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21 December 2020, by Eric Canepa
Leo Panitch (1945-2020)

Leo had recently been diagnosed with multiple myeloma—a type of cancer that affects the plasma cells located in the bone marrow. Justifiably optimistic about treatment, he had the misfortune to (...)
25 November 2020, by Rahul Varma
Thirty Sixth Anniversary of the Bhopal Disaster

The cusp between Dec 2nd and 3rd marks the 36th anniversary of the Bhopal Disaster that occurred at the Union Carbide pesticide factory in the city of Bhopal, India. Tanks containing 40 tonnes of (...)
31 October 2020, by Eric Blanc and Leo Panitch
How Can Socialists Help Stop Trump?

Eric Blanc interviews Leo Panitch about the upcoming presidential election in the US. Eric Blanc (EB): I would love to hear your take on the question of whether or not socialists should be (...)
30 October 2020, by Vinod Mubayi
How Low Can a Country Go?

How low can the country go? To what moral depths can the “world’s largest democracy” descend? These questions emerge naturally in the aftermath of two horrific events: the rape and killing of a (...)
19 October 2020, by Yves Engler
Why is the Israeli Military Still Recruiting in Canada?

For three quarters of a century Canadians have been recruited inside this country to fight in Israel’s military There’s a Canadian law that makes it illegal for the armed forces of any foreign (...)
17 October 2020, by Leo Panitch
Will Escaping Americans Test Canada’s Capacity for Sympathy?

When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, I started hearing from American friends that they were thinking of migrating to Canada. Sensing that most of them didn’t really mean it, I would joke in (...)
5 October 2020, by Noam Chomsky
Internationalism or Extinction

Returning to the major crises we face at this historic moment, all are international, and two internationals are forming to confront them. One is opening today: the Progressive International. The (...)
1 October 2020, by Vinod Mubayi
India’s March to a Police State Intensifies

Last month’s editorial focused on how India, often billed as the world’s largest democracy, was marching towards an authoritarian police state. It was argued that while the formal institutions of (...)
1 September 2020, by Editorial
Two International Webinars on Kashmir

Kashmir is under siege. Seven million people are under virtual lockdown for nine months since the BJP government abrogated Articles 370 and 35 reducing the former Princely state of Jammu and (...)
1 September 2020, by Parvaiz Bukhari
A Nation Rendered Numb

Amid multiple lockdowns, Kashmiris confront and contest an escalating campaign to dismantle their sovereignty. Close to midnight on August 4, 2019, police vehicles fitted with megaphones (...)