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1 week ago | 
workers.org | Andrew Johnson
The island nation of Cuba has consistently struggled with one economic barrier above all others: the United States blockade, which has blocked all trade between U.S. companies and Cuba since 1962. This economic strangulation has been exacerbated since the collapse of the Soviet Union — Cuba’s largest trading partner — in 1991.
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1 month ago | 
bnnbloomberg.ca | Andrew Johnson
If you’re compulsively checking your retirement savings during the market volatility fuelled by tariff fears, you’re not alone, but experts advise resisting the urge to make any dramatic changes to your portfolio. “The average Canadian shouldn’t really be doing anything. If you look over the course of the last 70 years, these things happen about four times a decade,” said Langley financial planner Peter Cishecki. “Don’t panic, don’t make changes.
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1 month ago | 
tandfonline.com | Jeffrey Holmes |Andrew Johnson |Liliana Alvarez |H. Abigail Rempel
AbstractPurpose This study explores the experiences of informal caregivers in navigating difficult conversations with individuals living with Parkinson’s disease, and other key figures such as family members and health professionals. Methods Utilizing a post-positive paradigm and inductive approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews with seven caregivers to gain in-depth insights into their experiences.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
workers.org | Andrew Johnson
Capitalism, and class societies generally, have always been defined by poor housing conditions for the working classes. Contrary to popular myth, homelessness is not the result of individual failures or particular party governance, but rather an inbuilt inequity in the distribution of resources that permeates all class societies, which is particularly brutal in the current-day United States.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
johnmenadue.com | Andrew Johnson
I have a friend Julian King, who Duncan Graham reports has been subjected to a stun grenade as our Australian Federal Police burst through his door to seize his PhD research, phone and computers. Reportedly, the AFP are concerned about OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka _Free Papua Organisation), the indigenous independence movement in West Papua.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
iacenter.org | Andrew Johnson |West Asia
By Andrew JohnsonNovember 8, 2024An agreement made in October between British imperialism and the island nation of Mauritius over a U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean exposes how the U.S. capitalist class depends on military aggression to maintain a decaying U.S. hegemony worldwide.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
workers.org | Andrew Johnson
An agreement made in October between British imperialism and the island nation of Mauritius over a U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean exposes how the U.S. capitalist class depends on military aggression to maintain a decaying U.S. hegemony worldwide. U.S. imperialist hegemony is reliant on an intricate global network of military bases, which are jumping-off points for imperialist wars and occupations, and as logistics hubs for the entire U.S. military supply chain.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Alicia Salvo |Andrew Johnson |Annalise Delic
This week's TGIF considers a recent Federal Court of
Australia decision (Commissioner of State Revenue v Gleeson, in
the matter of Dalma Form Specialist Pty Ltd (subject to deed of
company arrangement) [2024] FCA 908). The Court ruled that the
deed of company arrangement (DOCA) should be terminated on the
basis that it would prevent crucial investigations into widespread
allegations of tax fraud and other causes of action against the
company.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
mawer.com | Andrew Johnson
In this episode of the podcast, Mark Rutherford, Co-Manager of the Canadian large-cap equity strategy, discusses the current investment landscape in Canada, highlighting the wide dispersion in sector performance and the impact of central bank policies. He delves into the long-term theme of the global energy transition and its far-reaching effects on various market sectors in Canada.
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May 24, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Andrew Johnson
In response to the House bill passed on March 13, which requires parent company ByteDance to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok in nine months, the company filed a petition on May 7 in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, suing the U.S. government. On May 14, eight TikTok users, all with millions of followers on the social media app, filed a separate lawsuit to stop the ban. ByteDance argues that the ban is unconstitutional and unjustly targets a Chinese company.
