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February 14: Women’s Memorial March
February 14 is the 23rd annual memorial march to remember missing and murdered women
Since it was initiated in 1991 by women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Coast Salish Territories, the Women’s Memorial March has...more)
The roots and reality of racism
Racism is the "secret by which the capitalist class maintains its power"
The recent release of British director Steve McQueen’s movie 12 Years a Slave , based on the true account of...more)
What is fracking? What are the environmental consequences?
Fracking ruins the local and the global environment
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is the process of extracting natural gas—also known as shale gas—by drilling into shale rock formations deep...more)
Kshama Sawant Responds to Obama's State of the Union Address
The struggle of the 99% can challenge Obama and the rule of the 1%
Response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative, Seattle City Council Tuesday January 28, 2014...more)
Hudak’s million job plan: Do not believe the hype
Tim Hudak wants to destroy unions and lower wages to benefit the 1%
You could drive a truck through the logic and holes in Ontario PC premier candidate Tim Hudak’s million jobs plan...more)
BC Liberals' clean LNG dreams are really a dirty nightmare
BC's planned "clean" LNG industry will be worse than the tar sands
The climate footprint of Alberta’s tar sands is one of the worst of many environmental atrocities committed by Canada’s government...more)
Kinder-Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline twinning – what it is and why it is a bad idea
Another disasterous pipeline project has been submitted to the National Energy Board.
In December 2013 Kinder-Morgan ended months of speculation, finally submitting a 15,000 page, two metre high application to the National...more)
Quebec and York University: The religious accommodation debate
"Secularism" is being used to scapegoat Muslims, ignore systemic sexism, and distract from austerity
The hypocrisy in English Canada about the debate within Quebec over “secularism” has been astounding. On the one hand, Harper’s...more)
Quebec LGBTQ activists on the Quebec “secularism” Charter
Religious accommodation is not counterposed to liberation for women or for the queer community
Quebec’s Bill 60, at first known as the “Charter of Values” and now as “A Charter affirming the values of...more)
Israel: African migrants face systematic discrimination
Israeli apartheid oppresses indigenous Palestinians and African migrants
African migrants have been protesting all over Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and towns. While living in fear of being deported back...more)
Over the top: the battle over the anniversary of WWI
Harper's attack on veterans reminds us of the reality of WWI
April will mark the 100th anniversary of WWI. That is when Stephen Harper and his army of historical revisionists will...more)
Geneva talks: no real solution to the Syrian crisis
The West is ignoring the humanitarian crisis, arming groups and pushing for a "transition" that undermines self-determination
Meetings in Geneva haven’t produced any concrete solution to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria. On the other hand, United...more)
Elections and activism: a Montreal experience
Montreal bike lane
Interview with Montreal activists on the progressive municipal party the mainstream media doesn't want you to know about
The November 3, 2013 Montreal municipal elections took place in the midst of the debate over the Quebec Charter on...more)
Egypt: is the revolution over?
We need to build solidarity for the protests and strikes needed to rekindle the revolution
Egyptians and their allies demonstrated in cities around the world on January 25, the third anniversary of the start of...more)
Young vs Harper
Join Neil Young in helping raise funds for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's legal defense fund
Prominent singer Neil Young’s recently completed Honour The Treaties tour struck a chord with allies and opponents alike. Along with...more)
Why does Harper support Israel?
Harper sees indigenous resistance and solidarity as a threat to the long-term interests of the 1%
After years of defending Israel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made his first visit historic: taking a 200-strong delegation, becoming...more)
Canada Post and the city of Detroit: pension battleground
The attack on pensions is part of attacking workers for the economic crisis of the 1%
What do Canada Post job cuts and the end of home delivery have in common with the city of Detroit’s...more)
Legal victory in Richtree fight, though struggle continues
Resistance and solidarity has won a partial victory, and must continue
The new year has started off with a solid victory for 50 Toronto workers still engaged in a year-long labour...more)
The new PQ, Islamophobia and the reshaping of Québec politics
The left needs a principled opposition to Islamophobia as part of a broader alternative to the PQ
What we now refer to as bill 60 or the Charter of secularism (formerly Charter of values ) is no...more)
New Fraser Institute report touts benefits of no longer being alive
Hot on the heels of a report released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute condemning living wages for workers, their follow-up...more)
Saving Canada Post: the struggle so far
Across the country there is support for postal workers
Nearly a month has passed since Canada Post’s management announced, without warning to either the public or the Canadian Union...more)
Support Egyptian revolutionaries against repression
The Egyptian regime has given harsh sentences to activists for organizing protests
Well-known revolutionary activists from Alexandria have become the latest to face harsh jail terms and large fines for defying the...more)
The election of Seattle's first socialist city councilor
An interview with Kshama Sawant's campaign manager
Yesterday Kshama Sawant was inaugurated as the first socialist in Seattle City Council. As she said in her speech ,...more)
Israel: Prawer Plan postponed
Mass protests have stopped, for now, Israel's plan to displace 40,000 Bedouins
The plan to evict 40,000 Bedouin Arab homes in the Negev desert has been postponed after the Prawer Plan faced...more)
2013: a year of resistance
A summary of 2013 through the most read articles of socialist.ca
The year 2013 was marked by resistance around the world. Socialist.ca was re-launched in January 2013 to be part of...more)

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