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A broad coalition against austerity in Newfoundland

August 24, 2016
| Mary Shortall, Jim Dinn and Sara Langer talk about the new Common Front in Newfoundland and Labrador that is fighting the province's austerity agenda.
Length: 28:43 minutes (26.29 MB)
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From Enron to the Panama Papers: How many financial scandals will it take to change the rules?

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Quebec's fight against austerity: what's next?
March 11, 2016 |
The development of the Common Front, as well as the community resistance supporting it, represents the most militant expression of the labour movement in Canada in recent history.
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With a new leader and shifting economic tides, Nova Scotia's NDP can dream again
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Stephen Kimber
| March 8, 2016

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October 9, 2013. The morning after the night before.

Nova Scotia's first-ever NDP government had just morphed into Nova Scotia's first one-term government in more than 130 years. The party that began its re-election campaign with 31 of 52 legislature seats hobbled across the finish line with just seven shell-shocked MLAs. Even the party's once do-no-wrong leader, Darrell Dexter, lost both his premier's position and his legislative seat...

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GroundWire | Jan 19: Lelu Island protest update and Transgender Prisoner Solidarity Day

January 19, 2016
| This episode of GroundWire features an update from Lelu Island, where Lax Kw'alaams First Nations have been protesting LNG development, and a story on Transgender Prisoner Solidarity Day.
Length: 27:24 minutes (25.09 MB)
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Over 400,000 went on strike Dec. 9 in historic labour action in Quebec

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A historically high number of public service employees were on strike and protesting in Quebec on Wednesday Dec. 9. Unresolved contract negotiations with the government were the flashpoint leading to the day's unrest. 

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Labour actions escalate in Quebec over stalled negotiations

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Hundreds of thousands of public employees are on one-day strikes this week. They're protesting stalled labour negotiations.

Collective contracts expired on April 1 of this year. The Quebec Liberal government has been refusing to budge, as has been the case with its cuts to many services, notably health care and education.

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Jeremy Corbyn: A man who didn't try to fashion a career
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| September 25, 2015

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This past summer, I was hoping to meet with Jeremy Corbyn at a conference on anti-crisis policy in Ufa, Russia. He asked for a few days to think over the invitation to attend, promising to do so unless something unplanned and significant happened. It did. He was nominated for the leader of the British Labour Party.

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We need an economics of the heart

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Not yet Canada's Syriza, but a small step in that direction

July 22, 2015
| Kyle Buott talks about a recent gathering in Halifax of anti-austerity and anti-capitalist organizations from across Canada.
Length: 28:42 minutes (26.29 MB)
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