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.
Rights and Democracy
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Closing the Gap: Grassroots Organizing and Policy Making for Housing in Canada
The housing crisis in Canada is too large, entrenched, and politically complex to solve with siloed strategies.
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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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How Mis/Disinformation is Driving Alberta to the Right, Part 2: the 2023 Provincial Election
Misinformation and disinformation are polarizing Alberta politics, stoking division and a reactionary shift to the right.
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The Stories We Tell: How Media Coverage of Sexual Violence Can Perpetuate Harm
May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month, yet victims of sexual and gender-based violence still cannot find justice in their stories told by the Canadian media.
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This Time It Is Worse: Political Economy of the Current International Debt Crisis
Volatile, short term and footloose private capital is supplanting stable, long-term public financing which is crucial for long-term economic and social development, and for climate investments.
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From Public Power to Public Grocers in Canada: ‘Zoning Out’ for Economic Democracy
Progressives should consider creating and developing their own “zones” for building democratic power, putting into practice social democratic values. Through these islands of social democracy, the diffusion of democratic power could be incubated and seeded to propagate widely as neoliberal systems wither and fail.
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Activists Make History: Democracy in Action with Josel Angelica Gerardo
Josel Gerardo is a young activist and shares how she is driving democratic engagement in the Filipino-Canadian community.
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Activists Make History: Campaigning for Progress with Alexa Gilmour
The first-time candidate for Parkdale–High Park says progressive campaigning can be the antidote for despair.
