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Ultra-right pushes Canada into political crisis
December 17, 2008Canada has been thrown into a period of intense political volatility as the three opposition parties in Parliament have rejected the governing ultra-right Conservative Party’s “mini-budget” response to September’s economic meltdown, and announced the formation of...
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Canada: Political crisis postponed
December 10, 2008VANCOUVER, B.C. — A political standoff between the rightwing Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the opposition that would have seen the Liberal Party and center-left New Democratic Party (NDP) form a coalition...
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EDITORIAL: Focus on policy
December 6, 2008The process of governing has begun for President-elect Barack Obama, as the economic crisis deepens and a bloody attack in Mumbai, India, puts terrorism on top of our headlines. Given these enormous twin challenges, it is...
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Global labor needs a global stimulus
November 26, 2008“Workers of the World Unite” is back by popular demand. And not just by demand, but by necessity. Global transnational corporations and their partners finance capital are working full time to craft an economic solution to...
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Facts on Venezuela
November 24, 2008Poll Shows Rising Satisfaction with Democracy in Venezuela A new survey published on November 14, 2008 by the respected Chilean polling firm Latinobarómetro finds that Venezuela has the region's highest rate of support for democracy as...
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