Unsurprisingly, Poilievre won the Conservative Party leadership, crushing all opposition with 68 percent of the vote. His nearest rival, the more traditional conservative Charest, only gained 16 percent of the vote. The populist right clearly dominates the Conservative Party’s membership. The big business backers of the Conservatives, such as reflected in The Globe and Mail, […]
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Geert Cool is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are the persistent shortages and the price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and social protection are almost non-existent. […]
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Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. Economic crisis, a rising strike wave, ‘Enough is Enough’ and the need for socialist solutions During the last global “stagflationary” crisis, in the 1970s, Britain was often referred to as the “sick man of Europe.” An oil crisis, triggered by geopolitical turmoil, plunged the world economy […]
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As post-secondary students begin a new semester, many will be thinking about what they expect to get out of their education. Some students are driven by curiosity and a genuine desire to gain knowledge, or by the desire to make a positive difference in the world. However, most students are there because they’ve been told […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2–3 August signals a further escalation of the Second Cold War — the imperialist power struggle between the US and China. Predictably, Pelosi’s trip brought forth a furious reaction from Xi Jinping’s regime in the form […]
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Fight For Higher Pay! Fight For Higher Pay! Realities of student life Alberta’ UPC in Crisis Health Emergency Climate Hypocrisy Rent Control Now … and much more from Canada and abroad! For printed copies, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] PDF here. Please consider making a donation to help with our costs and build […]
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It’s no secret that younger generations are increasingly pessimistic about the future. The rising cost of living, climate change, and budget cuts to health care and education are some of the reasons. Young people often must decide between going to school, racking up tens of thousands of dollars of debt, or entering the workforce immediately, […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). A Long and Deadly Conflict It is now six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. With no end in sight, the result today is over 50,000, perhaps 100,000 dead, 14 million displaced, and cities in Ukraine totally destroyed. The whole world has changed, politically and […]
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The Enough is Enough Campaign has been launched by various figures from across the labour movement because, as RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch says “people are fed up with the way they’re treated at work. We need to turn that mood into real organisation on behalf of the working class”. Working class people are facing […]
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Defeat Bolsonaro and Build a Socialist Alternative Form committees of struggle against Bolsonaro, hunger and the coup! Build a national action plan of the working class and social movements! Bolsonaro’s brazen attitude and Paulo Guedes’ ravings about the economic situation cannot hide the harsh reality. We have 33 million Brazilians going hungry, in addition to […]
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