicians, the media, central bankers and the average worker have all been talking up the recent acceleration in the cost of living. Just a short time ago price rises of … Watch video »

Ariel Gold’s article on the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Counterpunch is an important and critical introduction to this NGO but she mistakenly dates the compilation of the Zionist Village … Keep reading »

Pierre Beaudet, Presente! Pierre Beaudet, a Quebec leader in international solidarity and progressive scholarship, died in Montréal on the night of March 7-8. Pierre was for decades a central organizer, author … Keep reading »

After lengthy discussion on March 8 at the Durham Region Labour Council in Ontario, the following resolution was adopted with two abstentions and no opposition. As one of the delegates … Keep reading »

Two maxims come to mind as I sit to write about the war in Ukraine: ‘Truth is in the whole’ and ‘Truth is the first victim of war.’ The picture … Keep reading »

In mid-2021, Amazon’s new Africa headquarters in Cape Town drew scores of indigenous protesters over the construction of a $291-million (US) mixed-use corporate site. Over 50,000 people – including indigenous, … Keep reading »

The university sector in Britain has been hit by a momentous series of inter-linked strikes since 2018. Led by the University and College Union (UCU), representing some 110,000 staff, the … Keep reading »

“Putin was amazed at Germany’s reaction,” French President Emmanuel Macron told his aides, after a telephone interview with the Russian president. So reports Le Canard Enchaîné in its March 2, … Keep reading »

In honour of IWD (March 8), an excerpt from Joan Sangster’s book, Demanding Equality, and Alexandra Kollontai’s ‘International Women’s Day’. Keep reading »