Not wanting to cover maternity leave, a Victoria school board is denying women teaching contracts
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Marxism has important contributions to make to the environmental justice movement and to combatting climate chaos today.
There is a growing consciousness among ordinary people that the world we are creating/destroying will not sustain animal, plant or...more)
King's dream is carrying by ongoing movements against racism, war and capitalism
In August 1963, in a speech that has gone down as a watershed moment in history, Martin Luther King stood...more)
Despite Harper's silent complicity, there's a growing campaing demanding the release of Tarek and John
For more than a month, the Egyptian military regime has incarcerated Canadian emergency physician Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson...more)
United protests contradict the common analysis by Western governments that the rebellion in Bahrain is "sectarian" in nature.
Hundreds of thousands of peaceful pro-democracy protestors marched on Friday, September 27 in the largest protest in months in Bahrain...more)
We need to build a partnership between the labour and environmental movements, not the Liberals
It feels like the dawning of a new era in British Columbia, and not an era that bodes well for...more)
Iraq War resister Rodney Watson has been in sanctuary at a church in Vancouver the past four years.
On September 18, Rodney Watson started his fourth year living at First United Church in Vancouver without ever leaving the...more)
The British anti-war movement stopped their government from going to war in Syria, and we need the same mass movement approach
The anti-war movement in Canada and around the world dealt a blow to the interests of US imperialism by, at...more)
Detroit capitalists are trying to punish the 99%, but there's a proud history of resistance that can fight back.
I love Detroit. Growing up in London, Ontario, equidistant from Detroit and Toronto, there was no contest. Neighbourhood bars where...more)
Israel wants to displace a further 30,000 Bedouins, demolishing their villages.
Israel has been demolishing the residential structures and livestock shelters of Arab Bedouins . The state has continuously been discriminating...more)
Movements against the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines show the unity needed to stop Line 9.
Without an environmental assessment, oil giant Enbridge wants to use a 38-year-old pipeline to pump toxic tar sands through the...more)
Plaza Hotel workers gain confidence after beating back their boss' concessions contract.
A small strike at the Plaza Hotel in Toronto was recently settled, beating back significant concessions. Thirty-five members of the...more)
In an age of austerity and environmental degradation, workers are uniting with First Nations and environmentalists to fight for good green jobs for all.
On October 22, 2012, thousands participated in the Defend Our Coast Rally in Victoria, British Columbia. Those who gathered spoke...more)
In response to the austerity agenda that is ravaging their lives, people with disabilities are rising up.
Oppression knows no borders, but neither does the resistance posed by disability rights activists—from London, to Montreal, to Toronto. The...more)
Iraq shows what Western government's want for Syria.
Violence in Iraq is escalating, with at least 800 people killed in August, according to the UN. More than a...more)
Protests continue against the Western-backed Libyan regime.
Since mid-July, Libyan oil production has been hampered significantly by protests from armed militias, tribal groups and striking oil workers...more)
Show your solidarity on October 7
Cynics have been too quick to write the obituary for Idle No More. The movement to advance First Nations sovereignty,...more)
Richtree Market is in the business of union busting; laid-off workers need our support.
In January, the Eaton Centre Richtree restaurant laid off all of its workers under the premise of shutting down that...more)
A statement agianst the "Values Charter" by people in Quebec
We are a collective from the fields of law, philosophy and journalism that citizens of all orientations and origins have...more)
The return to a sensory and sensible approach to diet is a subtle throwdown to the likes of McDonald's
At first glance, it might be not be obvious just how political No Ordinary Apple can be. Sara Marlowe’s debut...more)
Canada continues to impoverish indigenous children and remove them from their communities
Along with underfunding of health and education for First Nations, the Canadian government severly underfunds child welfare services. The disparity...more)
Australian socialists analyze the election and the fightback needed
Tony Abbott, a right-wing neo-liberal infamous for his misogyny and social conservatism, is moving into The Lodge. Millions are horrified...more)
The charter promotes racism, distracts from neoliberalism and highjacks legitimate demands for self-determination
Since debate over the Parti Quebecois’ “Values Charter” exploded in late August , over the banning of "ostentatious religious symbols,"...more)
A pro-rape frosh song is symptomatic of sexist society
What's most shocking about this story is not that the chant was an oversight but that it was purposefully oppressive...more)
Richtree restaurant fired all their union staff, then re-opened non-union
Fifty long-time workers at the Eaton Centre Richtree Restaurant, all members of UNITE HERE Local 75, were laid off in...more)
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