Introduction I participated in a group called No One Is Illegal here in Toronto last year. The group decided to provide a zoom reading meeting every week to discuss the book A People's Guide to Capitalism, by Hadas Thier, with many participants not belonging to the group but interested in understanding more about capitalism. We … Continue reading Review of Thier’s Book “A People’s Guide to Capitalism,” Part Five
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The Radical Left Have a Responsbility to Challenge Questionable Assertions from Their Own Ranks
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke With even greater intensity than the pandemic [my emphasis], the impacts of climate change are running along the fault lines of social, racial and global inequality. Our resistance must be taken up along just those … Continue reading The Radical Left Have a Responsbility to Challenge Questionable Assertions from Their Own Ranks
Working and Living in a Society Dominated by a Class of Employers May Be Dangerous to Your Health
In some previous posts, the title was "Working for an Employer May Be Dangerous to Your Health." I have changed the title since this post is not just directly about working for an employer. As has been implied in the previous post on this topic, the shift to legislative measures to address health and safety … Continue reading Working and Living in a Society Dominated by a Class of Employers May Be Dangerous to Your Health
Unions and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Critique of a Social-Democratic View, Part Two
This is a continuation of commentary on an article written by Professor Tufs (geography professor, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) (see https://socialistproject.ca/2020/05/covid19-and-actually-existing-unions/). In my last post, I pointed out that Professor Tuft's reference to Sam Gindin's call for restructured and more radical unions is inadequate. Rather than addressing directly the issue of the inadequacy of modern-day … Continue reading Unions and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Critique of a Social-Democratic View, Part Two
The Abolitionary 