Climate change emergency shakes Canada’s corporate establishment and fractures the country’s social democratic partyBy Roger Annis, published in Counterpunch, April 22, 2016, also in Rabble.ca and Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal A fracturing of Canada’s social democratic party has opened as party members and much of its …
Review: ‘Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography ‘Reviewing: Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography, by Tamás Krausz, Monthly Review Press, New York, 2015 (564 pp, ISBN 9781583674499) Review by Sean Ledwith, published in Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, July 17, 2015 The …
Dr. Jill Stein, candidate for Green Party presidential nomination in the U.S.News compilation on A Socialist In Canada, April 3, 2016 Jill Stein, candidate for U.S. presidential nomination of the Green Party Interview with Dr. Jill Stein of the U.S. Green Party, by Cory Collins, published …
Reader on President Barak Obama’s official visit to Cuba March 20-22, 2016A Socialist In Canada, March 31, 2016 The following is a selection of reports and commentaries on the official visit to Cuba of U.S. President Barak Obama on March 20-22, 2016. The material is drawn …
Pamela Palmater: Trudeau’s promises of ‘renewed relationship’ with First Nations evaporated with Liberal budgetBy Pamela Palmater, Rabble.ca, March 23, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the hearts of many Canadians by finally getting rid of Stephen Harper and his decade of oppression, violation of civil rights and vilification …
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 …
