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[Relay]

JUST PUBLISHED RELAY #17 - (May/June 2007)

The penetration of capitalism into all corners of the globe and into all
aspects of daily life over the last decades has been both sobering and
terrifying. Neoliberalism has set the agenda of commodifying everything and
everyplace. This now includes turning the global atmosphere into another
commodity to be traded in markets. In this issue of Relay, three of the
socialist movement's most eminent thinkers -- Colin Leys, Samir Amin and
Prabhat Patnaik -- offer their assessments of the limits of neoliberalism
today and new openings for the Left. 

A series of other articles provide assessments of some of the key areas of
struggle under neoliberalism, where alternate agendas seem possible. Morna
Ballantyne and Shellie Bird provide their take on the politics of
childcare; Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada & Graham Erion, Matt Fodor and Larry
Lohmann provide penetrating analysis of the Kyoto Protocol and the emerging
carbon market; and Sheila Wilmott, Steve Watson, Roger Annis and Joel
Harden contribute articles on union struggles against poverty, over plant
closings and anti-scab legislation. 

In the fight against neoliberalism, political realignment is crucial, and
in this issue David Mandel and Richard Fidler provide an analysis of Quebec
Solidaire and its recent electoral performance. Finally, a series of other
articles cover federal and Ontario politics, the Canadian intervention in
Afghanistan and the life of the eminent Marxist intellectual, Harry
Magdoff.

Relay #17 May-June, 2007
<http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay>


~~~ Table of Contents ~~~

** Child Care Politics **
~ The Politics of Child Care -- Morna Ballantyne 
~ Doing Child Care -- Shellie Bird


** Environment **
~ What’s Wrong With Kyoto? -- Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada & Graham Erion 
~ A Really Inconvenient Truth: The Left Beyond Kyoto -- Matt Fodor 
~ Carbon Offsets Not Welcome Here -- Larry Lohmann


** Poverty and Minimum Wage **
~ Fightbacks: Struggling Against Poverty in Ontario -- Steve Watson 
~ What’s Next for the Ontario Minimum Wage Campaign? -- Sheila Wilmot


** Labour **
~ Air Canada Workers Protest 700 Job Cuts -- Roger Annis
<http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay/relay17_annis.pdf>
~ Unions Learn from Defeat of Anti-Scab Bill -- Joel Davison Harden
<http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay/relay17_harden.pdf>


** Capitalism and Resistance **
~ Total Capitalism -- Colin Leys
<http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay/relay17_leys.pdf>
~ An Aspect of Neoliberalism -- Prabhat Patnaik 
~ The World Social Forums and Popular Struggle -- Samir Amin 
~ A Socialist Life: Harry Magdoff 1913-2006 -- Joseph Roberts


** Home and Abroad **
~ Ontario Budget 2007: Liberals Not in a Hurry -- Bryan Evans 
~ Supreme Court Strikes at Canada’s Secret Trials and Detentions -- Matthew
Behrens 
~ Afghanistan: The Kandahar Mission One Year Later -- Richard Harding 
~ Development after Globalization -- Christopher Gore


** Quebec Election **
~ Despite Low Vote, Quebec Solidaire Registers Important Gains -- Richard
Fidler 
~ The Orientation of Revolutionary Socialists in Québec Solidaire -- David
Mandel 
~ Sovereigntists Open Debate on Quebec’s Post-election Prospects -- Richard
Fidler

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