Wednesday, 5 February , 2025

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From an Open Internet, Back to the Dark Ages

From an Open Internet, Back to the Dark Ages by Jonathan Cook Can anyone still doubt that access to a relatively free and open internet is...

Quebec independence a key to building the left in Canada

By Richard Fidler August 31, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Life on the Left — The 2017 edition of the...

Balance Sheet of the Quebec Far Left

Published originally as "Bilan de l’extrême-gauche au Québec" in Quatrième Internationale, No. 21, September 1986. Available on the web site of Gauche socialiste,  and...

Canadian Imperialism

Canadian imperialism flexes its muscles By Benoît Tanguay Published in www.marxist.com When Justin Trudeau stated that, “Canada is back,” it could have been interpreted as just another...

Merkel’s G-20 Climate Alliance Is Crumbling

Merkel's G-20 Climate Alliance Is Crumbling Comment from anti-nuclear activist Bob Rigg:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel  had actually thought that Canada's young, charismatic prime minister,...

Trump Says Nafta Pullout Still Possible If Renegotiation Fails

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s still ready to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if he can’t renegotiate better terms...

President Trump: Nationalist Capitalism, An Alternative to Globalization

By James Petras* Original post date: 31 January 2017 During his inaugural speech, President Trump clearly and forcefully outlined the strategic political-economic policies he will pursue...

Global Left paying tribute to Fidel Castro

On Saturday, left-leaning politicians across the world remembered Fidel Castro and citizens paid tribute to one of the revolutionary icons of the 20th century.

The Leap Manifesto

This leap must begin by respecting the inherent rights and title of the original caretakers of this land. Indigenous communities have been at the forefront of protecting rivers, coasts, forests and lands from out-of-control industrial activity. We can bolster this role, and reset our relationship, by fully implementing the United Nations

Τhe Battle over CETA is far from over

No more than two days were needed for the CETA text, only just signed in front of the cameras, to be rejected again. The German Greens announced their intention of blocking its ratification, in its present form, in the Bundesrat, something that is within their capacities given the way that its system functions. Is the participation of the Bundesrat indispensable for ratification of the treaty? German jurists are working on this question, and it is thorny.