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Will Andrés Arauz Be the Next President of Ecuador?
| February 23, 2021
In Ecuador’s presidential election held on February 7, 2021, Andrés Arauz won the largest number of votes but could not prevail in the first round against 15 other candidates; he … Keep reading »
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Powerless in Texas
| February 22, 2021
Capitalist competition and greed lie at the heart of the power outages causing desperation across Texas. Keep reading »
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Ontario’s Care Crisis /w Pat Armstrong
| February 21, 2021
We continue our discussion of the crisis in long-term care homes in Ontario. This time we are joined by Dr. Pat Armstrong, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. Listen to audio »
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Shock Therapy: Public Funding and the Crisis at Laurentian University
| February 20, 2021
Here we go again. A major crisis. Governments cutting taxes. Bailouts in the billions for banks and corporations. And suddenly public services – including universities like Laurentian – are on … Keep reading »
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Living Socialism Today: Remembering Leo Panitch
| February 19, 2021
Standing outside a conference with a group of devotees, a famous political scientist brags that there’s only two people in the world he’s afraid of: his mother and Leo Panitch. … Keep reading »
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“Middle Class” As Deflection
| February 18, 2021
Saving the middle class has become fashionable again. With alarming regularity, opinion pieces in the country’s leading newspapers, magazines, and online media call for the reorienting of Canadian state policy … Keep reading »
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Navalny and the Protests: Some Clarification
| February 17, 2021
Who is Alexei Navalny? We now hear nothing but good things said about him in the West, and the enthusiasm should probably be tempered. I personally have never been a … Keep reading »
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GameStop and Share Markets: Between the Bad and the Ugly, There is No Good
| February 16, 2021
The recent GameStop story coming out of the US pushed arcane financial dealings into a prominence they rarely enjoy. The public was introduced to weird concepts such as “short selling … Keep reading »
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Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
| February 15, 2021
Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is. Keep reading »
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Take the Plant, Save the Planet: Workers and Communities in the Struggle for Economic Conversion
Please join us for a discussion of the politics of plant conversion for an ecologically sustainable future. The current pandemic crisis has dramatically exposed the need for a massive shift … Keep reading »
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The Politics and Geopolitics of the Coup in Myanmar
| February 14, 2021
On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military – known as the Tatmadaw – invoked Article 417 of the 2008 constitution, dismissed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and arrested her and … Keep reading »
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Community Helps to Sustain Portland’s Ongoing BLM Protests
| February 13, 2021
Portlanders have been protesting everyday since May. Community mutual aid ‘blocs’ support BIPOC activists with everything from groceries to haircuts to tattoos. Keep reading »
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