James Hansen’s bombshell climate warning is now part of the scientific canonBy Eric Holthaus, Slate.com, March 22, 2016 Introduction by A Socialist In Canada: The following article, and others like it warning of the global warming emergency, are a reminder of the folly of the war …
John Pilger: A world war has begun, break the silenceMarch 24, 2016 The following is the text of an address by John Pilger at the University of Sydney on March 22, 2016. His address was titled ‘A World War Has Begun‘. It was delivered …
Child care: Canada’s elusive dreamIntroduction by A Socialist In Canada, March 12, 2016 The following column appears in the Toronto Star and describes the failure of successive national governments in Canada to legislate a national child care program. Demands …
Ceasefire is an opportunity for Syria and for the worldBy Roger Annis, New Cold War.org, March 8, 2016, also published on Counterpunch, March 8, 2016 The cessation of hostilities in Syria that went into effect on February 25 and the hope that this may …
The myth of ‘Russian imperialism’: In defense of Lenin’s analysesBy Renfrey Clarke and Roger Annis, Feb 29, 2016 The following lengthy essay (8,200 words) expands on this earlier essay: Perpetrator or victim? Russia and contemporary imperialism, by Renfrey Clarke and Roger Annis, published on …
Ireland: Establishment parties hammered, anti-austerity vote risesBy Stuart Munckton, Green Left Weekly, March 5, 2016 Other news on the February 26, 2016 general election in Ireland was posted to ‘A Socialist In Canada’ here: Anti-nuclear weapons protest in London on Feb …
Anti-nuclear weapons protest in London on Feb 27 was largest in decadesThe Guardian, Feb 27, 2016 February 27 march in London condemns UK government plan to boost nuclear weapons with Trident submarine program. Parliament will vote later this year. In Ireland, pro-austerity governing coalition went down …
Review: Healthcare Without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical InternationalismCuba’s medical mission Book review by Don Fitz, published in Monthly Review, February 2016 (Volume 67, Number 9) Reviewing: Healthcare Without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism; by John M. Kirk; University Press of Florida, Gainesville, …
Syria ceasefire a triumph of diplomacy, but militarism still rules in Ottawa and other Western capitalsBy Roger Annis, Feb 28, 2016. This article appeared on Counterpunch and on New Cold War.org. Syria ceasefire a triumph of Russian-led diplomacy, but Canada continues to warn of big, bad Russia On February 26, …
Green Left Weekly’s coverage of Syria and the swamp of third campismBy Roger Annis and Bill Burgess (Vancouver, Canada) and Felipe Stuart (Managua, Nicaragua), Feb 23, 2016 It was very disappointing to read Tony Iltis’ new article in Green Left Weekly (Feb 20) on the war …
Canada’s ‘anti-terrorism’ Bill C-51, review committees and the dangers of window dressingBy Matthew Behrens, Rabble.ca, Feb 17, 2016 Among the Harper era’s most destructive legacies is a toxic stew of repressive “anti-terror” laws that, in building on similarly repressive measures brought in under Jean Chrétien and …
Perpetrator or victim? Russia and contemporary imperialismBy Renfrey Clarke and Roger Annis, February 7, 2016 Political phrasing on the left and on the right labels contemporary Russia an “imperialist” country. Is this accurate? Does having an accurate appraisal of Russia’s social …
