Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
What will new Nafta talks mean for Canadian and US workers?
Canada's top Nafta negotiator Steve Verheul arrives for talks on the treaty on Friday
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
IN A trade merry-go-round, US and Canadian workers and unions are opposing their governments’ positions in US-Canada-Mexico talks on a “new Nafta.”
They are leery of Canada’s contrasting labour stands between the new Trans-Pacific Partnership pact — weak — and the new Nafta. There, Canada’s stand is, or has been, strong.
As a result, the AFL-CIO is monitoring the new Nafta talks, now occurring in Montreal, for Trump administration backsliding.
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