The implementation of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) in January 1989 marked a decisive moment in the rise of neoliberalism as a political project in Canada. While the left, and socialist political economists in particular, played a central role in galvanizing the agreement and contributed in no small part to the demise of the […]

By Marjorie Griffin Cohen Opening Free trade and its structures are so fundamental to our current way of life and so taken for granted, that they rarely are a part of debates about the future — even in discussions of the possibilities of a shift in economic approaches in the post Covid-19 world. Globalization, based […]

By Chris Hurl and Benjamin Christensen Abstract The implementation of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) in January 1989 marked a decisive moment in the rise of neoliberalism as a political project in Canada. While the left , and socialist political economists in particular, played a central role in galvanizing opposition to the agreement and […]

Dear Society for Socialist Studies Members, The SSS supports the Black Canadian Studies Association’s decision to withdraw from the 2021 Congress. We recognize that in response to the BCSA’s withdrawal from Congress, there have been new Federation commitments to waiving fees for Black and Indigenous participants and to re-commit to the theme of “Anti-Black Racism […]