Leo Panitch and the Socialist Project – Socialist Project
WEBDec 26, 2020 · Leo Panitch and the Socialist Project. Theory • December 26, 2020 • Stephen Maher. The death of Leo Panitch has made the world a darker place. His writings have carried us through some of the most difficult periods in the history of the socialist left, as wave after wave of the neoliberal onslaught broke workers’ organizations, serving up one defeat after the next.
‘Dual Power,’ Then… and Now? – Socialist Project
WEBAug 29, 2019 · Dual power, then, entailed in the Bolshevik conception (1) a revolutionary crisis, (2) formation of councils or soviets by the workers (and perhaps by other popular classes) coexisting but in competition with the bourgeois regime, and (3) within a brief period an insurrectional moment in which, if successful, the soviet power, led by a ...
WEBTwo people have been arrested for a crime, and each is separately made an offer: if you confess and the other prisoner doesn’t, you will get a very short sentence. But if the other confesses and you don’t, you will be in jail for a long time. So, each separately decides to confess. That’s a lot like your situation.
Dalie Giroux – Socialist Project
WEBNov 17, 2020 · Author: Dalie Giroux. Dalie Giroux teaches in the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa. She has published, inter alia, many studies on the cultural and scientific relationships between the Indigenous peoples and …
The New Politics of Disablement: The Contribution of Mike Oliver
WEBMar 11, 2019 · Mike Oliver, Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich in England, has died at the age of 74 after a short illness. A long time wheelchair user since the age of seventeen, a sociologist by training and author of many books including his landmark texts, Social Work with Disabled People (1983) and the Politics of Disablement (1990), and (with Colin Barnes), The New ...
Why did minorities vote for Doug Ford? w/ Sadia Khan
WEBAug 14, 2018 · Why did minorities vote for Doug Ford? w/ Sadia Khan. Anti-Racism, Canada • August 14, 2018. Episode 4: The Progressive Conservatives of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, attracted a great deal of support from non-white voters during the recent provincial election in Ontario.Why would minorities support a hard-right politician? We talk to Toronto-based community organizer Sadia Khan to find out.
Where is Canada’s Socialist Resurgence? – Socialist Project
WEBMay 10, 2019 · Where is Canada’s Socialist Resurgence? Canada, Social Movements • May 10, 2019 • David Bush. Socialism is back, at least south of the border. The popularity of Bernie Sanders, the election of open socialists such as Kshama Sawant, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Ilhan Omar, the growth of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the teacher strike wave across many ‘red states ...
Friedrich Engels’ Thinking on Science in These Times
WEBDec 16, 2020 · Yes, science and technology by themselves will not solve the problems of society and nature. But their contribution is necessary to find a solution to such problems. This is the example that Engels set before us, and which we need to follow. This article was produced in partnership by Newsclick and Globetrotter.
Capitalism, Colonialism, Canada: How the Past is Before Us
WEBJan 3, 2023 · The 1500-1790 years were ones of capital cravings and the coming of colonialism. The next 100 years, 1790-1890, witnessed capitalism’s consolidation, the founding of the Canadian nation state, and a tightening of colonial constrictions on indigenous peoples. These processes accelerated and intensified over the course of 1890-1960, as modern ...
The Current Crisis: A Socialist Perspective – Socialist Project
WEBSep 30, 2008 · The Current Crisis: A Socialist Perspective. Economy • September 30, 2008 • Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin ‘They say they won’t intervene.But they will.’This is how Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary, responded to Paul O’Neill, the first Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, who openly criticized his predecessor’s interventions in the face of what Rubin called ...
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