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ALT In most of today’s economics, freedom is supposed to come from consumer choice. “Free to choose” is the slogan Milton Friedman printed on his bestselling and period-defining book. Here, freedom is market freedom. You can choose to buy a thing or not. You can choose to be a cook or a professor. Sounds nice, but it misses the basics: If you cannot afford the essentials of life, there is not much choice or freedom left. An anti-fascist economics strives for “Free to live” instead. — Anti-Fascist Economics, by economist Isabella Weber Listen to her full Broadbent Institute chat on Anti-Fascist Economics with Avi Lewis perspectivesjournal.ca/anti-fascist-economics Perspectives Journal Isabella Weber delivering the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture. Cover of 'Anti-Fascist Economics'

ALT “For Brazilian Sovereignty and Solidarity with its People” Delegates of the 2026 Panamerican Congress at the Mercosur Parliament in Montevideo, Uruguay. We parliamentarians and members of the Panamerican Congress, address the peoples and parliaments of the Americas ahead of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election, to be held on 25 October. We raise our voices against the growing foreign interference and the unlawful use of coercive measures that threaten the sovereign right of the Brazilian people to determine their own future freely. Full Statement Read the full statement and see the list of signatories at broadbentinstitute.ca/sovereign-brazil Broadbent Institute - Panamerican Congress

ALT OPINION | Decommodification - Perspectives Taxes Fund Public Healthcare. Why is this Considered a Problem in the BC Election? October 23, 2026 Danyaal Raza Funding healthcare through public dollars raised by taxes is what many of Canada’s peer countries do, and they do more of it. Canadians spend more of their on private payment than the people of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Norway.

ALT Opinion Empowering Workers She Has the Answer to Affordability. Have Canadians Been Listening? October 19, 2026 Clement Nocos While it is now safe to say that there are Canadian policymakers listening to Weber’s answers to the cost-of-living crisis, the next step must be turning those policy ideas into reality – to ensure affordability and defend Canadian democracy. Isabella Weber speaking at the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture, May 30 at Toronto Metropolitan University.

ALT To achieve democracy, we need an economics of ‘never again.’ - Economist Isabella Weber, author of Anti-Fascist Economics Avi Lewis in Conversation with Isabella Weber Tuesday, October 20 Public Service Alliance of Canada, Ottawa 7:30 PM (doors 7pm) Broadbent Institute

ALT Anti-Fascist Economics Avi lewis in Conversation with Isabell Weber Photos of Isabella Weber and Avi Lewis - Broadbent Institute The Broadbent Institute hosts NDP Leader Avi Lewis in conversation with economist Isabella Weber on building a collective economic future that brings power back to working people. Tuesday, October 20 7 pm ET | Ottawa