Martin Lukacs
The Guardian
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Justin Trudeau is a fake progressive. Now Canada must vote for real ones
Ahead of Monday’s election, little divides the Liberal prime minister and the reactionary Conservatives. But there is an alternative, says journalist and author Martin Lukacs → Read More
Doug Ford’s disastrous agenda can be derailed by a massive grassroots movement
The right-wing triumph in Ontario shows the left needs a new populism – backed by street protest and a bold NDP → Read More
Doug Ford isn’t “for the little guy” – he’s a mercenary for the millionaire class
A surging NDP can defeat Canada’s Trump – whose folksy act is a front for an assault on working people and the environment → Read More
Who’s defending Canada’s national interest? First Nations facing down a pipeline
Justin Trudeau is bailing out a Texas oil billionaire. He should be bailing out Canada’s workers and the climate. → Read More
A less timid version of Justin Trudeau won’t cut it. The NDP must be bolder
Martin Lukacs: To challenge the Liberals, Jagmeet Singh will have to overthrow Canada’s neoliberal consensus → Read More
Revealed: Trudeau government welcomed oil lobby help for US pipeline push
Martin Lukacs: Canadian government viewed Trump’s election as “positive news” for Keystone XL and energy industry → Read More
Revealed: oil giants pay billions less tax in Canada than abroad
Martin Lukacs: Data shows companies made much higher payments to developing countries in 2016 than to Canadian, provincial governments → Read More
Indigenous rights "serious obstacle" to Kinder Morgan pipeline, report says
Pipeline company downplaying major legal and financial risks of crossing unceded First Nations territory in British Columbia → Read More
Welcoming Haitian refugees to Canada isn’t about generosity but justice
Martin Lukacs: Canada has a hand in the misery Haitians are fleeing. Asylum should serve as reparations → Read More
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the... → Read More
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the... → Read More
Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals
Stop obsessing with how personally green you live – and start collectively taking on corporate power → Read More
Justin Trudeau deploys the politics of hype. Jeremy Corbyn offers politics of hope
Canada’s PM is a counterfeit progressive who champions war-planes, pipelines and privatization - look across the pond for economic and environmental justice → Read More
Need climate hope? Imagine the promise of green left-wing victories in Canada
A NDP-Green pact in BC, a $15 minimum wage in Ontario, and a surging Quebec Solidaire point toward a winning agenda in the age of climate crisis → Read More
Trump presidency 'opens door' to planet-hacking geoengineer experiments
As geoengineer advocates enter Trump administration, plans advance to spray sun-reflecting chemicals into atmosphere → Read More
Afraid of the rise of a Canadian Trump? Progressive populism is the answer
Anti-establishment sentiment is surging to a record high—the question now is who will capture and channel it. → Read More
Justin Trudeau's tweets won’t make Canada a refugee haven—but popular pressure can
The Prime Minister’s refugee-friendly branding has veiled Canada’s fortress policies that are in urgent need of overhaul → Read More
Justin Trudeau’s giant corporate giveaway
Martin Lukacs: A privatization spree in Canada could cost regular people billions, erode democracy and undermine the fight against climate change → Read More
Justin Trudeau’s lofty rhetoric on First Nations a cheap simulation of justice
Martin Lukacs: An era of so-called reconciliation has disguised the continuation of Harper-era land and resource grabs → Read More
The arsonists of Fort McMurray have a name
Fossil fuel corporations are causing the climate change fuelling mega-fires – and they should be footing the bill for the devastation → Read More