John Clarke, former major organizer of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke 2h · Within 50 years of the arrival of Columbus in the 'New World,' the Catholic Church conducted a debate on whether or not Indigenous people of the Americas had immortal souls. Under the dominant belief … Continue reading Oppressive Capitalist State Apparatus: Accidental or Necessary?
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The Leap Manifesto as a Social-Democratic Document: Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Indigenous Rights and the Perpetuation of the Dominance of a Class of Employers
Written before the coronavirus pandemic, The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another, produced by various authors in 2015, ranging from scientist David Suzuki to the former head of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Paul Moist, focuses on the need for the transition to a … Continue reading The Leap Manifesto as a Social-Democratic Document: Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Indigenous Rights and the Perpetuation of the Dominance of a Class of Employers
