Corporate dentistry is on the rise in Canada, lining investors’ pockets at the expense of patients’ oral health. Dental treatment should be fully incorporated into Canada’s universal health care system to prevent the nightmare of American-style dental care. In Canada,...
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Searching for an Alternative to Neoliberalism and Right-Wing Nationalism
Among the many things the tumultuous last half decade has demonstrated is that “deglobalization” — the reduction of ties between regions of the world — is a traumatic process. Whether in a willful form like Brexit or through the temporary quarantines of the pandemic...
Only US Warmakers Could Create a Panic as Absurd as the “Spy Balloon” Fiasco
The US government and media instigate international fearmongering and saber-rattling on a regular basis. But the recent Chinese spy balloon incident belongs in the Hall of Fame as one of the most idiotic panics by a jittery, trigger-happy warfare state. President Joe...
South Korean Truckers Provide a Model for Labor Organizing Among Independent Contractors
In December 2022, TruckSol, a trade union of South Korean truck drivers, waged a massive 16-day strike that cost employers over $2 billion. The union’s history and organizing strategy have lessons for precariously employed workers around the world. Striking truck...
A Parliament of Landlords Will Not Solve Australia’s Housing Crisis
The overwhelming majority of Australian Labor Party federal MPs are landlords. Maybe that’s why they can’t solve the housing crisis. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese speaks to media during a visit to North Metropolitan TAFE on February 20, 2023, in Perth,...
Claudia Jones Was a Giant in the Struggle Against Oppression
Born on this day in 1915, Claudia Jones became a leading figure in the US anti-racist movement who highlighted the oppression faced by black women. The US authorities deported Jones for her communist views in 1955, but they couldn’t snuff out her legacy. Claudia Jones...
Canada Should Nationalize Dental Corporations
Corporate dentistry is on the rise in Canada, lining investors’ pockets at the expense of patients’ oral health. Dental treatment should be fully incorporated into Canada’s universal health care system to prevent the nightmare of American-style dental care. In Canada,...
Searching for an Alternative to Neoliberalism and Right-Wing Nationalism
Among the many things the tumultuous last half decade has demonstrated is that “deglobalization” — the reduction of ties between regions of the world — is a traumatic process. Whether in a willful form like Brexit or through the temporary quarantines of the pandemic...
Only US Warmakers Could Create a Panic as Absurd as the “Spy Balloon” Fiasco
The US government and media instigate international fearmongering and saber-rattling on a regular basis. But the recent Chinese spy balloon incident belongs in the Hall of Fame as one of the most idiotic panics by a jittery, trigger-happy warfare state. President Joe...
South Korean Truckers Provide a Model for Labor Organizing Among Independent Contractors
In December 2022, TruckSol, a trade union of South Korean truck drivers, waged a massive 16-day strike that cost employers over $2 billion. The union’s history and organizing strategy have lessons for precariously employed workers around the world. Striking truck...
A Parliament of Landlords Will Not Solve Australia’s Housing Crisis
The overwhelming majority of Australian Labor Party federal MPs are landlords. Maybe that’s why they can’t solve the housing crisis. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese speaks to media during a visit to North Metropolitan TAFE on February 20, 2023, in Perth,...
Claudia Jones Was a Giant in the Struggle Against Oppression
Born on this day in 1915, Claudia Jones became a leading figure in the US anti-racist movement who highlighted the oppression faced by black women. The US authorities deported Jones for her communist views in 1955, but they couldn’t snuff out her legacy. Claudia Jones...