COVID-19

3 Minutes

Canada

Extraordinary crisis, but “business” as usual in Alberta

PV April 30, 2020

These are extraordinary times. News feeds and ordinary working people, not surprisingly, are focussed on the pandemic, the need to combat its spread by physical distancing, and the daily struggle […]...

5 Minutes

World

Mike Pompeo and the politics of illegal sanctions

PV April 30, 2020

Virus-stricken Iran stares into the face of pure evil Séamus Kenny Since the victory of the Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of tyrannical US installed monarch Shah Mohammad Reza […]...

4 Minutes

Canada

Communist Party: Emergency Wage Subsidy a benefit to business, not workers

PV April 9, 2020

The Communist Party of Canada is warning that the federal government’s 75% wage subsidy to business is more likely to add to the profits of the biggest corporations than to […]...

5 Minutes

Culture Indigenous peoples

From smallpox to COVID-19 – epidemics and Indigenous peoples

PV April 9, 2020

Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life (2013) Author: James Daschuk Publisher: University of Regina Press Review by Kimball Cariou What economic system extends […]...