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Socialist Worker | issue 533 | August 2011
The bombs in Afghanistan have landed in Norway
A decade of Islamophobia to justify the war in Afghanistan is now spreading violence to the West. Right-wing Islamophobe Anders Behring Breivik has killed (at least) 77 people in Norway, through the explosion of a bomb near the Prime Minister’s building and a shooting spree in a youth camp organized by the Workers’ Youth League, the youth wing of Norway’s Labour Party.
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Socialist Worker | issue 532 | July 2011
Resist austerity
As the global economic crisis continues to deepen, corporations and governments—from military regimes, to Conservatives, to labour governments—are pushing increasingly severe austerity measures in an attempt to make ordinary people pay for a crisis they did not create.
But despite different contexts and different governments, workers around the world are resisting austerity.
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Socialist Worker | issue 531 | June 2011
Stop Harper!
“We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets, military bases, and corporate tax cuts while cutting social programs and destroying the climate. Most people in this country know what we need are green jobs, better medicare, and a healthy environment for future generations,” said Brigette DePape, former senate page after her silent protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper. DePape’s dissension struck a chord with millions of Canadians and exposes the Harper government where it’s weakest. The next several months will be critical in the fight against Harper’s austerity agenda as set out in the recent budget.
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Socialist Worker | June 2011
Support postal workers!
In the first major battle against the Harper majority government, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW, representing 50,000 workers across Canada and Quebec) have gone on strike. CUPW members voted almost 95 per cent in favour of strike action.
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Socialist Worker | issue 530 | May 2011
Harper can be stopped: Take the surge to the streets
The wave of resistance against the economic crisis has swept from Egypt to Wisconsin, and now to Canada. The historic collapse of the Liberals has reconfigured a smaller corporate vote around a Harper majority, while an NDP surge nearly tripled the seats for Canada’s only labour party. To continue the “orange wave” we need to take the surge to the streets to confront Harper’s agenda of austerity, ecological destruction and war.
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Socialist Worker | issue 529 | April 2011
Vote like an Egyptian
This election we can dash the hopes of the two corporate parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives. This is an exciting time for progressive politics in Canada and Quebec. Everywhere people are rejecting the old corporate paties and their agreement on war, inflated military budgets and cuts to social spending.
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Socialist Worker | issue 529 | April 2011
Kick the Tories out – the Liberals are no alternative
The Harper Tories are doing everything in their power to win a majority government. The Liberals are attempting to scare voters into voting for them. But don’t be fooled. The Tories and Liberals are more similar than you think. Here are some things to consider in the May 2 election.
Articles & theory
28 February 2011
How can we aid Libya’s freedom movement?
by John Riddell
The brutal massacres of civilians in Libya at the order of the country’s dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, have shocked the world. His air force has carried out air strikes against unarmed civilians. On February 25, Qaddafi followers aimed murderous fire on anti-government protests in his last stronghold, Tripoli. The government declares its intention of reconquering the country in civil war. What can we in Canada do to end the killings?
