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Trump’s Tariff Threats Prove Canada Should Exit NAFTA While We Can

The pressure’s on. While Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland gamely smiles and tells reporters every day that a deal on NAFTA is “close”, President Trump tweets that he’ll “cause the ruination of Canada” with 25% tariffs on Canadian-made cars if the [...]

Vancouver Civic Election: It’s Complicated

As always, local elections are a significant arena of political struggle.

Will NAFTA-2 Boost Pharma Costs?

Higher drug costs would certainly make life more difficult but that won’t stop the Liberals from caving to Big Pharma.

New Provocations Against Syria

There are ominous signals that Western imperialist powers are looking for ways to prolong the violence in Syria

Thirty Years After The Newfoundland Railway

September 30th marks thirty years since CN terminated railway operations in Newfoundland

Corporate Interests Behind Ford’s Attack on Local Democracy

Corporate lobbyists have pushed for years to have local councils shift from elected to appointed, from democratic to technocratic.

Four Denials: Studies in a Dying Culture Revisited

Caudwell thought inconsistencies in orthodox views of the 1930s stemmed from capitalist relations of production, which could only be resolved in a socialist society.

Huge People’s Protest in New Delhi As Resistance Grows

Over 200,000 workers and farmers from different states in India marched in New Delhi on September 5.

Nine Days in North Korea

A very different view of the real people who live in this so-called hermit kingdom.