Tag: Surveillance
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On the Democratic Character of Socialist Revolution
Under the headline “Why Kautsky was right,” Eric Blanc wrote: “Leninists for decades have hinged their strategy on the need for an insurrection to overthrow the entire parliamentary state and … Keep reading »
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Between Dystopia and Democratic Socialism
The idea of socialism has been re-discovered by a layer of activists struggling for radical change, especially young people. Keep reading »
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Launching the Socialist Register 2016: The Politics of the Right
It is becoming increasingly clear that we are at one of those historical moments that compel socialists to undertake a serious calibration of the political forces amassing on the right. … Watch video »
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Neoliberalism and the Decline of Democracy
John Weeks In one of his last books Eric Hobsbawm argued that the conflict between capitalism and communism determined the course of the twentieth century (thus the title, The Age of … Keep reading »
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The Scandalization of Politics: On FordLisi, HarperDuffy, and a Few Others
We are gripped by scandal. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is implicated in a top-level cover up of illegal expense claims by one his own foot soldiers: now-suspended Senator … Keep reading »
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First Nations Under Surveillance
Harper Government Prepares for First Nations “Unrest” Internal documents from Indian Affairs and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) show that shortly after forming government in January of 2006, Prime Minister … Keep reading »