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Dec 6, 2019

Inside Ecuador's mass movement against neoliberalism

Diana Vela Almeida

This fall, Ecuador erupted into massive protests against neoliberal economic reforms. Protesters orchestrated a unified national shutdown and spurred an international movement against neoliberalism.

Podcast

Nov 7, 2019

Report from the streets of Santiago

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Corvin Russell talks to activist, writer and educator Carlos Torres about the roots of the protests in Chile and the on the ground events of the past two weeks.

Columnists

Oct 31, 2019

Popular uprisings against neoliberalism are spreading around the world

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Puerto Rico. Hong Kong. Ecuador. Haiti. Lebanon. Iraq. And now, Chile. People are rising up around the world against austerity and corruption, defying police forces unleashed to suppress them.

Blog

Mar 28, 2019

Earth's inhabitants stranded in a leaking neoliberal lifeboat

Ed Finn

The passengers in a leaky lifeboat can't logically be divided into winners and losers. Either they all win, or they all lose.

Columnists

Jan 15, 2019

Rethinking public debt: Former IMF chief economist tackles a taboo

Duncan Cameron

A core belief of neoliberal capitalists is that government budgets must be balanced to prevent the accumulation of public debt. But is public debt necessarily bad?

Columnists

Oct 25, 2018

Ford's labour law rollbacks are another blow against Ontario workers

Linda McQuaig

Doug Ford is scrapping labour legislation, updated last year after a two-year review with extensive public consultations, and replacing it with a bill hastily assembled behind closed doors.

Blog

Sep 13, 2018

Latest report on Canada's shoddy child care is unlikely to reduce government neglect

Ed Finn

A new report is just the latest account detailing the extent of child poverty and dereliction that has blemished this country's image for a very long time.

Blog

Aug 29, 2018

If we lose the NAFTA fight, maybe we'll take on capitalism

Brent Patterson

The fight against climate change now names the need for system change. The same should be true for the fight against neoliberal trade policy.

Columnists

Aug 23, 2018

Neoliberalism is to blame for stalled climate action

Naomi Klein

On Sunday, August 1, the entire New York Times Magazine was composed of just one article on a single subject: the failure to confront the global climate crisis in the 1980s.

Blog

Aug 13, 2018

The moral economy and the struggle for a good life

Nima Maleki

Much of the world's population struggles for basic necessities. Adequately paid jobs, housing, food, clean drinking water, and health-care are not reaching many who need it. But, why is that?

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