Cuban gov’t and visiting delegation of Progressive International launch program to help vaccinate the worldDossier published by A Socialist In Canada, Jan 26, 2022 A new international health order is within reach and Cuba can play a key role in ushering it in Commentary by Zackie Achmat, originally published …
Ukraine, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the formation of a Soviet people cut short by imperialist aggressionBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Jan 23, 2022 A commentary by myself was published on A Socialist In Canada on January 22, 2022 in response to an article appearing in Counterfire, a left-wing …
Misguided analysis by left-wing Counterfire group in Britain of imperialist threats against Russia and ChinaBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Jan 22, 2022 The left-wing ‘Counterfire’ group in Britain has published a commentary on the military and economic threats being waged against Russia and China by the United …
Right-wing commentary against Russia and China dressed up as anti-imperialist analysisBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Jan 21, 2022 The TomDispatch website, a project of The Nation magazine, has published on January 16 a commentary on the heightening clash between, on the one side, …
Author Max Ajl’s ‘A People’s Green New Deal’A Socialist In Canada, Jan 17, 2022 A People’s Green New Deal, by Max Ajl, published by Pluto Press, May 2021, 224 pages, US$12.50. The book is available to download through the Open Access programme, …
New documentary film: Cuba combats climate change‘Cuba’s Life Task: Combating Climate Change’ Documentary film, 55 minutes, narrated by Helen Yaffe, premiered on YouTube on January 11, 2022 (with related, recommended readings listed further below) ‘Cuba’s Life Task: Combating Climate Change’ premiered …
Western media mocks China’s highly successful response to the coronavirus pandemic: The case of the city of Xi’anBy Keith Lamb, originally published in CGTN (China Global Television Network), Jan 3, 2022 Introduction by A Socialist In Canada, Jan 12, 2022: State and corporate media in the West are awash in propaganda disguised …
Vancouver’s oceanside damaged by winter storm, only two months after record rainfall floodingBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Jan 9, 2022 (and published by Dissident Voice, Jan 11, 2022) VANCOUVER BC–Vancouver’s impressive ‘seawall’ oceanside walk along the edges of historic Stanley Park as well as the …
The self-determination struggle of Russian Crimea and the pro-autonomy struggle in Donbas (formerly eastern Ukraine)By Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, Dec 21, 2021 The following article is originally published in Dissident Voice, Dec 21, 2021. It also appears in LA Progressive on Dec 24. Dissident Voice has published …
Highlights of news and analysis posted to A Socialist In Canada website in November 2021December 6, 2021 The following is a selection of the news and analysis headlines posted in November 2021 to the three news headlines pages on A Socialist In Canada website: World news, Ecology, and Canada …
Global warming emergency: The cost of waitingEssay by Andrew Nikiforuk, columnist and contributing editor, The Tyee, Nov 25, 2021 Seven rules to guide our best chance of withstanding furies of climate change Last week, Mother Nature taught British Columbia another ugly …
Rainfall flooding emergency in British Columbia exposes Canada’s vulnerability to global warming and the negligence of its rulersCompilation of news and analysis, with introduction by Roger Annis, latest update is Dec 4, 2021. (Find a postcript below the introduction, Dec 17.) Introduction: Record levels of rain fell for three days in British …
