Aug 28, 2016
Immigrants send gifts across borders
WINGS
This 2004 talk from Maria Jimenez on how immigrants sustain their home communities remains relevant today.
money
May 4, 2016
Putting Black faces on our money won't paper over systemic racism
Rinaldo Walcott
Representation in its basest sense has come to stand in place for actual change when no change is happening at all.
Mar 2, 2015
From Allende to Syriza, money beats democracy every time
Gerry Caplan
With the IMF's treatment of Greece after Syriza's triumph, you can almost hear Henry Kissinger whispering "The issues are much too important for the Greek voters to decide for themselves."
Nov 6, 2014
Bill 18 passes: Ontario's minimum wage pegged to cost of living
Ella Bedard
Liberals make good on their election promise, but more is needed to bring workers out of poverty.
Take the Annual Welfare Food Challenge!
Oct 16, 2013 to Oct 23, 2013
Vancouver
, BC
Canada
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Can you live on $610/month? If you’re on welfare, your $610 monthly cheque leaves you with a food budget of $26/week.
Jan 7, 2013
Haiti: Where Did The Money Go?
Redeye
After the earthquake in 2010, one in two American households contributed money to Haiti relief efforts. Yet Haiti is still struggling to recover from the devastation. A new film asks why.
Aug 15, 2012
The price of offshore tax havens
Redeye
The wealthy of the world have trillions of dollars in assets hidden in offshore accounts or tax havens.
Jul 13, 2012
Questioning the obligation to pay back debt
If you'd like a titillating read this summer, let me propose Debt: The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber. It's a book that dares to question "the very assumption that debts have to be repaid."
May 12, 2012
The big banks' big secret
Redeye
In 2008 Stephen Harper said that Canada has the only banks in the western world that were not looking at bailouts. But a new report says that several banks did need extra money.
Mar 15, 2012
Alert! #207: Occupy the System: Confronting Global Capitalism -- the 2012 Left Forum
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension
This episode of Alert! gives a taste of the Left Forum, a unique conference that convenes a broad spectrum of progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the interested public.
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