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How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups: Lessons from the Early Communist International

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How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups: Lessons from the Early Communist International

John Riddell

Parliaments and elections are no guarantee of democratic rights and fair treatment for working people. Capitalist forces displeased with an electoral outcome are all too likely to take direct action to impose their will, whether by financial manipulations, economic blockades, or military coups.

Even apparently stable parliamentary regimes in dominant countries can be challenged in

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Posted on Jan 12, 2021 01:30 pm

This. Is. Awful.

This grandma has been beaten and threatened by a mining giant.

A, Máxima is still short of the legal funds she needs to save her home from a mining company -- will you help her today?

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One brave grandmother in Peru is facing down a mining Goliath. She’s

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Posted on Jan 11, 2021 03:23 pm

Long March to Peasant Unity in India

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Long March to Peasant Unity in India

Ranjini Basu

The unprecedented unity among peasant organizations is not a sudden development. It has been built over several struggles, which have expanded the base of the peasant movement and snowballed into the massive protests against the new farm laws.

The talks between farmers’ organizations and the Union government over the controversial pieces of legislation governing agricultural marketing have reached a

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Posted on Jan 11, 2021 10:31 am

Powerful Panel with Land Defenders and Naomi Klein

Powerful Panel with Land Defenders and Naomi Klein r1 Start the new year inspired listening to these courageous leaders who are still on the front line ...

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021 04:59 pm

Facing 2021 together...

Facing 2021 together... r1 ...

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021 04:59 pm

This. Is. Awful.

This grandma has been beaten and threatened by a mining giant.

One brave grandmother in Peru is facing down a mining Goliath. She’s been threatened, beaten, and had her home destroyed all because she won’t sell her land for an open-pit mine.

Can you help cover her legal fees?

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A brave grandmother in Peru has stared down the biggest gold mining company in the world for more than 10 years, refusing to

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021 01:08 pm

Precarity U

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Precarity U

“Precarity U” is a documentary film presented by the United Steel Workers (USW, Local 1998) as part of an awareness campaign on it’s Casual Unit employees at the University of Toronto. Local 1998 is currently in bargaining with the University of Toronto. Members tell their stories of working under contracts with no guarantee of hours of work, no paid sick days, and no benefits – the reality, good and bad, of working on casual contracts.

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 09:31 am

Key moments in 2021

Key moments in 2021 r1 PBI-Canada begins to plan for the COP26 climate summit in Scotland this November … Read more... 2021 will see the 10th anniversary of the Guiding Principles and the 7th session on a Binding Treaty …

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Posted on Jan 09, 2021 12:21 pm

Council This Week

Council This Week r1 News, views and to-do's ...

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Posted on Jan 08, 2021 08:59 pm

How we respond to threats against democracy

How we respond to threats against democracy r1 Like you, I was horrified by the scenes of violence that unfolded Wednesday in Washington, D.C. ...

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Posted on Jan 08, 2021 06:30 pm

Attempted coup in the US

Trump loyalists just attempted a coup on live television.

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We all watched in horror as Trump loyalists in Washington, DC broke into the US Capitol building to stop Congress from certifying the results of the US presidential election.

But the truth is, the disturbing scene that played out at the US Capitol has been four years in the making.

Since taking office, Trump and his cronies in the US Republican party have fanned the flames of racism and xenophobia to make themselves more powerful. And some of the world’s biggest corporations have helped them do it.

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Posted on Jan 08, 2021 03:10 pm

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January 7, 2021

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The BCSEA employs email and other communications that are governed by Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). Every two years we must ask for your renewal of permission to continue our electronic communications with you.

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Posted on Jan 08, 2021 03:03 pm