Jesse Vorst: Survivor, teacher, humanitarian
Jesse Vorst (1940-2020), Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba. Image by Canadian Dimension. Jesse Vorst was a member of the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba…
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Remembering Leo Panitch—an iconic figure of the Canadian left
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The numerous writings and comments spurred by Leo Panitch’s death have expressed shock, grief, gratitude and…
Socialist savant: Leo Panitch (1945-2020)
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. Image by Canadian Dimension. Families help to make us what we are, even if we turn out to be not…
Leo Panitch and the socialist project
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. Photo courtesy of LeftEast. The death of Leo Panitch has made the world a darker place. His writings have carried…
Freedom stops when work starts
Share this article: Dmitri Sotnikov Dmitri Sotnikov is a software developer with an interest in progressive politics. Dmitri believes that we must strive for a world with justice and equality…
first celebrate, then organize: good things that happened in the 2020 u.s. election
United States Vice Presidents After the positive result in the US election, so many of my fellow leftists refuse to find joy in the occasion. They seem determined to not…
Introducing Progressive International—a global left wing solidarity movement
The Progressive International is an international organization uniting and mobilizing progressive left-wing activists and organizations. The International labels itself as aiming for a post-capitalist society. Image courtesy of Progressive International.…
Socialism, Communism, and Liberalism
Watching American political dramas like their presidential elections is both entertaining and frightening. Yet it is also strangely educational. it has taught me a basic tenet: Americans as a people…
Help Dimitri Lascaris build Canada’s Eco-Socialist Future
Winnipeg, April 24, 2019: Dimitri Lascaris speaking at a forum on Canada’s mistaken policy regarding Venezuela. Photo: Paul S. Graham Canada’s Green Party is electing a leader to replace Elizabeth…
rotd: love and labor in alliance
Revolutionary thought of the day: Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will be socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation. It…
Who Are The CIA?
Who are the CIA? This will tell you everything you need to know. Here’s where things really started to go wrong: 1947, the National Security Act, which created the National…
Eric Hobsbawm’s Century
Eric Hobsbawm during a lecture at the Central European University, 1993. Photo from Twitter. Were the British Marxist historians a coherent lot, congealed in the sameness of their affiliation to…
Solidarity and Trauma in the 24th Century: The Politics of ‘Star Trek: Picard’
Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard. Image by James Dimmock/CBS Interactive. Star Trek is back, and its new series Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, asks explicitly political questions. What does it mean…
what i’m reading: political graphic nonfiction: wobblies, studs terkel’s working, people’s history of american empire
Continuing the series, started here. I’ve decided not to review these books, but instead to post a cover image and a quote. It was difficult to choose quotes for these…
In Memoriam: Mark Golden
Mark Golden, professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the University of Winnipeg (1948-2020). Image created by Krishna Lalbiharie. Father. Professor. Partner. Friend. Son. Mentor. Ally. Scholar. Teacher. Uncle.…
what i’m reading: political graphic nonfiction: emma goldman, muhammad ali, eugene v. debs
I have been collecting graphic nonfiction with leftist political themes. I just love these books and am indulging myself in buying them. I was planning to review them, but I’ve…
Sanders & The Terror Of Socialism, vs The Real Dangers
A note to those on the right: Universal public health care is considered a basic human right in Canada, the UK, Europe, and every civilized country. It aslo happens…
how to afford a real social safety net: tax corporations, tax the rich, reduce u.s. military spending
As waves of shelter-in-place orders sweep over the continent, Canada and the US must figure out how to support an entire population thrown into unemployment and in need of food,…
coronavirus exposes, part 2: there is a bright side, and it’s socialism in action
A reader pointed out that my previous post is very negative, and doesn’t mention any of the very positive responses to the pandemic that are being rolled out. So: A…
coronavirus exposes the darkest sides of unchecked capitalism and the gaping holes in our society
We’re all struggling to take in the magnitude of coping with a global pandemic. Personally I’ve had to cancel a long-awaited vacation to vist family, and with libraries closed, I…