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A Question of Leadership
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1282 .... July 19, 2016
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A Question of Leadership
The ‘new politics’ Jeremy Corbyn proclaims must be an explicit agenda of institutional change, not simply a change of style at the dispatch box.
Hilary Wainwright
‘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 the same time, half of the voting population has railed -- in the Brexit vote -- against the establishment, jam packed with would-be and retired leaders of the kind that critics want to put in Corbyn's place. Isn't it time we put the idea of leadership as we know it under scrutiny?
Let's start by distinguishing Jeremy Corbyn's electability from his credibility as prime minister on the model required...
SCNCC Interview with Margaret Klein Salamon
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AFP: Demand fair terms for freelance photographers
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- Published on Monday, 18 July 2016 07:00
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Empower half the world's population.
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Still from "Sonita" courtesy of Sundance Institute Women represent half of the world’s population, but their ability to contribute to their families and...
Whose Right to the City?
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LeftStreamed — Recorded in Toronto, 18 March 2016
Alternate Routes conference:
Whose Right to the City?
Earlier this year, the journal Alternate Routes organized a conference on the theme “Sub/Urbanizing Austerity: Impacts and Alternatives.” The following presentation is from panel four of the conference: “Whose Right to the City?”
Moderated by Carlo Fanelli. Presentations by:
- Jeff Noonan and Josephine Watson, University of Windsor: “Against ‘Housing’: Homes as a Human Life-Requirement”
- Paul Bocking, York University: “Campaigning Against Neoliberalism in the Inner Suburbs: A Candidate’s Experience in Scarborough”
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The New Colonialism
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- Published on Friday, 15 July 2016 21:15
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Clinton, Obama and TPP Ann Garrison and John Bannister wonder; are Obama and Clinton counting on Republican majorities to pass TPP?
Venezuela in CrisisW.T. Whitney says there is too much US intervention and too little socialism in Venezuela.
Being Black PalestinianRamzy Baroud on solidarity as a welcome pathology.
The New ColonialismColin Todhunter on Britain's scramble for Africa. counterpunch NEWS UPDATE 7-14-2016
Urgent! Don't let Monsanto undermine GMO labeling
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- Published on Friday, 15 July 2016 06:15
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R&F.ca Weekly Update
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Internet Insider: Stand up for a free and open Internet
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- Published on Friday, 15 July 2016 05:15
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Reactionary Tide in Latin America
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- Published on Thursday, 14 July 2016 23:30
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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1281 .... July 15, 2016
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Reactionary Tide in Latin America
Michael Löwy
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Left has won elections in most Latin American countries, in a powerful wave of popular rejection of the disastrous neoliberal policies of the previous regimes. One must however distinguish between two quite different sorts of left governments:
1. Social-liberal coalitions, which do not break with the fundamental "Washington Consensus" but implement several progressive social measures. The basic principle of this sort of government is to do what is possible to improve the situation of the poor -- on the condition not to touch the privileges of the rich. The left, or center-left governments of Brazil, Uruguay and Chile are the most obvious examples.
2. Anti-oligarchic, anti-neoliberal and anti-imperialist...
ACTIVlist Update - July 14, 2016
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European Union jurisdictions expressing concern with the Canada-EU CETA Brussels parliament says it will not ratify CETA Regina chapter & Colonialism No More call on Goodale to meet with immigration detainees
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Brussels-Capital Region - In July 2016, the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region said it will not ratify CETA.
The Brussels parliament says it will not ratify the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
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Want to go to WayHome?
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How B.C.'s Climate Plan is Being Co-opted by Big Oil
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Amazing Brexit: Identity and Class Politics
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 July 2016 14:15
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This week CounterPunch Radio host Eric Draitser sits down with Jill Stein to discuss Bernie's campaign, Hillary, Trump and the criminality of US politics.
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