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May 18, 2025 - Ontario’s Costly Nuclear Folly

By David Robertson

The last time the nuclear industry got its way in the province, Ontario Hydro spent over two decades building 20 nuclear reactors. It was a mash-up of missed deadlines, cost overruns, and a troubling pattern of declining nuclear performance. Even more troubling, the last generation of nuclear reactors forced Ontario Hydro to the edge of bankruptcy. And it saddled us with a mountain of nuclear debt that we are still paying off.

Source: The Bullet No. 3138

May 16, 2025 - The Impact of the Vietnam War on Social Movements in the Philippines

By Tina Ebro

Comrades and Friends, I would like to share three key points about my recollections of the Vietnam War and its impact on social movements in the Philippines and globally. Firstly, the late 1960s were a time of profound resistance, as US military bases dug deeper into Philippine soil, and the government aligned itself with US actions in Vietnam. To many, these actions were unmistakable signs of neo-colonialism, and the people refused to stay silent.

Source: The Bullet No. 3137

May 14, 2025 - People’s Assembly for Housing Justice

On Friday, April 25, tenants, housing advocates, and grassroots organizers gathered at 163 Queen Street East for the launch of the People's Assembly for Housing Justice - a two-day event calling for collective action in the face of Toronto's housing crisis. Hosted by a coalition of local groups including 230 Fightback, the York South-Weston Tenant Union, the Regent Park Neighbourhood Association, and the Moss Park Coalition, the evening opened with a powerful panel focused on the financialization of housing and its impacts on low-income communities.

Source: LeftStreamed

May 12, 2025 - Portugal Left Challenges the Trump Tariffs

Donald Trump began a blackmail strategy with tariffs that has ended in a trade war with several countries. Now, he has paused some tariffs for 90 days and the European Union reciprocated, but the dispute with China continues. The impact of the announced trade war was felt on the stock market, with fluctuations, susceptible to rumours.

Source: The Bullet No. 3136

May 10, 2025 - Reverse the Theft of Public Goods and Take Back Control

By Les Levidow

Millions of people have been suffering the effects of UK neoliberal policies, especially post-2010 austerity, which aggravated the damage from the 1980s-1990s austerity programme. They have endured greater hardship and social fragmentation, alongside weaker collective agency to gain improvements, especially as a practical basis for hope. People's deprivation and anxiety have led many to search for simple culprits, especially migrants, as demonized by Reform UK and more recently by the Labour government

Source: The Bullet No. 3135