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Jun 14, 2026 - Stella and Michel – A Revolutionary Love Story

By T.S. Davis

My mother-in-law was a big reader and bought most of her books second-hand at the local Salvation Army for $.25 to $1.00 each. Over the decades she amassed a huge library. She kept a journal with brief notations about each book: whether she liked it or not, its main theme, and details about the author, with quotes or salient points from the book. She was always generous, offering to the family any book we wished to read. When we visited her, I usually came home with a handful.

Source: The Bullet No. 3300

Jun 12, 2026 - The 2026 World Cup: Inclusivity, Peace, Unity, and Other FIFA Myths

By Sanjana P. Rahman

According to the International Association Football Federation (FIFA), the 2026 World Cup is all about inclusivity, peace, and unity. Like many things associated with FIFA, however, those promises become considerably less convincing upon closer inspection. Across Canada, the World Cup is costing taxpayers an estimated $1.1-billion, working out to approximately $82-million per game in government funding. In other words, fans of the game are invested in the event both literally and figuratively. So, what does the World Cup look like from where we, the ordinary fans, are standing?

Source: The Bullet No. 3299

Jun 11, 2026 - Climate Crisis Deepens

By John Clarke

As ever more evidence emerges about the devastating and intensifying impacts of global heating, climate scientists are suggesting that the world could experience far more disastrous consequences than previously anticipated if pre-industrial temperatures increase by even 2°C. With increases well beyond this level during this century entirely possible, these findings are enormously worrying, with dire implications for humanity.

Source: The Bullet No. 3298

Jun 10, 2026 - SR26: American Empire in Crisis? Palestine, Trade Wars, and “World Order”

Building upon more than a half century of sustained analysis of the evolving political economy of contemporary capitalism - and in particular the challenges it poses to the left - Socialist Register 2026: Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins puzzles through the rubble left behind after decades of rampant neoliberalism.

Source: LeftStreamed

Jun 9, 2026 - A Tale of Two YMCAs (Part two)

By Larry Haiven

Thirty years ago, we saw a different YMCA. Despite the then miniscule Muslim and Arab presence in Nova Scotia, the Halifax YMCA launched a daring and unique program in the mid-90s. The program was a partnership with the Y's counterpart in Palestine, something almost unprecedented for the organization at the time. The project was an exchange of personnel between Halifax's YMCA and the Y on the Nablus Road in East Jerusalem and its satellites in Beit Sahour (a Christian suburb of Bethlehem), Jericho, and Ramallah. (It also had a branch in Gaza, since closed.)

Source: The Bullet No. 3297