Ideology has depleted public services, turned health care into increasingly profit-driven business

Top scientists responsible for the “Doomsday Clock” issued a stark warning about how close the world is to catastrophe due to the climate emergency, nuclear weapons, and “disruptive technologies in other domains.” Launched by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947 as a symbol for “how close we are to destroying our world,” the clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight for the third year straight.

The US government gives Egypt $1. 4 billion in aid per year, most of it for the military. There is a lot of huff and puff about human rights, but no real concern for the throttling of democratic processes within the country, as 65,000 political prisoners – over half of the country’s total 120,000 prisoners – sit in jail.

Initial experiments show the benefits of a shortened week. But will all workers in Canada get to enjoy them?

Cryptocurrency is not merely a bad investment or speculative bubble. It’s worse than that: it’s a full-on fraud.

In Ontario, student fees accounted for over half (54.0%) of all college revenues in 2019/2020, while public funding decreased to 32.2%. In comparison, in 2008/2009, 28.2% of revenues in Ontario colleges came from student fees, while public funding accounted for over half (54.4%). This pattern was also observed in Ontario universities, where tuition fees were the main source of revenue in 2019/2020 (41.9%, compared with 35.5% from public funding). In 2008/2009, public funding made up the bulk of university revenue (53.7%), compared with tuition fees (29.9%).

The couple were among a group of asylum seekers who sheltered Snowden in 2013. Kellapatha said he believes it was destiny that brought Snowden to his door.

Blame ‘free’ market reforms that benefit the rich and powerful at the expense of the working class for the country’s recent protests.

Months after the arrests of two journalists, the firm’s security doesn’t seem to understand injunction terms and press freedoms.

Earl Muldoe, the famous Gitxsan Hereditary Chief, died last week. This is his powerful legacy.

Nora Loreto | The current overload of hospitals has more to do with neoliberal public policies than selfish anti-vaxxers.

In the UK, local governments are constantly agreeing to sleazy deals to provide hyperprofitable contracts to property developers. The only solution: ban developers and their lobbyists from councils.

"Workers of the world, cooperate with your fellow workers. You have nothing to lose but the competitive rat race that capitalism has enshrined."

Patrick Cockburn | CounterPunch.org | The Biden administration is in its usual muddle after allowing the Taliban to win, now imagining that it can punish them, or modify their behaviour for the better, by economic pressure. But starving them out is not going to work and, if there is any starving to be done, it will be by millions of ordinary Afghans.

Nora Loreto | From China to cruise ships to long-haul COVID, the media focus left Canada ill-prepared for a collective pandemic response

NATO’s proponents often claim it’s a democratic force, but in Canada’s case the alliance highlights the hollowness of our democracy. A healthy polity requires vigorous debate on important issues, but no major party opposes this country’s membership in the military alliance. In fact, the social democratic NDP leadership has gone to great lengths to block members from expressing themselves on NATO.

Syria’s entry into China's Belt and Road Initiative is to support its economic integration into West Asia and fortify its post-conflict recovery.

After striking for 10 weeks, student workers at Columbia University have a tentative agreement that members will vote on, but they also have a stronger, more democratic union.

Anyone who has gone to buy groceries lately has noticed the rising price of food. For workers and people on fixed incomes the increased cost of groceries hits hard. Spring Magazine spoke with Alyssa Gerhardt, a Sociologist and PhD candidate at Dalhousie University about the rising cost of food. Gerhardt co-authored the 2021 Canada Food Price Report. Gerhardt highlights how capitalism, the climate crisis, and the rising cost of living are all interconnected.

Monthly Review | by Rita Karo | Young Cuban Voices on the July 11 Events