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Oct 16, 2024 · Committed to the development of a more free, democratic, humane and sustainable society than the one we live in, the SP is one of the many organizations building 21st century socialism. Learn more about the Socialist Project ». Popular Struggles. Trump’s Second Term – Now is the time for a global fightback. November 7, 2024.
Capitalism, Colonialism, Canada: How the Past is Before Us
Jan 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 ...
Fifty Years Ago: The Birth of Black Power in Canada
January 29, 1969: Montreal students occupy computer lab to protest campus racism. January 29 this year marks half a century since Black students at Sir George Williams University in Montreal led a bold occupation of the campus computer centre. Their two-week action marked the dramatic arrival in Canada of Black Power, a term used to describe ...
The Bullet – Socialist Project
Nov 5, 2024 · Leonard Cohen, poet laureate of Canada’s 1960s, offered a closing anthem to the twentieth century in his 1992 lament “Democracy.”. In an earlier year of revolt, 1968, Cohen had refused …. Keep reading ». USA • November 3, 2024 • Bryan Palmer.
Leo Panitch and the Socialist Project – Socialist Project
Dec 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.
Attawapiskat First Nation versus De Beers Diamond Mine
Oct 2, 2020 · In 2018, the value of diamonds produced in Ontario reached $516-million, while royalty payments to Attawapiskat were just US$1.6-million. The wider public did not retain a significant share of the diamond wealth either. Giving in to De Beers’ lobbying campaign, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty walked back his proposal for a diamond royalty on ...
Reading Capitalist Realism Ten Years On – Socialist Project
Sep 7, 2020 · Capitalist Realism. Ten Years On. Today, in the interregnum of the post-crisis, austerity-driven, global neoliberal capitalist society, we are confronted with a range of contradictions potentially threatening our very way of life on Earth. From looming ecological catastrophes and the threat of the capitalocene, to the rise of artificial ...
About – Socialist Project
The SP is a Toronto-based organization that supports the rebuilding of the socialist Left in Canada and around the world. Committed to the development of a more free, democratic, humane and sustainable society than the one we live in, the SP opposes capitalism out of necessity and supports the struggles of others out of solidarity. We support ...
The Tightrope of Socialist Politics and Governance in Canada
«—The State and Socialist Strategy 9 —» The Tightrope of Socialist Politics and Governance in Canada. Theory • February 9, 2020 • Marcel Nelson. Obstacles, Dilemmas, Strategy. One of the more persistent irritants amongst supporters of the New Democratic Party (NDP) has been its longstanding inability to replace the Liberal Party of Canada …
Basic Income: Progressive Cloak and Neoliberal Dagger
Apr 4, 2018 · Ontario’s Basic Income Experiment. A pilot project is now up and running in three areas of Ontario and the intention is to recruit 4,000 test subjects. It offers a veritable checklist for how a neoliberal version of basic income might be fashioned. The Government promotional material says that it offers a “minimum income level.”.