Social Democracy without Borders and the Good Society
To be humane, societies must be democratic — and, to be democratic, every person must be afforded the economic and social rights necessary for their individual flourishing.
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Profit, not price, is why we keep burning fossil fuels
Brett Christophers’ book, ‘The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet,’ argues why the energy transition can’t be left to the market.
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The Alt-Right’s Co-Optation of Wellness Subculture at the Intersection of Health, Purity, and Ideology
The wellness to alt-right pipeline continues to draw more and more who fall outside of the shrinking net of collective care into movements that threaten democratic institutions and community wellbeing. Governments need to stop the erosion of institutions of community care.
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Private Equity and Health Care: Should Canadians be concerned?
An increasing number of health-care workers, observers and critics worry that the growing financialization of health care is inserting corporate values into treatment, raising questions about the corporate practice of medicine.
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Late-Stage Scavengers
In her new book, ‘Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom,’ Grace Blakeley retraces neoliberalism’s short- and long-history, moving beyond conventional analysis to track this peculiar variant of capitalism back centuries rather than decades.
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A Coherent Alternative for a Just and Equal Society?
In ‘Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?,’ Daniel Chandler sets out on a contemporary alternative to the social and economic policies of the right, drawn from the work of John Rawls.
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Wellness and the Working-Class: The Artifice of Benefits under Capitalism
Wellness Spending Accounts (WSAs) first-and-foremost enhance the “bottom line” at the expense of the working-class.
Podcasts
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Good Enough to Work, Good Enough to Stay: Fixing Canada’s Immigration System with Pablo Godoy
While the mainstream media casts blame on governments, there isn’t much direct criticism for the companies and industries actually exploiting these migrant workers.
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Profits, Inflation and Survival in an Age of Emergencies with Isabella Weber
From gas to groceries, this lecture provides valuable context and a policy toolkit for helping ordinary Canadians through economic crisis.
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The Rise of Investor Ownership and the Housing Crisis with Jeremy Withers
According to the data, more and more new housing is being purchased without the intention of being the home that the buyer lives in.
Video
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Challenging Corporate Power to fix Affordability with Jim Stanford
Jim Stanford talks through the shortcomings of Canadian federal policies in easing the cost of living crisis and shows how organized labour is supporting the working-class.
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A Progressive Solution to Canada’s “Productivity” Crisis with Angella MacEwen
Highlighting the power of human and social capital, Angella MacEwen offers an alternative path to boosting Canadian productivity.
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Defending Workers from Inflation, AI and the Affordability Crisis with Kaylie Tiessen
Facing the increasing risk presented by AI amid crises, Unifor’s research department has been on the frontlines developing new strategies to defend workers against precarity.
