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One Year After the G20 Protests: Forms of Protest Reflect Our Power PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 August 2011 15:12

By Clarice Kuhling

In June 2010, leaders of the G20 countries gathering in Toronto were met with a large protest march organized by union officials as well as by a series of actions organized by community-based activists. Police arrests of activists began before the march. Many hundreds of arrests followed, in the wake of attacks on property in downtown Toronto by some protestors.

 
Understanding Canadian Imperialism PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:01

By Harold Lavender

Review of Todd Gordon, Imperialist Canada (Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2010).

Over the last decade Canada's carefully constructed if largely mythical image as a peaceful force in the world has rapidly unravelled. This image completely flies in the face of the Canadian state's support for coups, invasions and occupations. Involvement in the decade-long counter-insurgency war in Afghanistan has become the symbol of a more aggressive and militarist Canada.

 
Toward a New Labour Politics PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 30 July 2011 12:30

By Maryann Abbs

Review of David Camfield, Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers' Movement
(Winnipeg: Fernwood, 2011).

 
Toronto at a Crossroads: Will Ford's Austerity Agenda Be Derailed? PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 July 2011 02:57

By Jackie Esmonde

On June 20, 2011, Mayor Rob Ford and his allies on Toronto City Council Executive Committee turned down free money.

 
What Mission Accomplished? 10 Years Later, Canada’s Role in Afghanistan and Global War (Part III) PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 11 July 2011 17:33

The last of a three part series exploring Canada's role in the war in Afghanistan and wider Global War on Terror after ten years. Part one can be read here, and part two here.

As always, we welcome any feedback you may have on this important and timely discussion.

By Michael Skinner

What happened to the antiwar movement? Where do we go from here?

On 20 September 2001, George Bush announced his intention to launch a Global War on Terror. In the weeks before the invasion of Afghanistan, antiwar activists throughout the world poured into the streets to protest the impending global war. Again, when the Bush administration began to beat the war drums before invading Iraq, even greater numbers hit the streets.

 
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