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A system that puts survivors on trial is guilty
Last month saw a wave of anger appear as Jian Ghomeshi was acquitted of sexual assault and choking charges. After...more)
Viola Desmond reminds us of Canada's history of anti-Black racism, and of resistance
Some have referred to her as the Canadian Rosa Parks. But Rosa Parks could be called the American Viola Desmond...more)
French student have taken to the streets supporting the unions in their fight against the socialist prime minister Francois Hollande’s...more)
Airport workers celebrated May Day by fighting for $15 and fairness
On May 1, International Workers Day, unorganized workers from the Fight for 15 and Fairness campaign joined workers from the...more)
INAC occupations challenged the legacy of colonialism and built solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Last week Council of Mothers ended their occupation of the Vancouver office of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), after...more)
Struggles are rising, from the US to France to Egypt
This May Day there’s something in the air: an air of democracy which is running through the American primaries and...more)
Working class struggle is building, from Chicago teachers to Toronto airport workers
On April 1 the Chicago Teachers’ Union and the Fight for $15 launched joint strike action. Then on April 15,...more)
Workers fired by tar sands corporations are asking for training in renewables
Since spring of this year a small band of oil sands workers have come together to fight against the growing...more)
The Fight for 15 is going global, raising wages by building working class unity
April 14 and 15, 2016 marked a new high point in the Fight for $15 movement in North America and...more)
Annual conference discussed historical lessons and current struggles
The International Socialists’ annual Marxism conference tackled some big issues and saw attendance from socialists and other activists from across...more)
Prince challenged gender norms, the power of record labels, and anti-Black racism
In reaction to Prince’s passing many mainstream press focused on how many records he sold, but for his fans it...more)
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While Trudeau is pushing "clean growth" to keep expanding tar sands, we need a real transition to climate jobs
The 2016 federal budget climate change programs are included in a section titled “A Clean Growth Economy.” In amongst the...more)
The suicide crisis in Attawapiskat and the inaction by government are both symptoms of ongoing colonialism
On April 9, Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency. There had been reports of eleven suicide attempts in...more)
BC Liberals want to waste $3.5 billion to expand tankers, traffic and tolls instead of public transit
Soon after returning from the Paris Climate talks, BC Premier Christy Clark announced that her government was planning a big...more)
The Black Panthers build a revolutionary organization against racism
Fifty years ago, in West Oakland, two college classmates took action against the poverty, inequality and police brutality that they...more)
Debates on physician-assisted death must also challenge the oppression of people with disabilities
The right to choose when and how we die, on its surface, may seem like something the government has no...more)
Rather than run a provincial NDP, people should support the existing left-wing alternative in Quebec
Ten years ago, people in Quebec who want a better world—to eradicate poverty, environmental destruction, sexism, racism, homophobia, the oppression...more)
Economic crisis and cracks in the state have opened the door for the return of protest
In Egypt something very important has been changing in the last few months. And the pace of change is accelerating...more)
Clara Zetkin fused women's liberation with worker's struggles
Clara Zetkin was a prominent feminist revolutionary leader, closely linked to the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the late...more)
Canada has created tax havens for the 1% while denying a haven for refugees
The leak of the Panama Papers have not only exposed specific greedy individuals, but the general way in which capitalism...more)
The NDP can rebuild itself and support the movements by embracing the Leap Manifesto
In the lead up to the party’s convention, April 8-10 in Edmonton, more than a dozen riding associations have sent...more)
Brad Wall is continuing Harper's agenda, but will the provincial NDP repeat the federal NDP's campaign mistakes?
While Harper is gone, his provincial equivalent continues to rule Saskatchewan. With Saskatchewan’s provincial election on April 4, Brad Wall...more)
Activists hosted a vigil outside the Premier's home, and went to City Hall and the mayor's office
After nearly two weeks of an unprecedented tent city occupation outside Toronto police headquarters, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto...more)
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