Opportunity knocks
Illustration by Theo Moudakis It’s not clear why Donald Trump is acting like a one-man wrecking crew out to demolish the global trading system that took shape in the post-war…
Cy Gonick
The Bernie Sanders Campaign and Left Politics in Canada
Photo by Gage Skidmore Does the Bernie Sanders campaign matter here? Of course it does. Who among us has failed to “feel the Bern”? Thanks to Bernie, and contrary to…
Reflections on CD through five decades
What motivated me to start producing a magazine in the basement of my rented house in Winnipeg in the fall of 1963? I was 27 years old at the time,…
The Manitoba Election: Can Selinger Take It?
In Canada, it’s rare for a political party to win four consecutive majority governments. Heading to the polls on October 4, will Manitoba’s New Democratic Party be one of those…
Ten quick propositions on Climate Change
Profit maximization is the iron rule of capitalism, setting limits to ecological reform. A profit-based economy that requires continuous economic growth makes ecological catastrophes inevitable. Voluntarism, technological fixes and market…
Precarious Labour
Precarious labour refers to the explosion of short term, temporary and part-time jobs issuing from the economic crisis of the mid-1970s. A crisis in profitability combined with competitive pressures unleashed…