The center-left is holding off on naming its candidate for chancellor in next year’s election. Source: Merkel wrongfoots Left opponents (again) – POLITICO Filed under: Europe Tagged: Germany, Merkel
Photo from UMFA.ca The University of Manitoba is on strike. Since 1st November, more than 1,200 faculty members took to the picket line to protest the lack of funding for…
AmeriKa’s president, Donald Trump, will not be the leader of the free world. He will, however, be the leader of the global right wing. Across Europe, the radical right is…
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis, Uncategorized Tagged: Catalonia, Spain
Alternative for Germany vying for first place in regional election. Source: Tipping point for the German far right – POLITICOFiled under: Europe Tagged: far-right, German Elections, Germany
Photo by McKay Savage A small land situated between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, Iceland minds her own business and minds it very well. I was so impressed…
For all of its success, Podemos has refused to deal seriously with the European Union and what it would take to truly transform Spain. Source: The European Challenge | JacobinFiled…
This week, the focus is on experience of left parties and organizations at the municipal level. Although the left has still exercised only limited political power in many places…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Nora Loreto slams the Wynne Libs' "red tape" gimmick, while highlighting the need for people to claim a voice in rules largely intended…
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann “Labour Party in Turmoil!” “Is Labour going to split?” “The Labour Party is increasingly anti-Semitic” “Jeremy Corbyn Told To Do More to Prevent Abuse of Female…
Photo by Garry Knight He’s a decent man, with great integrity – but he’s not a real leader’ is the constant refrain from Jeremy Corbyn’s critics, questioning his electability. At…
Photo by Day Donaldson Western propaganda portrays Russia as the aggressor and NATO as the victim, but the reality looks almost opposite from the ground level, Rick Sterling found on…
Photo by Ed Everett The European Union is controlled by an oligarchy, which dictates socio-economic and political decisions according to the interests of bankers and multi-national business. The central organs…
Winnipeg, July 13, 2016 - Canadian Dimension Magazine convened this panel to discuss the implications, from a socialist perspective, of the British referendum decision to leave the European Union. Moderator…
Photo by Sam Greenhalgh In a debate that was, from the beginning, dominated on both sides by the Right, there was only ever going to be one winner in last…
The people of Britain have now voted to leave the EU. That vote has deeper and more far-ranging consequences than many people realize. Among other things, it means the beginning…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- John Milloy discusses the difference between trade and corporate control - while noting that recent "trade agreements" have tended to favour the latter without…
Photo by Descrier Depending on whom you speak to, the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union was either a victory for democracy or a frightening reminder…
Photo by Jeremy Segrott In light of “Brexit” and within 24 hours after the publication of the final results in the British referendum on EU membership, Sigmar Gabriel, Social Democratic…
Here (via PressReader), on the Brexit vote as both a dangerous step toward an even more business-biased system of international relations, and a cautionary tale about basing votes on frustration.For…
