Tag: Austerity
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Austerity U: Preparing Students for Precarious Lives
Almost everywhere you look around the world, policy-makers are introducing big changes to university systems and pondering deeper transformation. It isn’t surprising that these changes take different forms on campuses … Keep reading »
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Fighting Austerity
The panelists discuss the history and scope of the austerity agenda, its effects on the environment, indigenous peoples and working people the world over. Watch video »
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Solidarity Against Austerity
Part of the May Day events in Ottawa – a teach-in on austerity and building a fightback. Watch video »
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The “New Age” of Austerity
Presentations from the “Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity” conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, 23 March 2012. Watch video »
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Global Economic Crisis and Canadian Austerity
Toronto — 23 March 2012. View on www.slideshare.net It is now broadly recognized that the global economic crisis that struck in late 2007 is by far the most significant and … Watch video »
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Understanding and Fighting Austerity
Toronto — 12 November 2011. What are some of the forces that are driving the current crisis? How is it pushing forward the agenda of business and governments to get … Watch video »
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Austerity, Security and Resistance
New York — 15 March 2011. As austerity measures intensify around the world, the axe has come down particularly hard on public- and private-sector unions, the un/underemployed, and those denied … Watch video »
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Launch of the 2011 Socialist Register: The Crisis This Time
Toronto — 20 January 2011. Listen to audio on Radio4All website Introduced and moderated by Leo Panitch, co-editor of the Socialist Register: Sam Gindin, is a former research director of … Watch video »
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Will U.S. Labour Challenge Austerity?
Across the U.S., working-class people are struggling, scraping together meager sums in order to get by. In state and local governments throughout the country, workers are watching public services slashed … Keep reading »
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Capitalist Crisis, Radical Renewal?
Sasha Lilley: Liberals and leftists alike argue that the economic crisis was caused by a lack of state regulation over the banks and financial markets. Consequently, they conclude that we … Keep reading »