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Stephen Harper wanted to make Canada 'a global energy powerhouse.' How did that work out?
David J. Climenhaga | Back in 2006, Harper planned to make Canada "an energy superpower." Today, oil prices are plummeting with no alternative source of revenue, pushing Alberta toward a financial meltdown.
Podcast
Suing the police: The ongoing legacy of the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto
Suing the police: The ongoing legacy of 2010 G20 summit in Toronto
Scott Neigh | Luke Stewart talks about his ongoing lawsuit to hold the police accountable for some of their infamously bad behaviour during the G20 summit in Toronto in 2010.
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G8: Lost tourists or powerful leaders?
Next G8 meeting to be held in remote Quebec location
Krystalline Kraus | It seems that Canada is not done with hosting big tent, government organizing bodies like the G8 and the G20.
Podcast
Smash the State Report: June 14, 2013 and an Interview w Poet Janice Lee
Dan Kellar, [email protected] Radio | Solidarity to those resisting G8 + the security state in Ireland, as the PRISM state in NA is revealed. Fracking + pipelines resistance updates and an interview w/ KW based poet Janice Lee.
News
Canadians for Tax Fairness: G8 tax havens plan is a step forward
rabble staff | The recently concluded G8 Summit in Northern Ireland has issued a statement, the Lough Erne Declaration, spelling out plans toward increased transparency and action against tax havens.
News
As G8 meets, Conservative government blasted for watering down efforts against sexual violence
Sana Malik | The United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) adopted a draft resolution last week that is being criticized for "watering down" language that protects victims of sexual violence globally.
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Activist Communique: Solidarity Tent City and Night March to Oppose the G8 – Kitchener
Krystalline Kraus | On June 26 2010, the G20 invaded Toronto to plan the austerity and war agenda that we are seeing today. Now its N. Ireland's turn.
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Activist Communique: G20 officer accused of beating activist breaks down in court
Krystalline Kraus | The trial of Toronto Police Constable Andalib-Goortani began last week and the Crown has rested its case. The defence has now begun.
News
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Don't let Harper water down G8 action plan on tax havens
Dennis Howlett | The upcoming G8 Summit is an unprecedented opportunity to go after tax cheats who use tax havens. But Canada threatens to be a spoiler. Again.
Podcast
Smash the State Report for July 6, 2012
Dan Kellar, [email protected] Radio | This week: June in review, an ACAB report, declaring Internet freedom, anti-cop actions and comics, and banning circumcisions.
Columnists
Talking the world into taking the wrong direction
Duncan Cameron | By urging fiscal restraint and encouraging austerity, Harper and his G8 summit colleagues in 2010 totally misread the direction of the world economy, and have made a bad economic situation much worse.
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G8 and NATO summits this weekend: 'Dear world, sorry about Harper'
Derrick O'Keefe | As Harper heads off to the G8 at Camp David and the NATO meetings in Chicago, we share eight reasons to be sorry he's representing us on the world stage.