Genuine Democracy in an Age of Hyper-Individualism – 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture
The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by Grace Blakeley, illustrating why neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy and why we must organize to take back democratic power for the working-class.
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Death, Taxes, and Building Canada’s Social Infrastructure
While it may be true that the only certain things in life are death and taxes, it is also true taxes help us live better—and healthier—lives.
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Economic Liberation: A Gender-Based Case for Basic Income
Gender-based violence traps hundreds of thousands of Canadian women in dangerous situations and economic precarity. A Basic Income Guarantee could transform our response from crisis management to prevention.
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Activists Make History: Mobilizing a Movement with Sandy Hudson
Peggy Nash sits down with Sandy Hudson to talk about the roots of Black Lives Matter – Toronto, and her new book ‘Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All’.
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A New Kind of Corner Store
A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
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Class & Climate: Colombia’s Just Transition with Lala Peñaranda and Matt Kirkegaard
Colombian oil workers and la Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) are leading the charge for a just transition. Here’s what Canada can learn from their worker-led climate plan.
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Class & Climate: Winds of Change with Alex Connolly
The fight for better workplace conditions doesn’t stop at renewable energy. Workers in renewable energy need union representation, collective bargaining and a voice in their workplace for the energy transition to benefit all Canadians.
Issue No. 3 – Spring 2025
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Editorial — Spring 2025
Amid this nationalist fervour is a desire to protect Canadian institutions such as public healthcare – a profoundly distinct and equalizing system that has insulated the Canadian working-class from the affordability experiences of Americans.
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The Monopoly Problem at the Heart of Canada’s Food System
While the ongoing cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians has been provoked by recent global events, the consolidation of the Canadian food system has been a long-running and strenuous process.
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Institutional Design of Price Controls in Canada
Market concentration in key sectors, including groceries, transportation, and commodity production renders Canada particularly vulnerable to the threat of sellers’ inflation. As a result, Canada should seize the opportunity before the next major supply shock to implement a Weber-inspired policy playbook.
Reviews
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Kevin Lambert’s Real Estate Realism
‘May Our Joy Endure’ is a timely cultural intervention — a scathing yet beautifully crafted critique of Québec’s elite and the forces of gentrification.
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The Scandalous Grip of Neoliberalism
Two important books from Lorimer Press highlight the insidious impact of neoliberalism on Canada’s political, social, and economic landscape, detailing its roots, devastating results, and the urgent need for democratic renewal and progressive reform.
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Home Truths: A Practical Policy Toolkit for Fixing the Housing Crisis
In ‘Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis’ Carolyn Whitzman finds opportunities for hope in outlining a path towards housing for all across Canada.
Perspectives Journal Podcast
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Activists Make History: Mobilizing a Movement with Sandy Hudson
Peggy Nash sits down with Sandy Hudson to talk about the roots of Black Lives Matter – Toronto, and her new book ‘Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All’.
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Class & Climate: Colombia’s Just Transition with Lala Peñaranda and Matt Kirkegaard
Colombian oil workers and la Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) are leading the charge for a just transition. Here’s what Canada can learn from their worker-led climate plan.
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Class & Climate: Winds of Change with Alex Connolly
The fight for better workplace conditions doesn’t stop at renewable energy. Workers in renewable energy need union representation, collective bargaining and a voice in their workplace for the energy transition to benefit all Canadians.
Video
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Neoliberalism’s Failure and What the Left Must Do
2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer Grace Blakeley sits down with Luke Savage in for a conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism and what the left must do if it is to win the working-class.
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A Green New Deal to Fight Trump’s Trade War
The fight against Trump’s tariffs is a chance for Canada to lead by aligning clean energy with strong communities, empowered workers, and a high-road industrial strategy that delivers for working people.
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A New Deal for Progressive Trade
Beth Baltzan lays out the original vision for progressive international trade and demonstrates why today’s trade regime enables Trump’s tariffs.
