Editors (What's Left)

What's Left 2016-09-18 Volume 74

Catastrophic wilderness destruction, massive bird population decline, and record low Arctic ice coverage – Everything is not alright; Alberta announces $15 minimum wage; Trudeau Liberals continue to ignore Human Rights Tribunal and fail First Nations; Chief of Statistics Canada resigns in protest; Someone is learning how to take down the internet; New EU rules would provide free wi-fi across Europe; Book Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead; Left Noise This Week

Topless Trudeau is a dangerous distraction for Canadians and the media | What's Left

When are we going to get some serious reporting on the Canadian government?

What's Left 2016-09-05 Volume 72

Trudeau smiles for cameras, happy to leave Harper policies in place; Labour Day reading ; Employee diversity is critical when making design decisions; Endangered wolves in Washington killed for behaving normally; Emotions are hard but men must to do a better job of dealing with them

Digital Democracy is not easy, but UK Labour under Corbyn has a plan | What's Left

In the UK, discussions of the failures of the 30+ year project of privatization of rail, transit, water and communications has pushed renationalization (or remunicipalization) back in popular discussion.

What's Left 2016-09-11 Volume 73

Digital Democracy is not easy, but UK Labour under Corbyn has a plan; Edward Snowden Financial Times Interview; Decline in union membership means lower wages for everyone ; Arrest warrant issued for Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! radio show; Prisoners across the US are on strike against forced labour; LEFT NOISE

Prisoners across the US are on strike against forced labour | What's Left

Strike is to protest forced labour.

Emotions are hard but men must to do a better job of dealing with them | What's Left

More evidence that states the obvious: “Privatizing government doesn't actually save money” | What's Left

A new study by the US Project on Government Oversight is just the latest that proves that “privatizing government turns out to be far more costly”.

Are corporations evading taxes or not? Governments can't decide | What's Left

The only way to ensure Apple and other companies pay their fair share of taxes is to (drumroll) close the loopholes that allow these companies to hide their revenues oversees. Instead of politicians paying lip-service to voters, these politicians themselves should “do the right thing” and reform broken corporate tax laws.

Tell Your University: Don't Sell Patents to Trolls | What's Left

Universities – institutions largely funded by the public and developing these technologies – are selling their patents to patent trolls. They should stop.