A joke currently doing the rounds: “Definition of a fossil fool — A politician who spends $9.1 billion on an emission reduction plan while spending twice as much to expand a tar sands pipeline.” No prize for identifying the fool in question. The foolishness is underlined by the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
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David Elliott is a member of ISA Australia. The election brought a shock to the two-party system in Australia, but one that has been coming for a long time. 1 in 3 voters rejected the major parties as their first preference, the highest proportion in history, up from 1 in 4 at the previous election. […]
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Nina Mo is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). Since the beginning of this year unrest and protests have continued in Iran with the working class and youth at the forefront. With growing anger about the increased repression of trade unionists, for instance against teachers, and more recently against new executions, as well […]
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Canada has proclaimed multiculturalism for over 50 years, and the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was enacted in 1988. Yet Canada has a long way to go before it can claim that title in reality rather than just on paper. Although Canada is a country populated overwhelmingly by migrants and their descendants, to this day, a large […]
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James Fleming is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The coronavirus pandemic has been among “the best times in recorded history for the billionaire class”, according to Oxfam in their Profiting From Pain report. While increasing numbers of working class and poor people have been sacrificing meals, warmth, healthcare and other necessities, […]
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Erin Brightwell and Emily McArthur are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. The leaked draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade raises urgent and critical questions for the women’s movement, the union movement, the broader left, and anyone who has a stake in reproductive rights. Is it possible to turn back […]
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On May 20, Stuart Kirk, Global Head of Responsible Investments for the mega-bank HSBC (2021 assets $2.9 trillion, 2021 profits $12.6 billion), gave a speech at a Financial Times (ahem) “Moral Money” conference. The talk was titled “Why investors need not worry about climate risk.” Mr. Kirk, whose job with the bank “involves considering the […]
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Steph Lacey is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Watching the Depp / Heard trial play out in court, and the online reaction, will have a troubling impact on all victims of intimate partner violence, of all genders. This is a trial about domestic violence, and it is being used as entertainment, […]
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Jason Kenney has announced his resignation as Premier of Alberta and leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP). This after 48.6 percent, nearly half, of the party voted against him. Kenney consistently has been one of Canada’s most unpopular premiers. Yet, just a week after he announced his resignation, a new poll had the UCP […]
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David Quintana is an ISA sympathiser in Colombia. The working class and oppressed must stay mobilised for future struggles! As the world enters a new phase after the definitive failure of neoliberalism, Colombia will present a new face on May 29. The voting for the first presidential round, after a four-year term plagued by a […]
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