C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
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World
Canada’s social democrats drop centrist leader, open debate on left-wing manifesto
April 11, 2016Delegates to the federal convention of the New Democratic Party voted to drop their leader Tom Mulcair.
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Opinion
Clinton takes the long view: Republican victory would threaten democracy itself
April 6, 2016In the rush to compare Clinton and Sanders and sensationalize their tightening race, a lot of news outlets totally missed the boat.
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World
China’s new five-year plan could leave workers behind
March 28, 2016Workers hit the streets last week demanding back pay and to protest against wage cuts and the possibility of unemployment.
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2016 “Socialist Register” takes aim at politics of the global right
March 4, 2016The Socialist Register has once again demonstrated why, after 52 years, it remains one of the premier international academic journals of the left.
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World
Iran elections: disqualifying candidates, arresting unionists
March 1, 2016In the Iran parliamentary election held February 26, progressive Iranians and trade unionists got little reprieve from the repressive theocratic state in the run-up to the vote.
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World
GOP’s double rejection: Obama heads to Havana, Pope calls Trump’s wall un-Christian
February 19, 2016The actions of Obama and Pope Francis are a resounding rejection of foreign and domestic policy agendas being put forward by Republican leaders.
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U.S.
With Scalia’s death, 4-4 split means uncertain outcomes in major cases
February 15, 2016The sudden injection of a Supreme Court nomination battle into the midst of the presidential primaries hugely raises the stakes for November.
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Labor
Arkansas poultry workers see wages plucked
February 9, 2016Tyson Foods delivered the news to shareholders that its income soared by 49 percent; but the poultry workers who made all this money for the chicken titan face serious struggles.
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