Capital has thrown down the gauntlet to demand no changes to the Canadian economy that might cost them any money. It will likely be a bold vision that they are calling for where we do nothing to respond to current and future crises because it might undermine profit. An initiative supported, unsurprisingly, by HK Strategies and the Business Council of Canada (you may remember it being called "Canadian Council of Chief Executives"). It is nothing more than a public relations attempt to push back against the demands for the real change needed for our economy and social services to respond and fend off the climate, health, and social crises caused by the policies and actions of the members of this coalition.

Jacques R. Pauwels | Truman and his advisors thus fell under the spell of what the renowned American historian William Appleman Williams has called a "vision of omnipotence”. They convinced themselves that the new weapon would enable them to force their will on the Soviet Union. The atomic bomb was “a hammer”, as Truman himself put it, that he would wave over the heads of "those boys in the Kremlin”.

Apple has announced impending changes to its operating systems that include new “protections for children” features in iCloud and iMessage. If you’ve spent any time following the Crypto Wars, you know what this means: Apple is planning to build a backdoor into its data storage system and its messaging system.

René González is one of the Cuban Five, long jailed in the US for their intelligence work combating far-right Miami terrorist groups. He spoke to Jacobin about the blockade and what his trial told him about the US's concern for human rights in Cuba.

There are two pieces of news that involve the government of Canada and its foreign relations policy. They are both derived from two recent statements issued by the US State Department. In one, Canada is a declared co-sponsor of the statement together with the US and the EU. In the second Canada actually stands out for its absence as a co-sponsor. About the former we ask, why are we not surprised? About the latter we ask, is Canada really absent?