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After the Canadian election: Left-wing politics dying
(Left Streamed) The Canadian political right under the leadership of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government appears to be consolidating power, so some of the most prominent voices on Canadian politics held a critical debate about the dying left in light of the results of the October 14 election. Click HERE to view discussions with: * Bryan Evans, Socialist Project; Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University. * Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University.…
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Canadian economists back carbon tax
What does the reelection of Harper mean for the environment? What does it mean for the Liberal carbon tax? Dead in the water. What about the new environment minister, Jim Prentice? Most importantly, where will environmentalists and ecosocialists go from here?
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Fair Pay Act key issue for women
Six major women’s organizations announce their endorsement of Barack Obama for United States President. One major reason for the endorsement is Obama’s support of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which sought to embed into law equal pay for women to equal work performed.
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Edward S. Herman: Russia, Georgia and U.S. double standards
(By Edward S. Herman from ZMag) With the short Russian war on Georgia, the U.S. mainstream media rushed to the barricades in a now familiar and routine manner, as in their usual service supporting the invasion-occupation of Iraq and their portrayal of the “huge threat” posed by Iran’s nuclear program. Of course, Russia’s attack and occupation did differ from that of the United States in Iraq in a number of ways. For one thing, Georgia borders on Russia and has been…
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Election 2008 and beyond: Radical-left strategy in a time of right-wing consensus
(Nathan Rao from The Bullet) In these difficult times, those of us on the radical Left have learned to be grateful for tender mercies. And so it goes with the results of the October 14th federal election. A few bits of good news immediately come into view: the hard-Right crew around Stephen Harper was denied a majority government; and the main beneficiaries of the majority rejection of the Conservatives were not the centre-Right Liberals, whose crisis continues unabated, but rather the…
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McCain attacks Canadian health care
McCain proposals will make things worse; Obama’s won’t be enough. The health care system in the US is ranked 37th overall in the world even though it spends almost double per capita of what other industrialized countries spend. Despite the facts, Obama and McCain fall well short of the population’s needs and McCain takes stabs at the Canadian system, itself falling into a deeper state of neglect. Part 1. Health care crisis in U.S. Part 2. McCain’s attack on Canadian health…
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Support lawsuits against Canadian government
Your help is needed right now to support the campaigns to close the 90 loopholes in the federal government’s accountability system, and also to support three key government ethics lawsuits to stop snap election calls by the Prime Minister and provincial premiers, to stop lobbyists from doing favours for politicians they are lobbying, and to stop politicians and government officials from controlling investigations of themselves and their friends when they face accusations of wrongdoing. PLEASE DONATE NOW to help Democracy Watch…
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John Pilger: The Diplomacy Of Lying
(ZNet. Oct 28) In 1992, Mark Higson, the Foreign Office official responsible for Iraq, appeared before the Scott inquiry into the scandal of arms sold illegally to Saddam Hussein. He described a “culture of lying” at the heart of British foreign policymaking. I asked him how frequently ministers and officials lied to parliament. “It’s systemic,” he said. “The draft letters I wrote for various ministers were saying that nothing had changed, the embargo on the sale of arms to Iraq was…
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Bolivia approves new draft constitution
The fight is not over by any means but Bolivia has entered a new phase. .
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AUDIO: Bailouts and Bankruptcies, The Economic Crisis in Canada and Around the World
On Monday, October 27 over 200 people gathered in Winnipeg’s Millenium Library to hear three economists and one historian from the University of Manitoba discuss the state of Canada’s and the world’s economy in the wake of the financial crisis. This public forum was hosted by Canadian Dimension publisher Cy Gonick and will hopefully be the first of many. Prof. Henry Heller (history) TALK Prof. Robert Chernomas (economics) TALK Prof. John Loxley (economics) TALK Prof. Fletcher Baragar(economics) TALK Sponsored by: Canadian…
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