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  • | Photo by Light BrigadingFlickr | MR Online

    ‘Climate Justice in So-Called Canada’

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on January 18, 2023 by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman, and Bronwen Tucker (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Jan 24, 2023)

    Indigenous rights and sovereignty must be at the centre of our collective efforts to rescue a habitable planet.

  • | A farm worker holds bell peppers during a harvest in Cubiro Venezuela Photo ShutterstockCanadian Dimension | MR Online

    Venezuela’s Seed Law should be a global model

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on January 16, 2023 (more by Canadian Dimension)  |

    For peasant farmers, the battle over seed rights is critical to their livelihoods.

  • | Winston Churchill Illustration by Lyn Ott 1942 Image from Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    Dismantling the cult of Churchill

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on January 5, 2023 by J.W. Horton (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Jan 13, 2023)

    Tariq Ali’s new book examines the disconnect between Churchill’s popular image and the larger context of his life and times.

  • | Fertilizing May 1972 Photo by Charles ORear from the Environmental Protection Agencys Documerica projectUS National ArchivesFlickr | MR Online

    The lesson we should have learned from ‘Silent Spring’

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on January 3, 2023 by Nick Gottlieb (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2023)

    We have to address the way that corporations create, shape, and control demand, leveraging the state as a tool.

  • | If there is to be a livable future it will be a future offline | MR Online

    “If there is to be a livable future, it will be a future offline”

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on January 1, 2023 (more by Canadian Dimension)  |

    Jonathan Crary’s new book excoriates the digital world of late capitalism.

  • | NQR line New York Photo by Stephen ReesFlickr | MR Online

    Biden and the Progressive Caucus smash labour strike on behalf of railway barons

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on December 5, 2022 by Natalie Braun (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Dec 07, 2022)

    By rejecting paid sick leave for rail workers, Congress put profits over people.

  • | A man walks past a mural depicting Venezuelas late President Hugo Chávez Latin American independence hero Simon Bolivar and Venezuelas President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas Photo by Marco Bello | MR Online

    What is the future of Venezuela’s communes?

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on December 4, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Dec 06, 2022)

    The challenges facing the communes intensified after Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013.

  • | Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar on the front line near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region September 26 2022 Photo courtesy the Ministry of Defense of UkraineTwitter | MR Online

    As Ukraine war escalates, the climate movement goes AWOL

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on October 28, 2022 by Dimitri Lascaris (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Nov 02, 2022)

    Lascaris: This is no time to prioritize political expediency and serenity over the reputational perils of anti-war activism.

  • | Climate and social justice advocate Anjali Appadurai was disqualified from running for the BC NDP leadership on October 19 Image courtesy Anjali For BC NDP LeaderFacebook | MR Online

    BC NDP shreds its credibility again with Appadurai disqualification

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on October 24, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Oct 26, 2022)

    Appadurai’s leadership run crystallized into a grassroots challenge to the party establishment. The party struck back.

  • | Anti oil protesters throw tomato soup on van Goghs Sunflowers Screenshot from Twitter | MR Online

    Disruptive action on the climate deserves our support

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on October 23, 2022 by Nick Gottlieb (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Oct 25, 2022)

    We can learn from past movements and we can and should study the results of the many tactics activists are employing.

  • | The worlds longest conveyor belt in Boucraa a Moroccan controlled region of Western Sahara Photo from Reddit | MR Online

    Double standards on full display with Western Sahara occupation

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on October 13, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Oct 14, 2022)

    Numerous countries, including Canada, profit from the illegal exploitation of Sahrawi resources.

  • | This file photograph shows Thomas Sankara as he reviews troops in a street of Ouagadougou during celebrations of the second anniversary of the Burkina Fasos revolution Photo by Daniel LaneAP | MR Online

    Thomas Sankara remains a global icon

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on October 9, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Oct 12, 2022)

    His vision of a socialist, pan-Africanist model of development⁠ was not buried with him

  • | Families Code | MR Online

    Cuba’s families code a bold step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in the hemisphere

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on September 29, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Sep 30, 2022)

    Passed in a referendum with 67% of the vote, the law expands women’s, children’s, and gay and lesbian legal rights.

  • | The Shell Skull by Andreas Metz Photo by Andreas MetzFlickr | MR Online

    New documents reveal callousness of fossil fuel execs—and Canada’s complicity

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on September 20, 2022 by Nick Gottlieb (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Sep 24, 2022)

    If your climate policy is supported by the oil and gas industry, it’s not climate policy at all

  • | Sign Banks are not innocent in our misery | MR Online

    Uprising targets Canada’s man in Haiti

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on September 15, 2022 by Frantz Elbé, Jovenel Moïse, Mike Duheme, Sébastien Carrière (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Sep 21, 2022)

    A popular uprising has paralyzed life in much of Haiti. While police are violently suppressing protesters, don’t expect Canadian officials to criticize security forces they fund.

  • | Degrowth Conference 2018 in Malmö Sweden Photo by Cindy KohtalaFlickr | MR Online

    Degrowth is the only path to a sustainable future

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on September 10, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Sep 16, 2022)

    It is incumbent upon us as a species to seriously consider radical alternative, anti-capitalist and ecological futures

  • | Symphony of the Seas an Oasis class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International It was the largest cruise ship in the world by gross tonnage when built in 2018 Photo by roli BFlickr | MR Online

    Sweatships on troubled waters

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on August 24, 2022 by John Clarke (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Aug 25, 2022)

    Luxury cruises are an expression of capitalism’s worst instincts.

  • | An organopónicos farm near Alamar Cuba Photo by Melanie K ReedFlickr | MR Online

    Canada could learn from Cuba’s sustainable agriculture

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on August 3, 2022 by Owen Schalk (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Aug 05, 2022)

    Cuba has more than 380,000 urban farms producing 1.5 million tons of vegetables each year.

  • | Doctors and medical students Health care for all including refugees | rabbleca | MR Online

    Why progressives need to abandon means-testing and embrace universality

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on July 25, 2022 by Joshua K. McEvoy (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Jul 26, 2022)

    Universality must be at the core of any progressive electoral platform.

  • | Air Canada Airbus A320 211 at the Ottawa International Airport Photo by Heads Up AviationFlickr | MR Online

    Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on July 15, 2022 by Taylor C. Noakes (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Jul 22, 2022)

    It’s because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.

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