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Fighting harassment in Cairo's Tahrir Square
The counter-revolution is attacking women in Egypt. But women are resisting.
Sexual harassment is very common in Egypt. We have set up organisations to challenge it in Tahrir Square. Statistics say...more)
Get ready to change the world
Why preparing for a revolution begins now
The Revolutionary Socialists sprung from underground to play a leading role in Egypt’s revolt. Sameh Naguib explains how they built...more)
The mad movement, Marxism, and mad activism today
A mad person is labelled deviant from the values of capitalism, and mad activism is part of a challenge to capitalism
July 8-14 is Mad Pride week in Toronto. Mad activist Kevin Jackson reviews the history and politics of this liberation...more)
A victory for marriage equality is a victory for all
Marriage equality takes a big leap forward in the United States but where does the struggle of LGBT people go from here?
ON JUNE 26, the United States Supreme Court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional. It is...more)
Direct action against tar sands pipelines
Banners at the Swamp Line 9 occupation
The tactic of occupation can shine a light on pipelines, and build movements against them if connected to broader strategy
There is growing direct action against tar sands pipelines, from Line 9 to Keystone XL. These tactics shed light on...more)
'I'm here! I'm queer! Now I'm over here!'
While coming out can be a liberating experience for individuals, ending LGBT oppression requires a wholesale transformation of society
It has become all too common for mainstream commentators to argue that if only more high-profile figures were to come...more)
Egypt: the revolution continues
We need to support and learn from Egyptian revolution
While commentators in the West are debating whether the Egyptian military's removal of Morsi is a military coup or not,...more)
Who hasn't signed the Arms Trade Treaty?
67 countries signed a treaty to regulate the arms trade. But not the US or Canada
On June 3, 67 countries signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. Countries from...more)
Egypt: four days that shook the world
Their revolution is truly a permanent revolution
What happened on 30 June was, without the slightest doubt, the historic beginning of a new wave of the Egyptian...more)
Second revolution brings down Egypt's president
People brought down the president after just one year because he did not deliver, and they will do it again.
Sameh Naguib of the Revolutionary Socialists reports from Cairo, where mass celebrations greeted the removal of president Mohamed Mursi on...more)
The disability movement: a brief history
People with disabilities are key to revolutionizing the way we value the contributions people make to society
The disability movement has a long history that is largely unknown to most activists. A huge part of the disability...more)
Let’s rebuild the labour movement from the bottom up
We need to rebuild rank-and-file resistance to confront austerity
Hundreds of thousands are demonstrating in Tahrir Square once more, and working people and the poor are taking to the...more)
World in revolt
From Turkey, to Brazil, to Egypt, people are rising up against austerity
From Turkey, to Brazil, to Egypt, people are rising up against austerity—no matter which government is imposing it—and demanding a...more)
Statement by the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt: Stay in the streets ... all power to the people
Statement by the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt on July 2
Every Egyptian should be proud that millions went out into all the streets and squares of Egypt. Not only are...more)
Tar Sands flooding: an unreported environmental disaster
Apache Corporation waste water spill kills 42 hectares of boreal forest
Unprecedented flooding in the Tar Sands region of Fort McMurray threatens to heighten an environmental disaster
Virtually unreported among the Alberta flood stories is news that unprecedented flooding in the Tar Sands region of Fort McMurray...more)
Kinder Morgan: more pipelines, more resistance
anti-pipeline rally in Vancouver, photo by  Neal Jennings
Opposition to Northern Gateway pipeline can spill over to Kinder Morgan
Written June 12, 2013; updated July 1 , 2013 Kinder Morgan wants to capitalize on the BC Liberal election victory...more)
Walking to heal the fossil fuel sickness
Beginning July 5, First Nations and Metis people will welcome anyone who wants to witness the environmental damage done by...more)
Magical caper film frothy fun
Magicians against the 1%
Looking for a fun summer film, but tired of superheroes? Not interested in seeing Roland Emerich blow up the White...more)
Somalia: the reality of “humanitarian intervention"
Somalia reveals the brutal reality of "humanitarian intervention"
To understand so-called “humanitarian intervention," one must look at Somalia--a land rich with minerals, livestock and most importantly oil. Somalia...more)
Metro Vancouver opposes coal port
Coal trains not welcome
Metro Vancouver votes against proposed coal port
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On Friday June 14, Metro Vancouver held a version of a public hearing where members...more)
Austerity and the fight against LGBT oppression
Austerity is sharpening oppression, and we need solidarity against both.
“Operation Zeus in August last year marked the start of an ugly reminder of a European past that we thought...more)
Their classes and ours
What do Marxists say about these new theories of class?
On April 3, to much fanfare, the BBC published the results of the largest class survey undertaken of British society...more)
No to intervention in Syria
We need to support self-determination for Syria by stopping imperial interference
At the G8 meetings in Northern Ireland the questions of Syria dominated the discussion but the major powers didn't come...more)
Tory media manipulation backfires
How many newspapers, with staffing cuts and layoffs, happily regurgitate the Tory line as news?
It is not unusual that as deadline nears I wrack my brain for a story idea. I mean, aside from...more)
The fight for trans liberation
The oppression of trans people has many unique qualities but it also shares much in common with other forms of oppression and therefore its resistance and liberation struggles do too.
The fight for trans liberation is in an exciting period right now; we have passed beyond the initial stages of...more)

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