Indigenous women have led resistance, from residential school opposition to Idle No More
Idle No More emerges from a long period of resistance in indigenous communities. One of its central features is the...more)
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No country is safe from oppression
On December 15 the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced a list of 27 Designated Countries of Origin (DCO)...more)
There should be no compromise with Islamophobia
In mid-December, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that, in some cases, women who wear niqab could be required to...more)
Stop secret trials now
On International Human Rights Day, Mohamed “Moe” Harkat and his wife Sophie “celebrated” their ten-year anniversary: it was 2002 when...more)
Fracking generates profits, and untold problems
There is a fortune of fossil fuel underfoot, wherever a layer of shale rock forms part of the bedrock. All...more)
Let's all make New Year's revolutions
Economic and political interests drive Western governments’ actions. According to the US Department of State : ”Saudi Arabia is one...more)
In 2012 the opposition to the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project got bigger and bigger
Last year was a beautiful year of organizing against the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project. The proposed $6-billion pipeline will...more)
A look at Leon Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution and the connection to struggles across the Middle East today
Based on the experience of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Leon Trotsky developed the theory of “permanent revolution,” which was...more)
State violence and media silence are trying to stop the Sudanese student movement
The past year has been filled with attacks on the student movement and other protestors and activists in Sudan. In...more)
Election results reveal popular pressure that will need to continue beyond Chavez
Even as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s cancer had worsened, candidates from his Socialist Party took 20 out of 23 state...more)
Remembering the lessons of how we got the Rand Formula is essential to resist Bill C-377 and other attacks against it
Just as the state of Michigan, the birth place of industrial unions in north America, was passing anti-union “right to...more)
Non-unionized workers are rising
One of the most exciting developments currently unfolding among the working class in North America is the organizing efforts of...more)
The Chinese ruling class tries to deal with capitalist crisis
Last year saw the Eighteenth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meet in Beijing, out of which a new...more)
Thousands die needlessly in second super typhoon in Southern Mindanao.
Southern Mindanao lies outside of the Philippines' very wide typhoon belt. In 2011, it was hit by a category 5...more)
The Western-backed UAE dictatorshp is cracking down on online activists
It all started as precautious measures to prevent the country from falling into the wave of the Arab Spring that...more)
Harper rewrites history
As I write Stephen Harper continues to ignore the hunger strike of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence. In this context it...more)
Vancouver is set to increase coal exports that would release more carbon into the atmosphere than all of the oil exports from the planned Northern Gateway Pipeline.
Vancouver is set to become North America’s largest coal exporting port if the Port Metro Vancouver corporation approves two new...more)
From Idle No More to the Zapatistas, indigenous struggles are rising
Canada’s colonial past continues in the present. Battles over natural resources, massive inequality of income, lifespan and cultural freedom, and...more)
The PQ government have continued to reveal their true colours as defenders of the 1%
In November we reported that the PQ budget shows how bankrupt the strategic vote was. The PQ exposed themselves as...more)
The attacks on union rights show that bargaining as usual won't work. We need rank-and-file militancy
The passage of "right to work" legislation in Michigan has been called a catastrophe for the US labour movement. Michigan,...more)
Looking at the rising Idle No More movement for indigenous sovereignty in the context of Canadian colonialism.
"Canada has become one of the wealthiest countries in the world by using the land and resources. Canadian mining, logging,...more)
what is more effective in order to prepare for the struggle from below.
We understand people feeling that they have no choice but to vote for Moon Jae-in in order to stop Park...more)
Savita Halappanavar should not have died, and she should be the last woman in Ireland forced to choose between an unwanted or unviable pregnancy and her life.
Savita Halappanavar died because women are not free to control their own bodies. Halappanavar, who was a dentist in Galway,...more)
Action on the picket lines sparked opposition to Liberal leadership candidates
Many hundreds turned out in the cold wet snow in Ottawa to confront the Liberal Leadership debate at Carleton University...more)
A guide to building solidarity with teachers in your neighbourhood
Elementary teachers at Toronto’s Pauline Junior Public School were in good spirits today—part of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario...more)
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