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Workers solidarity against NAFTA
There's no "team Canada" approach to NAFTA, it harms workers regardless of borders
The NAFTA negotiations have been going on for months but without a strong movement on the ground in Canada. Decades...more)
Lessons of the Ontario college strike
Despite Wynne ending the strike, the legacy continues
Mere hours after 12,000 striking Ontario college faculty massively rejected a forced offer vote by the College Employer Council, Premier...more)
Independent review on Site C confirms: shut it down!
Site C benefits big business at the expense of First Nations treaty rights and the environment
Thanks to tireless dedication from Indigenous communities, ranchers and land protectors in the Peace River valley, social justice and environmental...more)
Ottawa shuts down far-right ‘ACT! for Canada’
A community mobilization shut down an Islamophobic film screening
On November 25 anti-racist, anti-fascist, community and labour activists gathered in front of the Ottawa Public Library to protest the...more)
$15 and Fairness celebrates historic victory and prepares for struggles ahead
The same mass organizing that won $15 and fairness needs to grow to defend and extend the gains
The $15 and Fairness has secured a decisive victory to improve the lives of working people, after three years of...more)
Kinder Morgan will be stopped
With Indigenous activists leading the way, the climate justice movement needs to keep pushing the NDP/Greens to stop the tar sands pipeline
Climate justice activists in BC celebrated the cancellation of the proposed Energy East Tar Sands pipeline this October. Although Justin...more)
$15 and Fairness challenges higher education participation in Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Why are colleges and universities members of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and what does this mean in our fight...more)
Movie review: the Florida Project
The movie shows the poverty that capitalism produces, and its impact on families
Spoiler alert: This review includes descriptions of key points in the movie’s plot. From the opening title track with Kool...more)
First Nations fight nuclear waste
The nuclear industry wants to bury toxic waste near First Nations' land
The Bawating Water Protectors (BWT) were on the march at Queen’s Park on November 9 to tell Ontario Liberals and...more)
Young Workers Assembly shares lessons of the Fight for $15 and Fairness
More than 200 young workers from across the province shared lessons planned ahead
“I believe that we will win! I believe that we will win! Doesn’t it feel good to say that and...more)
Victory: Ontario Food Terminal workers strike and win workplace fairness
Tibetan refugees went on strike against precarious work and built solidarity to win
After staying strong on the picket line, and building solidarity that helped shut down the Ontario Food Terminal, Ippolito workers...more)
Interview: building solidarity with Catalonia
Quebec solidaire activist André Frappier describes the lessons from a recent international solidarity delegation
Socialist.ca spoke with Montreal activist André Frappier as he headed to Catalonia to take part in international solidarity actions. “Everyone...more)
On déteste les racistes! 5000 march in Montreal against racism
The march showed that the anti-racist movement is strong in Quebec
The English Canadian media continues to portray the people of Quebec as more racist that anyone else. But on November...more)
Trudeau supports Trump’s nuclear threat
Trudeau applauds Hiroshima survivors but ignores their call for nuclear-free world
Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, will be accepting a Nobel peace prize this year on...more)
Shock and Horror! A GG who can think and speak for herself!
Tories don't like women who defend science
It is not my usual practice to defend a representative of the Crown, specifically the Governor General of Canada. But...more)
To remember is to end all war
Remember the system that drives war and the revolutions that can end them
This November 11, as every year, Remembrance Day will be the day for governments to tout nationalism and parade veterans...more)
‘No Trump, No war’ protests greet US president in South Korea
Donald Trump visited South Korea during 7 and 8 November. Three aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines came to the Korean...more)
Does the Russian Revolution still matter?
How can an event that happened 100 years ago in a very different time and place matter to us today?...more)
A year since Trump’s election
The past year has been marked by austerity and racism, but also protest and resistance
It has been a scant year since a 71-year-old imbecile bumbled his way into the most powerful office on the...more)
Video interviews: Ontario college faculty on strike
College faculty explain how their strike is challenging precarity and oppression
See video interviews on the picket lines as college faculty strike against precarity and for a better educational system for...more)
Unions and political positions
From Catalan solidarity to anti-fascism, unions must continue to play a role in political struggles
Trade unions have historically taken up issues outside the economic and working conditions of their members. Catalan solidarity We have...more)
Challenging Quebec’s niqab law: no to Islamophobia, no to Quebec bashing
We need to challenge Islamophobia and the claim that it is isolated to Quebec
Quebec’s Law on Religious Neutrality, formerly Bill 62, which denies a range of public services to women who wear the...more)
Book review: Unsettling Canada, A National Wake-Up Call
Arthur Manuel's political autobiography is essential reading for activists in Canada
Arthur Manuel (Neskonlith First Nation, BC) died earlier this year and will be remembered as a strong defender of Indigenous...more)
Ontario college strike: #StandWithFaculty
The employer's attempt to divide students and workers is backfiring, as unity grows against precarious work
Twelve thousand full-time and partial-load college faculty in 24 colleges in Ontario are on strike. The union (OPSEU) demands are...more)
An insurgent left can achieve electoral success — even in Canada
Jean Swanson presenting a new tax assessment to Chip Wilson outside the lululemon founder’s $75 million compound in Pt. Grey.
Jean Swanson's vibrant left wing election campaign shows what is possible
Vancouver’s political revolution has begun. In less than three months a dynamic movement coalesced around Jean Swanson , an incorruptible...more)

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