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The second congress of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has just drawn to a close. More than 700 delegates from all of its affiliates gathered to discuss … Keep reading »

Hundreds of lobbyists in Ottawa represent arms dealers not only competing for military contracts, but also lobbying the government to shape the policy priorities to fit the military equipment they … Keep reading »

During a press conference in Ottawa on Monday (May 30), Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford focused on his plan to “help” commuters by widening a five-kilometre stretch of Highway … Keep reading »

Democracy in Ontario? Only the naive and those standing to gain from the political spoils are refusing to concede that electoral democracy is rotten to its core in Ontario. Since … Watch video »

The current crisis in Sri Lanka is not only a political crisis of the regime of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It is also a structural breakdown of the way in which neoliberalism … Keep reading »

Jean-Luc Mélenchon was beaming at the launch of NUPES (early May), his new electoral coalition, the New Popular, Ecological and Social Union. The former Socialist Party (PS) minister, who split … Keep reading »

Steve Maher’s new book, Corporate Capitalism and the Integral State: General Electric and a Century of American Power, develops an original conception of what Gramsci called the ‘integral state’. It … Watch video »

Ontario is days away from a general election. For weeks, daily news coverage has been full of announcements and promises to make life better for Ontarians not only from the … Keep reading »

Sunday, May 15th was a sad day for Finland’s long history of military non-alignment. On this day, the country’s President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin officially announced what … Keep reading »

A review of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency I can’t forget those crisp November mornings. I’d stand respectfully still, a Scout’s red sash across my shoulder. … Keep reading »

Contributors to the 2022 volume of Socialist Register discuss “Lessons from the Corbyn Project” (James Schneider, Hilary Wainwright), “American Workers and the Left” (Sam Gindin) and “The Evolution of Race … Watch video »

So much has been written on the Sri Lankan economic crisis that the facts are by now quite well-known (see for instance C P Chandrasekhar, Frontline April 22): the massive … Keep reading »