Articles by John Bell
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Nov 30, 2020: COVID and capitalism: vaccines and magic bulletsNews that various suppliers are nearing release of COVID-19 vaccines is more than welcome.
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Nov 25, 2020: COVID and capitalism: vaccine nationalism and trade deals“One of the things to remember is Canada no longer has any domestic production capacity for vaccines.
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Nov 18, 2020: Tory betrayal - Ford's plan to pave the GreenbeltOnce upon a time, back in the days before the plague, back when Doug Ford was just campaigning to become...
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Nov 12, 2020: Bosses and politicians want you to die for profitsAt first I thought, “There is no plan!”.
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Oct 28, 2020: Rebel loses againFar-right Rebel Media and its mastermind, Ezra Levant, have been handed another in a long line of legal defeats.
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Sep 23, 2020: Nova Scotia to Alberta: Racism runs rampantIn Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaw lobster fishers have been under literal attack from commercial fishers for exercising their treaty rights.
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Sep 18, 2020: COVID and classThere are two sets of rules for dealing with the COVID emergency.
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Sep 03, 2020: Kenney admits “Safe Schools” are a fictionAlberta’s back-to-school plan is only days old and already in a shambles.
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Aug 05, 2020: How I became a socialistAn old friend, now deceased, once asked.
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Aug 04, 2020: Report on Business: Fly the deadly skiesThe COVID-19 pandemic has been bad for business.
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Jul 19, 2020: Colonial statues: vandalism or artistic improvementIn a fit of civic improvement and spirit of public service, three Black Lives Matter TO activists painted some Toronto...
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May 30, 2020: Ford tries to blame unions for LTC scandalOntario Premier Doug Ford is under intense fire for the unnecessary deaths in Ontario’s Long Term Care facilities.
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May 03, 2020: Kenney attacks Alberta's rural health careThe Alberta United Conservative government of Jason Kenney is leading the way in using COVID-19 as an excuse to destroy...
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Apr 14, 2020: Viral racism: Being Black is not a pre-existing conditionIn 1932 the US Public Health Service began a study of syphilis.
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Apr 07, 2020: Alberta attacks public serviceJason Kenney’s UCP government is using the Covid-19 emergency to destroy public services in Alberta.
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Mar 30, 2020: WorthlessAs of end of trading on Friday, March 27, Alberta’s tar sands bitumen was trading for less than $5 per...
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Mar 07, 2020: Covid-19: capitalism is sickThe threat of the Covid-19 coronavirus to public health reveals, on many levels, how sick the capitalist system is.
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Mar 05, 2020: Reaping the whirlwind: Canadian ruling class author of its own misfortuneA debate is raging in our media.
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Mar 03, 2020: Jason Kenney’s war on workersLooking at Jason Kenney’s Alberta is enough to give you whiplash.
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Feb 24, 2020: The climate movement and the end of TeckThe Teck tar sands mega project is effectively dead.