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April 24, 2020 
Basic reasons to oppose basic income
I’ve written quite a number of pieces over the last few years that set out the reasons why I think basic income is a social…
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April 23, 2020
COVID-19, landlord power and tenant organizing
Through self-isolation and a stunted economy, COVID-19 chaos has amplified the tension between what is considered as a nice-to-have and what is essential. Access to…
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April 17, 2020
Don’t subsidize corporations, democratize the economy
On Easter weekend Sid Hynes, the Executive Chairman of Oceanex, a Canadian shipping company, announced they would be cutting back their shipping service to Newfoundland….
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April 13, 2020
Mothering Through the Pandemic
The current health and economic crisis is intensifying the everyday crisis of mothering under capitalism. We can learn from mothers who are navigating the pandemic…
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April 12, 2020
COVID-19: Capitalism’s pandemic
Statement from the International Socialist Tendency: 1. The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is generally presented as a “natural disaster”, an “external shock” to the normal functioning…
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March 30, 2020
There is an alternative
Apparently there is an alternative. The events of the past few weeks make it obvious that the mantra of neoliberalism – the idea that there…
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March 29, 2020
Chronic understaffing in healthcare system makes pandemic worse
Two emergency orders by Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care have outlined temporary measures that administrators of hospitals and nursing homes may utilize to…
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March 25, 2020
TC Energy: pipelines and pandemic
Despite BC having the some of the highest confirmed numbers of cases and deaths related to COVID-19 in the country, and despite increased federal and…
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March 21, 2020
Basic Income is not the answer to the crisis
Though they have delayed too long and many employers are doing all they can to undermine the effort, the governments that are in the business…
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March 17, 2020
The viral crash
Oh there goes gravity. In short order the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global economic downturn, whose full force we have not even begun…
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March 15, 2020
Criminal justice: Contain COVID-19 not people
I work at the busiest courthouse in the country. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when thousands of workers have been ordered to work from home, schools…
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March 14, 2020
Coronavirus: rights not repression
With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the new coronavirus a pandemic, it’s urgent that countries around the world escalate public health efforts. These include…