December 6, 2008
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The National http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081206/FOREIGN/117582364/1011/rss : (Keep reading…)

http://www.blackcommentator.com/index_304.html December 18, 2008

When I awoke on Friday morning, December 12th, I turned on my computer. The first thing I saw was that the deal being worked on in the Senate to provide the automobile companies with loans had fallen through. The explanation offered on MSN: the United Auto Workers (UAW) refused to take a pay cut. (Keep reading…)

progresoweekly.com December 18, 2008

Watching Hugo Chavez orate on Venezuelan television rings old memory bells. “Socialism. Revolution, Patria.” Words I heard in 1960-61 in Cuba. (Keep reading…)

Special to Canadian Dimension December 17, 2008

During the 1930s, two groups disproportionately dominated the House of Commons and the federal cabinet: farmers and businessmen. Since that time, farmers have been consigned to the dustbin, replaced by lawyers, but the business class retains its lofty status. Indeed, immune to all other efforts to democratize political representation since the 19th century, business people – usually businessmen – continue to dominate our political landscape. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail December 16, 2008

The latest macroeconomic news from the United States, other advanced economies and emerging markets confirms that the global economy will face a severe recession in 2009. (Keep reading…)

The Times November 18, 2008

The Japanese comic version of Das Kapital joins a collection of increasingly fierce literary critiques of the global capitalist system (Keep reading…)

The Guardian, 9 December 2008

At a high-level academic conference on global warming at Exeter University this summer, climate scientist Kevin Anderson stood before his expert audience and contemplated a strange feeling. He wanted to be wrong. Many of those in the room who knew what he was about to say felt the same. His conclusions had already caused a stir in scientific and political circles. Even committed green campaigners said the implications left them terrified. (Keep reading…)

Rabble.ca DECEMBER 9, 2008

The election of Amir Khadir in the Mercier downtown district of Montreal did not come about as a surprise nor as a gift. The victory comes after three previous attempts since the late 1990s. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail December 12, 2008

Prince Iggy had an oddly unconfident way of trying to look confident Wednesday at his first press conference as Liberal Leader. (”Prince” refers to his family background as Russian nobility.) He glanced anxiously sidewards at advisers and pushed overly jovially for questions in French. But I’ve often found this about him. He has the look and sound of a guy trying to figure out how he’d look and sound if he was the guy he’s trying to be. (Keep reading…)

http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/12/socialist-party-socialism

New Statesman (UK)
December 2008 (Keep reading…)