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Harper and Merkel: Partners in austerity

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Canada this week as champion of an austerity policy stance that is failing Europe.

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Europe has a German problem
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France and Greece celebrate electoral push back against austerity

Socialist Party supporters in Bastille Square cheered the end of the Sarkozy era in France. (Photo: democraticunderground.com)
France celebrated the defeat of Sarkozy over the weekend. Similar scenes took place in Greece, as the left rode a wave of anti-austerity sentiment.

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Turning point against austerity: Left makes big gains in Greek elections
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Ottawa protest serves notice: Austerity will meet resistance

In Ottawa yesterday, thousands protested Harper's austerity agenda. (Photo: Ariel Troster)
It's been a year since Harper got his majority. In Ottawa yesterday, thousands protested his austerity agenda.

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Today's the anniversary of a year of Tory majority rule: It just doesn't get any better than this!
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Preparing for the 2012 federal budget

Photo: Kitty Canuck
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty prepares to deliver one of the most draconian budgets in recent years.

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Budget 2012: Jim Flaherty is structurally incompetent
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Images from anti-austerity rally in Toronto

Photo: Krystalline Kraus
Friday's rally in Toronto was organized as a pre-budget showdown in response to the Drummond report.

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Activist Communique: Photos from Friday's anti-austerity demo in Toronto
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International Women's Day march in Toronto

Photo: Jesse McLaren
On March 3, women from across Toronto took to the streets for International Women's Day.

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Photo essay: Toronto International Women's Day march
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The commodification of children's play

Photo: Fiona L Cooper/Flickr
What are the implications for children and their caregivers when access to play spaces is limited?

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A level playing field: The commodification of play
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Gerry Caplan

The world has never been richer. So why are so many still poor?

By
Gerry Caplan
| May 13, 2013

Did you hear those two cheers last week from the unlikely direction of progressive economists and their admirers? Who could blame them?

Since 2010, austerity devotees had loudly hailed a study by two Harvard economists, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, that concluded that excessive debt in any country would lead to a catastrophic collapse in growth. Here was the latest excuse for those who lusted after smaller governments and shrunken public expenditures to continue doing what they were doing anyway.

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Injured Workers' Day 30th Anniversary

Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 11:00am - 1:00pm

Location

Queen's Park - Ontario Legislature Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W
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30th Anniversary of Injured Workers’ Day!

 

Saturday June 1st at 11:00 am

Queen’s Park – Ontario Legislature

 

Celebrate and call for justice for injured workers!

 

Since 1983, injured workers and their allies have come together on June 1st to celebrate their achievements, and to invigorate the struggle for justice for injured workers. This year, we ask you to join us at Queen’s Park on Saturday June 1st to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Injured Workers’ Day, as we unite in our efforts to bring about a just compensation system that truly protects the rights of injured workers.

 

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Building strategically: An introduction to Solidarity Halifax

By
David Bush Kaley Kennedy
| May 3, 2013

How can the left fight back in the age of austerity? This is a clear and constant question being posed by and to people on the left. When the worldwide economic crisis hit in 2008, it was clear there would not be an immediate shift toward radical alternatives to capitalism. Still, five years into the crisis there has been little growth or development in the position of the anti-capitalist left.

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