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March/April 2008
Volume 42, Number 2
In this double issue, CD documents the Fight for Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Land, and focuses on International Women’s Day by celebrating “Women Who Are Changing the World.” It is fitting that this year’s International Women’s Day comes on the twentieth anniversary of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that the abortion law violated women’s right to control her own body free from state interference. Its been twenty long years but even today abortion is by no means available to all who choose that procedure. Also inside is the politically motivated art of Minerva Cuevas who will be the in Winnipeg this spring to work with the artists at MAWA, a very fine community organization that works in Winnipeg’s inner city.
January/February 2008
Volume 42, Number 1
Eight huge conglomerates control the messages Canadians hear, see and read. In this issue, CD introduces the movement underway to monitor and reform Canadian media, among the most monopolized in the western world. The special section includes articles by Robert Hackett, Steve Anderson, David Skinner, Dwayne Winseck and Chris Arsenault and Nicole Cohen. Also inside: Mel Watkins on Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine; neoliberalism in Ontario; fighting in the Gaza ghetto; and our regular feature, Around the Left in 60 Days.
November/December 2007
Volume 41, Number 6
In this issue, Joel Kovel and Ian Angus introduce the emerging ecosocialist movement and provide coverage of the International Ecosocialist Meeting in Paris on Oct. 7 and 8. Also in this issue, we launch our new regular feature, Around the Left in 60 Days, a semi-monthly roundup of actions and initiatives undertaken by progressive activists across the country. Plus, we continue our artists and politics series, provide analysis of the recent election in Ontario, take on media concentration in Canada and wish the New Left a happy 40th birthday!
September/October 2007
Volume 41, Number 5
In this issue: our continuing focus on artists and politics—featuring an interview with Ursula K. Le Guin on science fiction, capitalism and forgiveness—and articles on the Americanization of Japanese monster movies and politics in the Canadian novel. Also inside, the upcoming referendum on proportional representation in Ontario, one man's struggle against Israeli home demolitions, the Alberta disadvantage in higher education, and one family's role in the development of Left politics in Canada.
July/August 2007
Volume 41, Number 4
“If social change is the agenda, then art must make up a large part of the toolkit,” writes Kevin Matthews in the introduction to this issue’s feature on Artists and Politics. Inside we have artwork from political poster-maker Rick Slye; activist, artist and traditional healer Shirley Bear; documentary photographer Darren Ell; and Palestinian artists Muthanna Al-Qadi and NidAl-Khairy, responding the 40 years of Israeli occupation. Also, Noam Gonick on the mural meltdown here in Winnipeg and Henry Heller on right-wing power in France.
May/June 2007
Volume 41, Number 3
Is a superhighway shaping the economic and political future of Canada? That’s what Richard D. Vogel argues in the cover story of the current issue of Canadian Dimension. We also celebrate May Day with articles on “women’s” work (by Bernadette Wagner) and human trafficking (by Amardeep Kaur Gill) in our second-annual feature, Labour Activists who are Changing the World, and we get the dirt on Canadian mining companies operating in Guatemala and Honduras.
March/April 2007
Volume 41, Number 2
Canadian Dimension celebrates International Women’s Day with profiles of women who are changing the world, Bernadette Wagner on Canadian feminists taking on the Conservative agenda and a personal dimension by Québec Solidaire co-leader Françoise David. Also in this issue, a primer on the upcoming federal election – Canadian Dimension’s Platform for a Different Canada includes progressive policy directions on climate change, foreign policy, energy security, taxation and Aboriginal issues and a proposal for renewing democracy with popular assemblies.
January/February 2007
Volume 41, Number 1
Indian Country -- Art, Politics and Resistance, features artwork by six cutting-edge Aboriginal artists from Manitoba, coverage of Indigenous struggles from across Canada, and profiles of Indigenous activists who are changing the world. Articles include Cathy Mattes on painting over stereotypes in Aboriginal art, Taiaiake Alfred on pathways to an ethic of struggle, Peter Kulchyski on land claims and the continuing colonial conquest of Canada, Anthony Hall on law and lawlessness in British Columbia, Kathy Buddle on film and media arts activism in Indian Country, and, as always, much more.
November/December 2006
Volume 40, Number 6
Is Canada a new imperial power? The idea may sound strange for a nation of hockey-loving hosers, but there might just be something to it. Our new issue takes on the question by looking at Canada’s approach to foreign policy -- partnerships in American military exploits and democracy promotion, a growing alliance with Israel, questionable practices by CIDA and Canadian-based mining companies in developing nations, and a growing focus on militarism rather than diplomacy. Also inside: a personal dimension by Mel Watkins, Elizabeth May's Green Party, Cuba After Fidel, and Rupert Murdoch vs. MySpace anarchy.
September/October 2006
Volume 40, Number 5
The second of a two-issue series on environment and climate change. In this issue, a Special Focus on Water – Who owns it? Who controls it? Who gets it? Articles include Tony Clarke on sending Canada’s water south; Paul Moist on the commercialization of water and the need for a national water policy; and articles by Judy da Silva and Ellen Lutz on water issues and Canadian First Nations and indigenous peoples worldwide. Also inside: Boycotting Israel; Canadian Football – a worker’s paradise; and Leonilda Zurita takes us inside the Bolivian resistance.
July/August 2006
Volume 40, Number 4
In this issue, Oil Sucks, and other Reasons for Taking Action on Climate Change -- The Harper Government has trashed the targets of the Kyoto Protocol. Meanwhile, from the Tar Sands to Ontario's nuclear plants, Canadians are addicted to endless supplies of affordable energy. What are the ecological consequences of a society reliant on diminishing supplies of petroleum? How are we going to get ready for a world after oil? Is nuclear power a real alternative? And who controls the remaining Canadian oil supplies anyway? The July/August issue is the first of two special editions devoted to energy, the environment and climate change.
May/June 2006
Volume 40, Number 3
In this issue: Your guide to fighting Stephen Harper – how the Canadian Left can lead the fight against Harper’s neo-liberal agenda, a critical look at key players in the Harper cabinet, bank mergers in the Harper era, and empowering people to rebuild Canada’s social union. Also, a focus section on the state of the labour movement, including labour activists you should know, and the most dangerous song in the world!
March/April 2006
Volume 40, Number 2
Women are speaking out, resisting oppression and organizing across Canada and around the world. Our annual International Women’s Day issue presents a selection of feminist writing and interviews, featuring Nancy Peckford, Lois Moorcroft, Kim Pate, Amardeep Gill, Helen Caldicott, Liz Fekete and Melissa Gibson. Also inside: Bush’s Latino Mercenaries, SFU’s not-so-radical campus, the NDP’s election dead-end, and the religion-secularism debate continues.
January/February 2006
Volume 40, Number 1
Is the religious Right rising to worldwide prominence, or even – God Forbid! – dominance? The new issue of Canadian Dimension starts a “Rude Conversation” about the secular state and the place of religion in politics. Other highlights include articles on political pop music, peak oil, and the fight for justice for refugees and immigrants.