Tag: Austerity

The coronavirus outbreak has sparked a rise in anti-Chinese racism. What are the historical roots of this response, and how might we confront it in Canada?

It’s no coincidence that struggles over public transit are erupting across the Americas. Free transit is about an end to austerity, a refusal of police power, and a demand for decommodified and universal public services.

James Cairns unpacks the “entitled millennial” trope in his new book.

Messages from a community in northern Greece fighting a Canadian mining giant.

Even with Brad Wall’s resignation, we’re not out of the woods when it comes to trouncing austerity.

How are organizers building power to resist Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s callous austerity agenda?

Caving to international pressure at the height of the Greek debt crisis, Syriza approved a Canadian mining operation in the Skouries forest despite the local fight against it.

The Saskatchewan government has circumvented the decision of the Northern teacher education program.

A massive anti-austerity protest in Newfoundland shed light on the hypocrisies of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Liberal government.

When we appeal to the logic of cost-effectiveness, I worry that our politics are not tied to a robust vision of human flourishing.