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The Real Plan B: The New Greek Marathon

Details: Published on Thursday, 16 July 2015 22:30; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1145 .... July 17, 2015
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The Real Plan B: The New Greek Marathon

Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch

In the face of being excluded from desperately needed funds and the threat of being kicked out of the European Union, the Greek parliament has now voted to accept the Troika memorandum. The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras acknowledged – unlike social democrats choosing to implement neoliberalism as part of their ‘modernization‘ – that this was ‘a bad deal’ forced on the Greeks. Syriza's MPs were divided although three quarters of them followed Tsipras and voted yes. Outside in Syntagma Square thousands of angry demonstrators gathered and then marched through downtown Athens, this time the ‘NO’ being reserved for rejecting the memorandum. There is a strong current of dissent in the Syriza...

We might get sued.

Details: Published on Thursday, 16 July 2015 11:00; Written by editor

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Stop Monsanto's DARK Act!

Details: Published on Thursday, 16 July 2015 11:00; Written by editor

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'It's the New Wild West'

Details: Published on Thursday, 16 July 2015 06:15; Written by editor

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Pope apologizes for Catholic churchs crimes against indigenous peoples - News from Survival

Details: Published on Thursday, 16 July 2015 04:15; Written by editor

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Understanding the Defeat Means Preparing a Victory

Details: Published on Wednesday, 15 July 2015 23:00; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1144 .... July 16, 2015
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Understanding the Defeat Means Preparing a Victory

The Greek Dilemma and Us

Blockupy Goes Athens

Nine provisional considerations after both the popular Oxi and Syriza's Yes to the Memorandum. This is being written after the vote in the Greek parliament and before the final decision of the Eurogroup (12 July). At the moment, everything is open, and we are certain of only a couple of things. Almost everything can change, but some things will remain true.

1. From Blackmail to Coup

The alternative of Grexit or a third Memorandum is not the same as reform or revolution; it is only a matter of the lack of alternatives dictated by the creditors. It corresponds to the relation of forces within Europe, which can at the...

Shut down the Canidrome

Details: Published on Wednesday, 15 July 2015 17:00; Written by editor

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The worst pipeline plan possible:

Details: Published on Wednesday, 15 July 2015 14:15; Written by editor

Friends,

I've spent summers on Canada's west coast since I was a child and I’ve never seen anything like the forest fires near Vancouver this month. The city's skyline was barely visible. People with asthma were warned against even setting foot outdoors. We're living in a dangerous time.

Over the last couple of years, every province and territory in Canada has experienced serious problems due to extreme climate change. And the most frustrating thing is that we have yet to see strong regional leadership on climate change.

From now until Friday, July 17th, Canada's premiers will meet in Newfoundland to strike a deal on a cross-Canada Energy Strategy-- and right now, they're planning to fast-track tar sands expansion pipelines like Energy East, which is the opposite of what we need.

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The Denouement

Details: Published on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 22:45; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1143 .... July 15, 2015
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The Denouement

Leo Panitch

For many decades, the view was widespread on the left that there was a distinct European variety of capitalism which could be positively contrasted with the Anglo-American more ‘free market’ variety. The labour movements of northern Europe were usually seen as being the decisive force behind greater state economic involvement, more capitalist cooperation with unions, and more egalitarian social welfare and labour market regimes. The development of the European Union added a further attractive dimension to this, especially for internationalists. It was considered retrograde to want to stay out, let alone get out, of the European ‘project’ at each phase of its development, with many seeing participation in its institutions as the decisive terrain for the left's engagement.

The hyper-austerity...

Union Leader Jailed

Details: Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 12:00; Written by editor

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You have a message about Rosemary Fabiuss

Details: Published on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 17:00; Written by editor

Lessons From A Defeat In Europe

Details: Published on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 16:30; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1142 .... July 14, 2015
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Lessons From A Defeat In Europe

Martin Hart-Landsberg

The Troika are celebrating the end of negotiations with Greece, proclaiming that thanks to their tireless efforts the Eurozone remains whole. And why wouldn't they celebrate. They have demonstrated their power to crush, at least for now, the Greek effort to end austerity and its associated devastating social consequences. Tragically, Syriza has not only surrendered, the nature of its defeat is likely to leave the country worse off, at least both economically and very likely politically as well.

