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 …
Facts versus bias in the Western media war against the people of CrimeaBy Roger Annis, New Cold War.org, Feb 10, 2016 Data has been published for the first time in Ukraine detailing the reactions of Ukrainian police and armed forces personnel stationed in Crimea at the time …
Is South America’s ‘progressive cycle’ at an end?By Claudio Katz, originally published in Spanish on Rebelión, Jan 26, 2016, translated to English by Richard Fidler and published on his blog Life On The Left, Feb 3, 2016 [In this ambitious and compelling …
The presidential candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Green Party’s Jill Stein, after the Iowa presidential caucus votesWhen chivalry fails: St. Bernard and the Machine By Jeffrey St. Clair, Counterpunch, Feb 5, 2016 (and further below: ‘After Iowa, building an unstoppable revolution’, by Jill Stein, U.S. Green Party presidential candidate 2016) Did …
Canada now says open to dialogue with Russia, what does this signal?By Roger Annis, from New Cold War.org, Feb 1, 2016 A shift in the attitude of the Canadian government towards Russia has been announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion. On Wednesday, January 27, …
Hillary, Bernie and Jill: The 2016 U.S. presidential nomination raceHillary, Bernie and Jill By Robert Fantina, published in Counterpunch, Jan 29, 2016 (and further below, two interviews with U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein) For reasons that greatly puzzle this writer, Democrats in …
Alberta NDP government decides no change to Alberta’s oil and gas taxation regimeBy David J. Climenhaga, published on Rabble.ca, Jan 30, 2016 Has the Alberta NDP just had its Syriza moment? Is Alberta dominated by the oil industry the same way Greece is dominated by the Eurozone? …
Vladimir Putin’s comments on V.I. Lenin and the Russian Revolution of 1917From New Cold War.org, Jan 28, 2016 Introduction by New Cold War.org: The following is an excerpt of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the subject of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and …
Tens of thousands march in Haiti to foil fraudulent elections as threats of regime death squads loomBy Kim Ives, published in Haiti Liberté, Jan 27, 2016 On Friday, January 22, many thousands marched over ten miles up Port-au-Prince’s Delmas road to Pétionville then back down the Bourdon road to the capital’s …
Dossier on the Dec 6, 2015 electoral defeat of the Bolivarian revolutionary movement in VenezuelaA Socialist In Canada, January 27, 2016 The following dossier consists of five essays analyzing, or providing background to, the electoral defeat of the Bolivarian revolutionary movement in Venezuela on December 6, 2015 and the …
Canada’s mainstream media all over latest ‘Putin maybe did it’ storyBy Roger Annis, New Cold War.org, Jan 26, 2016 Canada’s mainstream media is all over the finding of a British inquiry that ‘maybe’ President Vladimir Putin had a hand in the killing of Alexander Litvinenko …
