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BCGEU strikers joined by solidarity picketers
occupy the picket lines
September 5 saw 25,000 British Columbia Government Employees Union striking in 153 communities, at more than 700 work sites. The...more)
Quebec election 2012: a major victory for students and the left
The streets shift the ballot box
On September 4, the Quebec Liberals were tossed out of government. The next day, Liberal leader Jean Charest resigned from...more)
CAW-CEP merger: debates and next steps
The CAW-CEP merger will create the largest union, but will it fight?
Two of Canada’s largest and most important private sector unions—the auto workers (CAW) and the communications, energy and paperworkers union...more)
The working class and the labour movement today
the Canadian labour movement and the ability of the working class to resist the austerity agenda.
Labour Day is always a good time to reflect on the past year of struggles, and there have been many...more)
Support the Riveras, stop the deportation of war resisters
Stop the Minister of Censorship and Deportation from striking again
The Harper government is trying to deport US Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera and her family September 20, the start...more)
Bahrain: tens of thousands march against Western-backed regime
The revolution continues
Tens of thousands marched in the first major protest in months in Bahrain. Pro-democracy protesters chanted anti-regime slogans, and demanded...more)
Inside the Quebec election, a view from the left
Interview with Québec solidaire candidate Benoit Renaud
Benoit Renaud is a member of the National Coordinating Committee of Québec solidaire , and its candidate in the riding...more)
Teacher’s rally shows anger against austerity
Teachers start to fight back
Almost 20,000 elementary school teachers from across Ontario covered the lawns at Queen’s Park in a massive demonstration against the...more)
Memo to Mulcair: Quebec needs solidarity, not opportunism
We need to amplify, and not dampen, solidarity and resistance
As the Quebec student strike was gaining momentum, federal New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair instructed his MPs to not...more)
Thousands protest McGuinty’s attack on education
Ontario teachers mobilize
Public school and college teachers are the first public sector workers to receive the brunt of budget cuts to jobs...more)
Springsteen concert reflects growing struggle
Soundtrack for the struggle
Friday night August 25 at the Sky Dome in Toronto, Bruce Springsteen & the expanded E Street Band led the...more)
Bolivian indigenous communities win nationalization of Canadian mine
victory to indigenous communities
After pressure from indigenous communities, the Bolivian government nationalized the Canadian corporation South American Silver’s mining project in Malku Khota...more)
Communism and the colonies
Marxism and national liberation
The Fourth Congress of the Communist International, or ”Comintern,” in 1922 considered many issues that would be familiar to socialists...more)
Syria: “no-fly zones” will undermine the revolution
Help Syrians by stopping Western intervention
As the Assad regime turns to increasingly brutal methods in a desperate attempt to stay in power, the West is...more)
Chile: public protest against a private education system
Student power, from Quebec to Chile
High school and university students in Chile have been protesting for over a year. Thousands of students have marched through...more)
100,000 demonstrate as Quebec Spring continues
La lutte continue
On August 22, the Quebec student movement marked the 6th-month anniversary of the start of the massive and persistent strike...more)
The politics of sex-selective abortion: there shouldn't be any
If a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy because she doesn't want a boy or doesn't want a girl, that is not our business.
Hard on the heels of the defeat of Motion 312 - on the mind-bending spectacle of the Minister of the...more)
New chapter in the Quebec struggle
On August 1, two new chapters began in the incredible saga of Quebec’s Red Square movement: an historic election campaign,...more)
War of 1812: myth and reality
We know that Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay skipped math class in school, since his figures on G20 spending never...more)
Resisting Kenney’s cuts to refugee health
I believe that this tactic of trying to intimidate an immigration critic into silence, by trying to get him sanctioned professionally, is an abuse of [Mr. Kenney’s] office
“I believe that this tactic of trying to intimidate an immigration critic into silence, by trying to get him sanctioned...more)
More Islamophobia in France
A high profile incident of Islamophobia involving a town hall on the outskirts of Paris shows that within a culture...more)
Sudan: anti-austerity protests
Since June 2012 streets of Sudan have been packed with upset masses of people protesting against austerity, corrupt government and unjust laws.
Since June 2012 streets of Sudan have been packed with upset masses of people protesting against austerity, corrupt government and...more)
Alternatives to austerity in the Eurozone
Crisis in the Eurozone By Costas Lapavitsas et al. As the credit crisis that started in 2007 continues to unfold,...more)
34 South African miners shot down by police in cold blood
The world was shocked by TV images last week of striking South African miners being mowed down by police gunfire...more)
It’s time to march and roll on the streets of Toronto
On September 22nd, 2012 the disability community will once again be making their voices heard on the streets of Toronto.
On September 22nd, 2012 the disability community will once again be making their voices heard on the streets of Toronto...more)

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