C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
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Opinion
Beyond Canada 150: A history of struggle and solidarity
June 27, 2017There is a tradition in Canadian history more deserving of commemoration than the capitalist compromise reached 150 years ago: the radical tradition of struggling for social change.
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World
Corbyn’s socialist message surges; British Conservatives barely hold on
June 9, 2017Much like Bernie Sanders did, Corbyn has shown the old scare tactics against left-wingers no longer work. Words like socialism don’t scare people away.
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World
First in Asia: Victory for marriage equality in Taiwan
May 24, 2017Today’s ruling by the high court cements Taiwan's place as the leader on LGBTQ equality issues in Asia – and it is all thanks to generations of committed activists.
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Politics
Late surge for the left in French presidential race
April 17, 2017If Mélenchon survives to face Marine Le Pen, French voters will be presented with a choice akin to Rosa Luxemburg’s famous option of “socialism or barbarism.”
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Opinion
Trump knows McCarthyism: His mentor helped create it
March 6, 2017There’s a witch-hunt on, apparently. And the unfairly targeted victim at the center of all the elaborate drama? The President of the United States.
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World
Socialist International, facing uncertain future, meets in Colombia
March 3, 2017If the venerated Socialist International is sliding further down the road of irrelevance, can its main rival, the Progressive Alliance, pick up the slack?
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Opinion
Enemies of the people? The assault on the free press
February 27, 2017President Trump is targeting the press. When you publish what the boss likes, you get special privileges. When you don’t, you get shut out.
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Politics
Why does Steve Bannon want to destroy the ‘administrative state’?
February 24, 2017Trump advisor Steve Bannon had a message for America: "It's going to get worse every day.”
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