Introduction One of the few things that I agree with the academic leftist Jeff Noonan, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor, Ontario, is that leftists must start where workers are at: Political engagement begins from trying to understand where people are coming from. But where people are coming from can be interpreted in … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Eleven, The Case of Indigo Workers
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Another Example of the Limits of the Law, or Legal Reasoning
Introduction It is amazing how the so-called radical left refer to international law without qualification when they try to defend Palestine against Israel (see for example The Limitations of a Union Position–and Much of the Left– with Respect to the Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Idealization of International Law). Legal Opposition to a Particular Infringement of Civil … Continue reading Another Example of the Limits of the Law, or Legal Reasoning
The Rate of Exploitation of Workers at Indigo (or Chapters or Coles) Or: How Unionized Jobs Are Not Decent or Good Jobs
Introduction I was, in part, inspired to start this blog because of the incredible lack of critical thinking on the part of the pro-union left here in Toronto. In particular, when I tried to bring up the issue of whether striking brewery workers could ever except to obtain "a fair deal, good jobs, pension security … Continue reading The Rate of Exploitation of Workers at Indigo (or Chapters or Coles) Or: How Unionized Jobs Are Not Decent or Good Jobs
Radical Leftists Often Take Back with One Hand What They Give with the Other
Introduction Naomi Klein, who is often taken to be a radical leftist, published an article which was a speech ... at an event organized by Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition in defence of activists arrested by Toronto police for putting up posters at an Indigo bookstore. In the article, she outlines why Indigo was … Continue reading Radical Leftists Often Take Back with One Hand What They Give with the Other
The Abolitionary 