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Alberta’s orange wave: where did it come from, where is it going?
The real hope for the orange wave is the confidence it can give to movements outside the legislature
Albertan voters have elected the provincial New Democratic Party to a majority government in their May 5 provincial election. It...more)
Bombardier: we need mass transit not mass layoffs
Bombardier is laying off workers that could provide climate solutions
Due to reduced demand of business jets, Bombardier is laying off 1,750 workers—including 1,000 in Montreal and nearly 500 in...more)
Le moment PKP ou la preuve par l’absurde
Il ne s’agit pas d’une rupture pour ce parti, mais bien de l’aboutissement logique d’un long cheminement
Le 15 mai 2015, les membres du Parti québécois ont non seulement choisi un patron comme chef, ils ont choisi...more)
Austerity and the process of struggle
The documentary-style film captures that way capitalism divides and conquers, and the solidarity needed to fight back
After a woman returns from a medical leave of absence for depression, she discovers that her boss put her fate...more)
Music and vibrations of struggle
With a new wave of struggle comes new powerful music
In the 1960’s the fight for civil rights in the US spawned new musical expression. Struggle was not only expressed...more)
Decolonize education
Teaching Truly: A Curriculum to Indingenize Mainstream Education
The First Nations llived sustainably for thousands of years without the poison of capitalism, there is lots to learn about learning from them.
For thousands of years the Indigenous peoples of what is now the Americas lived in sustainable relationships with the world...more)
New Brunswick PC youth want ‘Progressive’ removed from name
PC youth want the name to reflect their policies, which are a century out of date
As Stephen Harper once said, “the term Progressive Conservative will immediately raise suspicions in all of your minds. It should...more)
Altogether to fight racism
Black Lives Matter-Toronto protested racism on both sides of the border, while a Winnipeg conference discussed oppression
The first week of May included anti-racist events from Toronto to Winnipeg—challenging anti-Black racism, colonialism and Islamophobia. Within days of...more)
UK election: why the Tories won and next steps against austerity
The Tories won because Labour was too far right, not left
The general election result was a bitter blow. The rich cheered and the jubilant Tories are gearing up fast for...more)
#PoorLivesMatter
Austerity kills
On April 17, the community of Davenport in Toronto lost Jose Eduardo Rivera Gomez from among its poor population. It...more)
Violence against Indigenous women: Tories blame the community
Instead of an inquiry the Tories offer statistics warped by racism
Alberta RCMP announced in April that the remains of yet another missing Indigenous woman had been found near Edmonton. Perhaps...more)
Peel teachers on strike
Teachers are striking for better education
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation ( OSSTF ) are currently on strike, with teachers’ autonomy and class size being two...more)
Cégep professors join student strike on May Day
Despite government threats of fines, professors went on strike against austerity
Cégep professors in a dozen schools joined many Quebec students who went on strike on May Day , May 1...more)
May Day in Gatineau: a step towards confrontation?
The demo shows the potential for challenging Couillard
The May Day demonstration in Gatineau, with about 2000 participants, was the largest demonstration of any kind to hit the...more)
Quebec: the spark and the flame
The challenge is making the Front Commun real for rank and file workers catching up with the questions students are asking.
Another "Rage Against the System: Marxism 2015" panel on “Quebec and Austerity” took the discussion further about the relationship between...more)
Québec solidaire: the ballot box and the street
The rise of QS reflects movements against austerity
The conference "Rage Against the System: Marxism 2015" in Toronto on April 25 welcomed via Skype representatives of parties challenging...more)
May Day in Quebec: dress rehearsal for the fight against austerity?
May 1 saw more than 100 protests and strikes across Quebec, which built local struggles against austerity
Unlike English Canada, Quebec never lost the tradition of May 1 as the international day for workers’ rights (instead of...more)
Ottawa May Day
The rally demands included stopping Bill C-51 and tar sands, eliminating tuition and raising the minimum wage
Working class under attack! What do we do? March in the streets of Ottawa with over 200 participants, to demonstrate...more)
Austerity in Ontario
The Ontario Liberals are showing their true colours, with cuts, privatization and wage freezes
A huge fight is brewing between the provincial government, teachers and the Ontario public sector. The Liberal government tried to...more)
May 1 revolutionary greetings from Kobanê
The revolution of Rojova has resisted ISIS and imperialist powers
Worker comrades! Organizations, syndicates and trade unions of workers! With warm regards of workers from Canton of Kobanê, the Canton...more)
Jason Kenney, Warlord
Kenney's lies facilitate Canada's wars in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine
Welcome to the first installment in a new occasional series starring Canada’s unloveable Warlord, Minister of Defence Jason Kenney. Unloveable...more)
Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean: blood on Harper’s hands
Harper's policies are complicity, waging wars that drive people from their homelands, and preventing their safe welcome
“We found, literally, a floating cemetery. Bodies were everywhere. With the dinghies we had to literally slalom among the corpses,”...more)
20 years in prison for failed pregnancy
So-called "feticide"laws punish women and pay lip service to children
This month, four decades of anti-woman, anti-abortion hysteria in the US hit a new low. Last August, an Indiana woman...more)
Harper and Oliver deliver Bay Street’s budget
The Tory "balanced budget" is neither balanced nor an actual budget
The lapdogs at the Canadian Taxpayer Federation were quick to praise the Tories for having the “discipline to get back...more)
Capitalism and precarity
Workers have a common interest in defending each other’s ability to organize
A recent interview with American socialist Charlie Post on Jacobin questions one of the common sense ideas among many sections...more)

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