The "Perils" Of Socialism
If you have a few minutes, check out the following video. Enlightened, witty and amusing, its message will, of course, be lost on many citizens of the Benighted States of…
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The Regina Manifesto (1933): Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Programme
Adopted by the founding convention in Regina, Saskatchewan, July, 1933. The CCF is a federation of organizations whose purpose is the establishment in Canada of a Co-operative Commonwealth in which…
Super Marx!
Photo by David Jones Happy Birthday, Karl! Few people in history have had the kind of global impact that Karl Marx has had and continues to have. 200 years after…
May Day: Workers’ Struggles, International Solidarity, Political Aspirations
Photo by Soman For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer…
Revolution in a Warming World: Lessons from the Russian to the Syrian Revolutions
Image by DWF Hardie/ICI/Wikimedia It doesn’t take much imagination to associate climate change with revolution. If the planetary order upon which all societies are built starts breaking down, how can…
Has anybody seen Jagmeet?
This is becoming ridiculous. The New Democratic Party of Canada has to have some leadership. Without leadership, it is going to become the forgotten party and the efforts of many…
The Regina Manifesto at 85: More Relevant Than Ever?
The cyclical crises of Canadian capitalism has brought with it a paralysis of Canadian reformism split between the labour movement and the NDP. It is only natural that this has…
Revolutionary Optimism: Journeys in Radical Politics Past and Present
Leo Panitch • Photo from Public Domain On the “Reality Asserts Itself” program of The RealNews network, Prof. Leo Panitch is interviewed by host Paul Jay. Part 1: The Radical…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Elizabeth Bruenig makes the case for the U.S. to make a much-needed turn toward democratic socialism: In fact, both Sullivan’s and Mounk’s…
Social democracy without social democrats: how can the left recover?
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leader, speaking at a political rally during the Labour leadership election, in Matlock, Derbyshire, 16th August 2016 • Photo by Sophie J. Brown Labour has suffered another…
Why Antonio Gramsci is the Marxist thinker for our times
Image from Public Domain At the trial of Antonio Gramsci in 1928, the prosecutor declared: “We must stop this brain from working for 20 years.” Gramsci, the former leader of…
The Bankruptcy of the American Left
Illustration from NewStatesman.com There will be no economic or political justice for the poor, people of color, women or workers within the framework of global, corporate capitalism. Corporate capitalism, which…
The "But Communism Was Bad" Argument
Lately, when debating matters of economics, people that I will broadly call “small government advocates” (usually hardline fiscal hawk conservatives and libertarians) will inevitably start throwing about the argument that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Owen Jones discusses how an ideology of individualism has undermined both freedom and security for most of the UK’s citizens: There are…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress points out Statistics Canada’s latest numbers on Canada’s extreme wealth disparity – with 60% of the population owning only 10% of the…
Net Neutrality and the Socialist Moment
Rolling Rebellion demonstration in Seattle to defend Net Neutrality • Photo by Backbone Campaign In recent months, one of the United States’ most important debates has revolved around the broad…
Solidarity with Venezuela
Winnipeg, Dec. 6, 2017 – Professor Johnny Márquez, speaking at Winnipeg’s historic Ukrainian Labour Temple on the political and economic situation in Venezuela. Photo: Paul S. Graham When it comes…
Protagonism and Productivity
Photo by Henry Romero When I went to work in Venezuela in 2004, I discovered in the Bolivarian Constitution some elements that I consider to be central to the concept…
Mitch Podolak: ‘A Citizen of Earth’
Photo by Community News Commons Last November Mitch Podolak was leaving one of his favourite Winnipeg restaurants, the Evergreen on Pembina, when he suddenly fell outside. As he lay there…
“Adventure it was”: The Impossible Revolution of 1917
Boris Kustodiev, “The Bolshevik” (1920) Through the wasteland of war and hunger emerged a simple flash of light. A message of hope from Russia: the Czar of Russia had been…