A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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Data centre developers and governments are trying to make an end-run around the public, but the public is fighting back

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I first met Marshall Ganz 50 years ago, when he came to oversee the Toronto grape boycott for the California farmworkers led by Cesar Chavez.…

There’s no evidence that banning replacement workers makes strikes longer. Employer organizations simply want to keep using scabs.

Workers are emboldened and frustrated. We need to build on the unity we feel in this moment.

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The climate transition is urgent—and it’s increasingly clear that governments aren’t acting fast enough. How can communities, workers, and movements directly implement a transition?

Cedric Robinson’s work is foundational for social movements.

Alberta is trying to provoke a showdown with the feds over just transition legislation. What does that mean, anyway?
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