Capitalism

21/01/25
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
BC Conservative campaign spokesperson Anthony Koch posted a photo Monday from the Canadian Embassy in Washington with Liz Truss, who lasted 49 days as the British prime minister. Party president Aisha Estey posted from Washington with the comment ‘Make Canada Great Again.’ Photos via X.

Jan. 21, 2025

Canadian right-wing figures were in Washington as the threat of a brutal trade war hangs over the country.

20/01/25
Climate Change is a Class Issue - video

Jan. 19, 2025

 

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to host Sarah Glynn and John Clarke to launch their book Climate Change is a Class Issue.

19/01/25
Author: 
Primary Author: Compiled by Gaye Taylor
Jasper wildfire, Laura Durno/Twitter

Jan. 15, 2025

Canada’s insurance sector is raising alarms about the potential for the country to become “uninsurable” by 2035 due to insufficient policy action on escalating climate disasters. Meanwhile, a former California insurance official has criticized the industry for underwriting the very fossil fuel projects that worsen the climate crisis.

16/01/25
Author: 
Peter Boyle
Climate Change is a Class Issue - book cover

Nov. 29, 2024 

Climate Change is a Class Issue
By Sarah Glynn and John Clarke
2024
68pp, RRP $25.95
Free e-book available from climateandclass.net

This small book has already earned big praise from British socialist filmmaker Ken Loach, who described it as “vital”.

15/01/25
Author: 
Ellen Brown
https://popularresistance.org/beating-wall-street-at-its-own-game-the-bank-of-north-dakota-model/

Jan. 13, 2025

North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boasts the only state-owned bank in the nation? Has it secretly gone socialist?

02/01/25
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Suncor president and CEO Rich Kruger before testifying at the Standing Committee on Natural Resources in October 2023. Photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada's National Observer

Jan. 2, 2025

Canada’s 100 richest CEOs made 210 times more than the average worker in 2023, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals.

By 10:54 a.m. Thursday, the first official work day of the New Year, these CEOs will have already made, on average, $62,661 — as much as the average worker makes in a whole year.

30/12/24
Author: 
Khan, Adnan R.
Bales of crushed, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles in California (Wikimedia Commons)

Dec. 20, 2024

Efforts to target the plastic problem with better recycling, rather than a production cap, ignore how such programs turn potentially hazardous plastic waste into a commodity, fuelling a massive illicit trade

If you’re at all concerned about the alarming growth of plastic waste clogging our oceans and leaching toxins into our earth, this has not been a good year.

18/12/24
Author: 
Steven Tufts
Canada Post logo

Dec. 18, 2024 [The Globe and Mail (Ottawa/Quebec Edition)]

[The author mentions CUPW’s proposed vision for Canada Post, without naming it. Here it is: https://www.deliveringcommunitypower.ca/]

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