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Iron Lady falls flat
Streep's performance is worth the price of admission, but you might want to wait for the video.
The Iron Lady Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Reviewed by Jessica Squires From 1979 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher ruled Britain, and...more)
Solidarity grows for locked-out Quebec workers
So-so-so, solidarite
On New Year’s Eve, the mining giant Rio Tinto locked out 780 workers from its Alcan factory in Alma, Quebec—demanding...more)
Topp and Mulcair: The Apparatus man and the ex-Liberal
Little choice for NDP leader
The late Jack Layton’s political presence in Canadian politics owed everything to the social movements. In the 1980s, he was...more)
Student day of action
The students, united, will never be defeated
On February 1, students across the country took to the streets for a pan-Canadian day of action, organized by the...more)
Library workers defend services
Library workers defend jobs and services
The 2,400 members of CUPE local 4948, workers at the Toronto Public Library (TPL), have been prepping for job action...more)
Show trial for WikiLeaks whistle-blower
inside the Bradley Manning trial
On Saturday December 17, Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks whistleblower, turned all of 24. It was the second day of...more)
Mass strike shakes Nigeria
The global revolt arrives in Nigeria
The mass strike and public protests that swept through Nigeria from January 9 to January 13 were the largest in...more)
Washington threatens reprisals against Nicaragua's voters
interview with a member of the Sandanistas
An interview with a member of the Sandanista National Liberal Front by John Riddell For more than a decade, Latin...more)
US welcomes Yemen's dictator to the Ritz-Carlton
Humanitarian intervention for Yemen's dictator
While the US justifies its escalating threats towards Syria and Iran on the basis of human rights and democracy, its...more)
How can the Egyptian Revolution win?
Egyptian revolutionary talks about the future of the revolution
Revolutionary Socialist and blogger Gigi Ibrahim discussed the Egyptian revolution and how it can winmore)
Syria: resistance vs intervention
Who will determine Syria's fate
Western powers are threatening to derail the revolution in Syria, intervening directly or through the dictatorships they are arming in...more)
Language matters
To really understand language in Canada, and the importance of language in Quebec as well, we need to understand where official bilingualism came from.
Recently the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) denounced the continued downsizing of federal government language training programs. Forcing departments...more)
Time to put aside infantile things
How to build a campaign to the Keystone?
Some people don’t know a good thing when they see it. In January, Barack Obama declared that, for the present...more)
Pension's in Harper's crosshairs
Stephen Harper sparked a firestorm in late January, when he warned Canadians to expect sweeping changes to their pensions.
Stephen Harper sparked a firestorm in late January, when he warned Canadians to expect sweeping changes to their pensions. Harper...more)
Transit city: back from the dead
Did Rob Ford have the authority to cancel Transit City?
A recent legal opinion has called into question whether millionaire mayor Rob Ford had the authority to cancel Transit City,...more)
How do we fight racism and capitalism?
End racism and capitalism
One of the most inspirational chapters in working class history is the story of black workers in Detroit in the...more)
SOPA-PIPA threat to internet free speech
stop internet censorship
Two bills going through the American congress have provoked the largest online protest in history. The Stop Online Piracy Act...more)
Syria: the battle between national resistance and intervention
Hands off Syria, victory to the revolution
Western powers are threatening to derail the revolution in Syria, intervening directly or through the dictatorships they are arming in...more)
Ottawa Salvation Army workers strike for fair wages
Salvation Army workers strike for fair wages
Sixty Salvation Army aid workers in Ottawa, members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, went on strike on January...more)
Guantanamo: ten years of human rights violations
Guantanamo gulag turns ten
To mark the 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prison, Amnesty International held a 10 hour event in Montreal demanding Omar Khadr’s...more)
Movement pushes back Ford agenda
Activism works
On the morning of January 17 over a hundred Steelworkers gathered at a union hall in Toronto preparing to make...more)
Stop the war against Iran
Harper threatens to join Iraq War 2.0
The world’s most dangerous countries are preparing once again for war, and Canada’s Prime Minister Harper is out in front...more)
After mass protests push back Ford agenda: Stop Harper's budget cuts
Harper prepares Austerity budget
Budget cuts and staff layoffs have paralyzed many federal ministries that provide crucial services. And rumours from Ottawa warn that...more)
Federal job massacre looms
Harper's swinging the job axe
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns that planned cuts to the federal civil service could...more)
Ford's cuts agenda gets pushed back
Mass movement dents Ford's agenda
The first significant salvo in the austerity wars in Canada, Ford’s cuts budget, received a big push-back Tuesday when a...more)

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