At this point, one of the most important things we can do is try to draw lessons from the Greek experience.

* Perhaps one of the most obvious lessons is that visions of a more humane Europe...

Stop Nestlé from bottling all our water

Details: Published on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 11:00; Written by editor

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Bees: SumOfUs sued? (Update)

Details: Published on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 09:00; Written by editor

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Progressives, Neoliberalism, and Austerity: Beyond the Polanyian Impasse

Details: Published on Monday, 13 July 2015 22:30; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1141 .... July 14, 2015
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Progressives, Neoliberalism, and Austerity:
Beyond the Polanyian Impasse

Martijn Konings

It is now sometimes hard to remember -- and for the generation that is now in college and wasn't necessarily reading the opinion pages at the time, it may seem nothing short of perverse -- but there was a period following the onset of the crisis when progressive commentary on economic and financial life was pervaded by intense optimism about the future. As overleveraged financial structures crumbled, progressive intelligentsia rang the death knell for the neoliberal principles that were so obviously responsible for the problems. At the height of the crisis in September 2008, the excitement about the ‘return of the state’ was palpable. That the bailouts had some morally problematic aspects did of course...

Invitation to Join the CoDev Board of Directors

Details: Published on Monday, 13 July 2015 16:00; Written by editor

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Treating Syriza Responsibly

Details: Published on Monday, 13 July 2015 12:00; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1140 .... July 13, 2015
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Treating Syriza Responsibly

Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin

As against those on the international left so keen to put the boot in against the Syriza government with the charge that they had abjectly capitulated already with the plan passed in the Greek parliament, it is instructive to read this document from the German finance ministry.

Syriza's unique capacity on the international left to build the type of party capable of both mobilizing against neoliberalism and entering the state to try to actually do something about this has always hinged on the way it sought to find room for manoeuvre within a European Union which has neoliberalism in its DNA, going back all the way to the Treaty of Rome let alone the Economic and...

Requiem at an Empty Grave? Syriza's Momentous Day

Details: Published on Sunday, 12 July 2015 09:00; Written by editor

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin .... No. 1139 .... July 12, 2015
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Requiem at an Empty Grave?
Syriza's Momentous Day

Leo Panitch

Did those who are already raising Lenin from his tomb to render quick judgement on Syriza's abject "world-historic defeat" (without saying much about what victory would look like or require) actually bother to read the rather similar plans that Syriza put forward before the referendum and that were consistently rejected by the EU and IMF "Institutions"? This rejection is what the referendum was about. The resounding OXI was then used by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to secure the resignation of the leading political representative of the domestic ruling class (and former Prime Minister), Antonis Samaras, and to get all the party leaders with any such claim or ambitions to speak for that class to...

Capitalism vs. Ecology

Details: Published on Saturday, 11 July 2015 23:00; Written by editor

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Capitalism vs. Ecology:

We Need to Change Everything! Resistance and Alternatives

It is no longer plausible to propose incremental solutions to the ecological crises of our time. The numbers are clear: to avoid a trillion metric tons of cumulative carbon emissions by 2039, and an increase in global average temperatures of 2°C, it is necessary to stabilize immediately Greenhouse Gas emissions. The ecological scars of desertification, coastline loss, species extinction, destruction of habitat, and much else is evident for all to see.

The main culprit of runaway climate change and environmental degradation, as Naomi Klein points out in her new book, is the economic system itself: capitalism. This is a class system that requires endless growth and is incompatible with sustainability and meaningful climate action. Market...

Nestlé sucking BC Dry

Details: Published on Saturday, 11 July 2015 07:15; Written by editor

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