Nov 1, 2018
The myth of a white genocide in South Africa comes to Ottawa
Brent Patterson
Anti-fascists in Ottawa plan a counter-protest to challenge a white supremacist group holding "vigil" for South African farmers.
World
Oct 30, 2018
Foreign policy failure dogs Justin Trudeau as Canada continues submitting to U.S.
The pattern of Canadian subservience to American foreign policy has continued with little variation for 30 years. The Trudeau government shows little inclination to change matters.
Oct 30, 2018
Economists' Nobel puts spotlight on climate solutions
David Suzuki
It's refreshing to see a major economics prize recognizing work on climate change and policies that will enable the transition to an economy powered by zero-carbon energy sources.
Oct 31, 2018
Australian workers taking to the street
Asia Pacific Currents
Stagnating wages, insecure work and harsh laws against organizing have galvanized Australian unions to campaign for better rights, better conditions and better laws.
Oct 26, 2018
The absurd pretense of framing the Trans-Pacific Partnership as 'progressive'
Brent Patterson
The Trudeau government's tacking "progressive" onto the name of the TPP is both absurd and wrong.
Oct 25, 2018
The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua: rabble columnist draws parallels between the 1980s and now
rabble radio
Lois Ross was one of many young Canadians who went down to Nicaragua after the election of the Sandinistas in the '80s. Thirty years later, she says there are some similarities to those times.
Oct 19, 2018
Challenging the far right's nationalist opposition to free trade deals
Brent Patterson
There is no common cause with anti-immigration parties in the U.S., France, Italy, Germany and elsewhere when seeking trade justice.
Oct 18, 2018
Archbishop who resisted repression in El Salvador is canonized
Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero spoke out against the U.S.-backed military violence that ravaged Central America in the 1980s. His assassination helped galvanize a global solidarity movement.
Oct 18, 2018
Nicaragua's agrarian reform and revolution 40 years on
To better understand present-day events in Nicaragua, we need to revisit the 1979 Sandinista Revolution and the agrarian reform which was to have lifted the poorest citizens out of poverty.
Oct 16, 2018
Supreme Court Accepts Appeal of Peruvian Human Rights Defender, Overturns Sentence
The Peruvian Supreme Court accepted Walter Aduviri’s appeal and overturned the sentence against him. Aduviri has been a spokesperson for the Aymara indigenous communities.
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