Canadian organizations condemn Parliamentary coup in Brazil
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has condemned the move to impeach her as a 'coup' and a 'farce' against her government. Many organizations nationally and internationally agree.
Oil Transport by Rail Could be Promoted as an Alternative to KeystoneXL from the Left | Citizens' Press
Trudeau breaks important promise to Indigenous students | Emily Niles
For the past twenty years, successive federal governments have maintained a restrictive two per cent funding cap on the PSSSP that has resulted in funding falling far behind growing demand for post-secondary education, rising tuition fees and increasing living costs. As a consequence, Indigenous communities administering the funds are forced to make impossible choices about which students in their communities receive support each year.
Leaked TiSA text as bad as imagined for public services | What's Left
The Trade in Services Agreement text has been released by Wikileaks. If implemented, it would be very destructive to public services for all countries around the world.
What's Left 2016-05-29 Volume 59
Trudeau breaks important promise to Indigenous students; Leaked TiSA text as bad as imagined for public services; IMF Research says neoliberal policies are oversold - without hint of irony; LEFT NOISE
Neoliberalism: Oversold | IMF – Yes, that IMF.
An article that would be hilarious if the contradictions were not so obvious and crazy making.
Leap Manifesto needs to move farther left | Graham Cox
The criticism of the Leap Manifesto as being too radical or too far to the left falls flat when examined in the context of current policy of progressive energy labour unions. The fact is, the Leap document is not 'radical' in essence, it is centre-left/liberal. This is a problem for those who want to discredit it with baseless name calling. Unfortunately, calling it far-left or extremely radical causes confusion and undermines the broader left program demanding the necessary radical solutions to climate change.
What's Left 2016-05-15 Volume 58
Young workers getting organized with the Fight for $15 and Fairness; From the ashes of Fort McMurray comes the hope for a better world; Left Noise This Week.
Schostakowitsch: Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)
Proposed U.S. anti-encryption 'laughable' | What's Left
Does anyone really trust US law makers to 'get it right' when it comes to digital privacy issues? It is a sad state of affairs where the private US technology sector and the US government have such internally contradictory and competing interests. What is needed is an informed debate, but the world is doubtful that can happen in the US today.