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Canadian Politics, Economy and Foreign Policy
Once more around the Bloc
Our democratic freedoms hang by a narrow thread, and a police state is always near at hand — that is one of the lessons of the G20 debacle that unfolded in Toronto on June 26 and 27.
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Environment and Climate Change
Finding the Movement in the Second Contradiction
An edited transcript of a panel discussion organized by Canadian Dimension at the Peoples’ Summit on June 19, 2010.
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Environment and Climate Change
Ecosocialism as Holistic Earth Care
We speak to ecosocialism founder, Joel Kovel about creating national or global resistance movements; ecosocialist activism that moves beyond pressing for direct caps on polluters; and we get his take on the Dark Mountain Project, the UN biodiversity report and the implications of Deepwater Horizon.
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Feminism
Sexism and Assault in “Torontonamo” Jails Brings More Shame to G20
In light of the massive human rights violations we saw in Toronto in the midst of the G20 summit, the RebELLEs movement is putting out a mass call to action, to denounce this unprecedented repression of political dissent in Canada and to stand in solidarity with those victimized by the state.
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Environment and Climate Change
Burn, Baby, Burn
Although the scientific community has never been more united in its conviction that climate change is well on the way to rendering planet Earth a vastly less hospitable place for most species including our own, doubt about the gravity of the problem is, paradoxically, on the rise. In this piece, Levy explores the resistance to climate change from prominent members of the Left: Alexander Cockburn, David Noble and Slavoj Zizek.
Recent articles
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The Politics of Doubt: How climate skeptics have abused both science and the public trust
Having lost the battle in the scientific arena, the skeptics have not only taken to the mass media to promulgate their cause, but have additionally resorted to the charge that they are not getting a fair hearing in this alternate venue. (more)
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Web Exclusive: Exploring Ecosocialism as a System of Thought
Just as labour exploitation threw up working class movements that fought to constrain capital’s werewolf’s tendency to consume workers in its quest for profits, capital’s recklessness with nature leads to a “rebellion of nature” as “powerful social movements demand an end to ecological exploitation.” (more)
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Brazil and Venezuela: Two Turning Point Elections this Fall
Two elections in Latin America this fall will have decisive importance in the direction of economic and foreign policy for the coming decade: Venezuelan legislative elections on September 26 and Brazilian Presidential elections on October 3rd. (more)
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Visiting Gerardo in prison
Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban 5, is serving two life sentences for conspiracy to commit espionage and aiding and abetting murder. (more)
Episode 155 (May 6th) — ALERT’S last show of the season! Pensions sufficient to keep retirees from growing old in poverty are under frontal attack. Joel Harden of the Canadian Labour Congress Research Department and CD collective member Andrea Levy explain why. This week’s episode also celebrates MayDay week and discusses Canadian mining companies in the global south. And, as always, Mitch Podoluk is here with Music is the Weapon. You can subscribe to our podcast via iTunes and listen to past episodes by clicking the links below. A new season of ALERT will begin in September 2010.
- Bolivia: Social Tensions Erupt by Frederico Fuentes
- Tamil Asylum Seekers Deserve Better Reception by Seth Klein – The Tyee
- What happened at Jailapalooza? by Rick Salutin – The Globe and Mail
- On the bright side, the PM did say ‘climate change’ by Jeffrey Simpson – The Globe and Mail
- Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy by Ran Greenstein
- Austerity in the Face of Weakness—interview with Doug Henwood
- Ties that Bind: Canadian military seeking lessons from Israeli occupying army by Yavar Hameed & Jeffrey Monaghan – The Dominion
- The Mordor Diaries: Among the Oil Sands Tourists by Geoff Dembicki – The Tyee
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