Articles by Jesse McLaren
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Mar 29, 2012: Defend choice: defeat Motion 312Despite Prime Minister Harper’s reassurances that “we are not opening the abortion debate”, his government constantly attacks the right to...
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Feb 14, 2012: Solidarity grows for locked-out Quebec workersOn New Year’s Eve, the mining giant Rio Tinto locked out 780 workers from its Alcan factory in Alma, Quebec—demanding...
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Feb 14, 2012: Student day of actionOn February 1, students across the country took to the streets for a pan-Canadian day of action, organized by the...
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Feb 07, 2012: US welcomes Yemen's dictator to the Ritz-CarltonWhile the US justifies its escalating threats towards Syria and Iran on the basis of human rights and democracy, its...
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Jan 11, 2012: Quebec students strikeIn 2005 nearly a quarter of a million Quebec students went on strike and defeated the government’s cuts to education.
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Jan 11, 2012: Tories declare war on MedicareThe Harper government unilaterally imposed a health care funding plan on the provinces, which after 2016 will be tied to...
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Jan 04, 2012: Stephen Harper: Crime Minister.The year 2011 was a historic year of revolt—from revolutions across the Arab world, general strikes from Chile to Greece,...
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Dec 24, 2011: Resistance and solidarity continues in BahrainOn November 23 the people of Bahrain continued resisting the regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in a...
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Dec 21, 2011: Inside Quebec politicsOf Anger and Hope Written by Françoise David Reviewed by Jesse McLaren Françoise David, one of Quebec’s leading activists and...
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Nov 24, 2011: Mobilizing can stop the ToriesOntario Tory leader Tim Hudak threatened to channel the anger against the Liberals—who closed hospitals, raised tuition fees and cut...
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Nov 21, 2011: No sanctions, no war. Don't Attack IranEconomic crisis, imperial rivalry and Islamophobia are fueling an attack on Iran that could have devastating consequences.
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Jan 28, 2011: Canada's imperial coalition: Conservatives and Liberals unite to back warFrom Afghanistan to Libya, the Conservatives and Liberals have united to promote imperialism under the guise of “humanitarian intervention.
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Nov 11, 2010: Lest we forget: anti-war soldiersEvery great anti-war movement has included the soldiers themselves, who through their own experience begin to question the war and...