Government debt: A volcano ready to eruptIn 2016, debt servicing cost $21.8 billion; this year, it will reach $55.6 billion; by 2029, $76.1 billion—more than the cost of federal transfer payments for health care and child care combined.
Mass austerity in Nova ScotiaFaced with a record deficit of $1.9 billion, Houston is now offloading the cost of the debt onto workers and students in Nova Scotia.
Carney backs Trump’s war on IranIn Davos, Carney proposed an alliance of “middle powers” to “build a new order that embodies our values.” This new ethos has shattered under the first test.
[The Class Line]: Prepare the student strike!The conclusion many are drawing is that the only way to stop this is with a student strike! But how can we build it — and how can we win?
The war on Iran: where do communists stand?It is our duty as internationalists to conduct an implacable struggle against this counter-revolutionary monster, US imperialism, and its Israeli proxies by every means at our disposal.