Chinese workers' protests are becoming more frequent and militant
In April 2012, a group of jewelry workers in Guangzhou barged into their factory manager’s office demanding payment of long-denied...more)
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Amidst a global capitalist crisis, many have looked upon China as the last bastion of ‘healthy economic growth’ and hoped it could pull the global economy out of ‘the great recession.’ But China already has serious and growing problems of its own.
The Shanghai Composite Index rallied in early December when the new leadership of the Chinese Communist Party under the leadership...more)
A review of the latest big screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel, Les Misérables
Since December 25, social media have been buzzing, especially on the left, about the movie Les Misérables , with Hugh...more)
Workers are at the heart of the revolt in Bahrain
Workers, and other protestors who have been participating in the demonstrations since February 14 (even before that) are diverse. They...more)
No matter who owns the corporations exploiting the tar sands, we need to shut them down and create green jobs.
The tar sands development in northern Alberta is an ecological nightmare , and an insult to indigenous land rights. This...more)
Rank-and-file resistance is the key to fighting austerity
The attacks on working class people and the poor are intensifying as we witness the passage of “right to work”...more)
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)
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)
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