Heightened military tensions by NATO powers against Russia over false accusations of Russian threats against UkraineBy Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, April 23, 2021 (also published in Dissident Voice, Apr 23, 2021) A new round of disinformation and threats against Russia is being staged by the NATO military powers …
News and analysis headlines on A Socialist In Canada, for week ending Sunday, April 11, 2021The following is a selection of news and analysis headlines, with weblinks, appearing in the three, daily news pages of A Socialist In Canada during the week of April 5 to 11, 4, 2021. Comments …
News and analysis on A Socialist In Canada, for week ending Sunday, April 4, 2021 The following is a selection of news and analysis headlines with weblinks appearing in the three, daily news pages of A Socialist In Canada during the week of March 29 to April 4, 2021. Comments …
Degrowth: Socialism without growthBy Timothée Parrique and Giorgos Kallis, first published in Brave New Europe, Feb 9, 2021 (with an introduction by Roger Annis, further below) People appear to understand the abstract concept of “limitless”, but it is …
Coronavirus pandemic: To save the economy, save people firstBy Phillip Alvelda, Thomas Ferguson and John C. Mallery, published by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (New York), Nov 18, 2020 (13 page analysis) ‘This paper demonstrates not only that lockdowns do work but …
Vaccine nationalism and Canada’s negligent response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemicThe following is a comment by Roger Annis submitted to The Tyee on Nov 24, 2020, in response to this article: Dr. Tam’s virus spread model is an air raid siren, by Crawford Kilian, The …
The ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, brokered by Russia, should be welcomed by defenders of ArmeniaBy Roger Annis, Nov 15, 2020 (with postscripts, latest on Jan 14, 2021) The following is a letter by Roger Annis to the editor of Passage, a new online journal published in Toronto. The letter …
For a ‘Green New Deal’ without destructive growth: Jason Hickel responds to Michael Pollin and Noam Chomsky on degrowthA response to Pollin and Chomsky on degrowth: We need a Green New Deal without growth By Jason Hickel, published on his website Nov 2, 2020 (And see below a related essay by Jason Hickel …
Interview with journalist Aaron Maté: On Russiagate; false accusations against Syria of using chemical weapons; and the 2020 U.S. electionInterview broadcast on RT‘s ‘ICYMI’ program, with host Polly Boiko, Oct 23, 2020 (67-minute interview) Aaron Maté is an Izzy award-winning journalist in New York. He writes for The Grayzone and is the host of …
Julian Assange show trial in Britain: Why the U.S. government wants him silencedBy Ron Ridenour, published in Covert Action Magazine, Sept 7, 2020 (With an update below, containing analysis published in the final days of the Julian Assange extradition hearing. It ended on October 1; the presiding …
Pandemic, global warming emergency, rising threats against China and Russia: News and political analysis posted daily to A Socialist In CanadaSeptember 5, 2020 News and political analysis is posted daily to the three news headline pages on A Socialist In Canada: World, Canada, and Ecology. Much of the reporting on each of the three subject …
Defund the police, defund the militaryBy Nicolas Davies and Medea Benjamin, June 12, 2020 (The following essay appeared originally in CounterPunch, June 11, 2020. Nicolas Davies is author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq …
