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Rally at Queen's Park: Feb 19 at noon | Campus Coalition
by Graham H. Cox
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published
Feb 11, 2019
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last modified
Feb 15, 2019 12:49 PM
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students,
Editorial
Rally at Queen’s Park to kick-off a week of actions. Tuesday, February 19: 12PM to 3PM What better way to welcome back the government than throwing ...
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Ford's cynical politics and higher education | Graham Cox
by Graham H. Cox
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published
Jan 18, 2019
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last modified
Jan 18, 2019 12:04 PM
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Editorial,
students
The announcement on post-secondary education by the Ford government was a showcase of the new cynical politics of the right-wing. It was painful to watch. The ...
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Student power through their unions | Graham Cox
by Graham H. Cox
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published
Jan 12, 2019
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last modified
Jan 12, 2019 08:31 AM
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Editorial,
students
Any challenge to the stability of student unions — one of the last independent democratic structures left in society — is an attack on democracy.
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Year-ends and bookends
by Roxanne Dubois
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published
Dec 31, 2018
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filed under:
Books,
Editorial
This year, my world was moved by current events and personal challenges. Books helped me steady my way, and so I continued reading. I have read new books, old ...
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Arts&Culture
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Book Review: How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System by Wolfgang Streeck
by Editors (What's Left)
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published
Dec 01, 2018
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Books,
Editorial
As socialists, it’s no surprise to us that the study of capitalism should be paired with an understanding of history, sociology, and politics. In Wolfgang ...
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Arts&Culture
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Book review: Art after Money, Money after Art: Creative Strategies Against Financialization by Max Haven
by Roxanne Dubois
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published
Nov 17, 2018
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Books,
Editorial
Ten years after the crash, is any aspect of our daily lives unfettered by the influence of finance capital? It is clear enough that neoliberalism has permeated ...
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Arts&Culture
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Ontario unionists and the new workplaces legislation | What's Left
by Graham H. Cox
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published
Nov 14, 2018
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last modified
Feb 24, 2018 12:25 PM
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Editorial
The Ontario Liberal Government has wasted no time putting forward its legislation based on the Changing Workplaces Review report released on May 30. It comes ...
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Book review: The Break by Katherena Vermette
by Roxanne Dubois
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published
Nov 04, 2018
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last modified
Nov 04, 2018 05:37 PM
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Books,
Editorial
So far this year, I have read a number of incredible books, none of which have come close to The Break by Katherena Vermette. I finished this book months ago, ...
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Arts&Culture
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Tariq Ali on Galeano, the Left, and making space for big ideas
by Roxanne Dubois
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published
Oct 27, 2018
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last modified
Oct 27, 2018 01:59 PM
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Editorial
Internationally known left-wing writer and scholar Tariq Ali was in Toronto last night. Two back-to-back speaking events were hosted by the Toronto Public ...
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Conservatives in Ontario start their attack on workers' rights today
by Graham H. Cox
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published
Oct 23, 2018
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last modified
Oct 24, 2018 04:49 PM
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Editorial
Doug Ford and his conservatives attack the rights of workers in Ontario with the repeal of Bill 148 provisions. This brings us back to the regressive position ...
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