G20 Canada/ Crisis of Capitalism

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Toronto G20: The brutal face of capitalist reaction By Rob Lyon The mood leading up to this weekend's G20 summit and the protest against it became increasingly tense throughout the week. The police and the state spent plenty of time informing the public of its vast arsenal, troop numbers, facilities, and readiness to defend the fence—itself a graphic symbol of the growing class divide not only here in Canada, but around the world. G20: The democratic limits of capitalism on display in Toronto By Julian Benson On June 2nd, the Ontario Liberal cabinet of Premier Dalton McGunity secretly passed, without any input from parliament and certainly no notice to the working people of Canada, sweeping expansions to the Public Works Act. The changes to the act give police forces sweeping new powers of search and arrest on a totally arbitrary basis. The public learned about these legislative changes only on the eve of the largest protest of the G20 summits. [Note, this article was written Friday 25th June, before the events of Saturday 26th.]		ESPAÑOL Una nueva etapa en la crisis del capitalismo - Primera parte By Alan Woods Después de que se hablara de la llamada crisis crediticia y a continuación surgieran comentarios optimistas sobre los "brotes verdes" en la economía, los acontecimientos en Grecia pillaron a los comentaristas burgueses desprevenidos. Ahora la economía mundial se ha sumido en el caos y la incertidumbre una vez más, al tiempo que los gobiernos de Europa intentan contener la caída de la práctica bancarrota de Grecia, con los trabajadores teniendo que pagar la factura.  OTHER LANGUAGES Obama, Afghanistan og general McChrystal By Alan Woods Det åbne sammenstød mellem Obama og den øverstbefalende i Afghanistan udstiller de problemer, den amerikanske imperialisme står over for i det, der tydeligvis er en krig, som ikke kan vindes. Generalen har åbent sagt, hvad der normalt bliver begrænset til private samtaler, men det tydeliggør den blindgyde, som USA står over for i Afghanistan.
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