C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
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Liberal election victory in Canada holds lessons for Americans
October 26, 2015Liberals campaigned on making investments in infrastructure to create jobs, raise income taxes on the richest Canadians to fund services for those at the bottom, and democratize the political system.
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Corbyn and Sanders: Socialists surge on both sides of the Atlantic
September 16, 2015Sanders denounced what he called the "political cowardice" of Republicans who "scheme to make it harder for people who disagree with them to vote."
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Corbyn poised to shift UK’s Labor Party to the left
September 9, 2015One of the parties that led international social democracy's turn toward the centrist 'third way' in the 1990s is now poised to elect a new leader from the left.
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Canada’s social democrats seek to end decade of Conservative rule
August 13, 2015The leaders of Canada's four major political parties participated in the first debate of what will be a long campaign with the potential to make history.
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New Canadian “super union” aims for different kind of unionism
September 11, 2013TORONTO - Canada's progressive movement just gained a giant new ally as thousands of delegates, representing more than 300,000 workers, founded Unifor, a new union aimed at transforming the labor scene in this country.
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Canadian election brings historic shifts
May 4, 2011Canada's historic federal election shifted the political dynamics of the country and set a new stage of struggle.
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Public spending at issue as G-20 meets
June 24, 2010TORONTO - The G-8/G-20 summit here this week could determine the future of global economic recovery, as the U.S. and Europe take opposing positions on spending and budget cuts.
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History is (still) counting on us
January 29, 2009On Nov. 3, 2004 – the day following George W. Bush’s re-election as president – I wrote a letter to some of my closest friends and comrades. The tone of that letter was quite somber, reflecting...
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