C.J. Atkins

C.J. Atkins is the managing editor at People's World. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from York University in Toronto and has a research and teaching background in political economy and the politics and ideas of the American left.

LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins

U.S.

Investing in tragedy: the political economy of mass shootings
December 16, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
There seems to be a mutually beneficial relationship that ties the gun industry, the gun lobby, and the GOP together.
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World

After Keystone XL: Why the Paris climate summit could be different
November 25, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
For the first time, leaders from the advanced capitalist countries and those of the emerging economies seem to be on the same page when it comes to the urgency of slowing climate change.
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U.S.

Third way Democrats preparing to challenge the left for factional control
November 18, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
Surrendering to the narrative that Hillary is another Wall Street Democrat will leave us all flat-footed when it's time to go up against the GOP.
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World

Liberal election victory in Canada holds lessons for Americans
October 26, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
Liberals campaigned on making investments in infrastructure to create jobs, raise income taxes on the richest Canadians to fund services for those at the bottom, and democratize the political system.
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World

Corbyn and Sanders: Socialists surge on both sides of the Atlantic
September 16, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
Sanders denounced what he called the "political cowardice" of Republicans who "scheme to make it harder for people who disagree with them to vote."
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World

Corbyn poised to shift UK’s Labor Party to the left
September 9, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
One of the parties that led international social democracy's turn toward the centrist 'third way' in the 1990s is now poised to elect a new leader from the left.
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World

Canada’s social democrats seek to end decade of Conservative rule
August 13, 2015 By C.J. Atkins
The leaders of Canada's four major political parties participated in the first debate of what will be a long campaign with the potential to make history.
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World

New Canadian “super union” aims for different kind of unionism
September 11, 2013 By C.J. Atkins
TORONTO - Canada's progressive movement just gained a giant new ally as thousands of delegates, representing more than 300,000 workers, founded Unifor, a new union aimed at transforming the labor scene in this country.
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