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NDP Leadership Candidate Niki Ashton Supports Palestinian Rights
Canadian PoliticsThe first ever pregnant major party leadership candidate in Canadian political history has gained this support by speaking truth to power and taking a principled position on an issue most politicians have shied away from. And, she has demonstrated that the purpose of Israeli nationalist attacks is to silence them, not to have a debate.
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Trump: End the Syria war now
Middle EastPresident Trump, according to numerous reliable Washington sources, has decided to end US arms supplies and logistics support to Syria’s jihadist rebels that have fuelled the bloody six-year conflict. Washington, and its allies Britain and France, have persistently denied arming Syria’s jihadist rebels fighting to bring down the Russian and Iranian-backed government of President Bashar Assad.
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Time for the “International Left” to Take a Stand on Venezuela
Latin America and the CaribbeanThe international left does not even need to take a position on whether the proposed constitutional assembly or negotiations with the opposition is the best way to resolve the current crisis. Opposing intervention and disseminating information on what is actually happening in Venezuela, though, are the two things where non-Venezuelans can play a constructive role.
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By 2100, Refugees Would Be the Most Populous Country on Earth
EnvironmentThe UN Refugee Agency has announced the new figures for the world’s displaced: 65.9 million. That means that 65.9 million human beings live as refugees, asylum seekers or as internally displaced people. If the refugees formed a country, it would be the 21st largest state in the world, just after Thailand (68.2 million) and just ahead of the United Kingdom (65.5 million).
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Mayweather vs McGregor: a Roman Spectacle of Greed and Vulgarity
CultureThe only chance Conor McGregor has of laying a glove on Floyd Mayweather when they meet in the ring is if Mayweather allows him to. But by then it will be too late, as professional boxing will have been dragged through the mud with its reputation tarnished — perhaps beyond repair. Until then we will be forced to suffer the antics of two very rich and very vulgar clowns.
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Defending the rights of injured workers
LabourThe struggle for decent work and workers’ compensation are inextricably linked. We must fight for employment standards that treat workers with dignity and respect, and we must also struggle for workers’ compensation that supports people through their injuries. This is a powerful moment for the injured worker movement and $15 and Fairness to join forces in the rising tide against austerity.
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Red Skin, White Masks: Glen Coulthard
Indigenous PoliticsGlen Coulthard is Yellowknives Dene and an associate professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies and Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition and the winner of the 2016 Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Frantz Fanon Award for Most Outstanding Book
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Seattle wants to tax the rich so the poor can afford to live there
USA PoliticsSeattle has the fourth-highest tax burden for families earning $25,000 among 51 other urban centres, according to a report done by the chief financial officer for the District of Columbia. It is ranked fifth in the United States for its number of millennials earning more than $350,000 a year and is home to six Fortune 500 companies.
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Sixth NDP Leadership Debate: Debates around CCF-NDP History and Means Testing Generate Conflict
Canadian PoliticsThis is a substantive political debate that will continue to play out throughout the rest of the contest, and raises an important question about how we classify and prioritize social spending, income transfers, and all those initiatives to reduce poverty and inequality. In various ways, all four candidates have offered new and transitioned programs to address poverty. Fittingly, these are the sorts of questions the NDP needs to be debating.
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Republican Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
USA PoliticsAs Republicans attempt to revive a bill to overturn Obamacare, we look at the radical right’s attempt to reshape the role of the federal government—from healthcare to education to housing. We speak with Duke University historian Nancy MacLean, author of the new book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America.
