Covid map shows racism and poverty define the crisis in Toronto
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Thousands turned out on the streets of Toronto on May 30 to take part in a protest in memory of...more)
Reprinted from Marx21US Minneapolis is burning and the fire is spreading across the country. George Floyd was murdered on May...more)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is under intense fire for the unnecessary deaths in Ontario’s Long Term Care facilities. He is...more)
The arts were key in the fight for a better world in Hungary in 1919
Review of Painting the Town Red: Politics and the Arts During the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic by Bob Dent, Pluto...more)
Workers are being asked to die to make profits for the corporations, but they are fighting back.
The carnage goes on as the vulnerable continue to suffer and die. As of this writing, almost 3000 health care...more)
He may be popular now but we need to remember that his cuts made this crisis worse
We are coming up to the one-year anniversary of the Toronto Raptors victory parade, notable for having about 1 million...more)
New book outlines Engels thought and his impact on the world
This is the way Camilla Royle begins her Rebel’s Guide to Engels: “Friedrich Engels was born on 28 November 1820...more)
Delivery workers are on the front line but many are working in dangerous conditions without hazard pay or protective equipment
Thousands of packages are processed daily by private courier companies and postal service workers across Canada. While shipping and handling...more)
As the crisis deepens, more racism will be whipped up to challenge China's rise
US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo stated that there is, “enormous evidence” that the coronavirus that produces COVID-19 was produced...more)
Canada continues to build the CGL pipeline - further endangering Indigenous communities
At the beginning of March, immediately following the end of the talks between Liberal government ministers and the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary...more)
After contributing billions in fees, international students excluded from emergency fund
The Liberal government's emergency student benefit does nothing for international students, and universities seem to be complicit in this. Trudeau’s...more)
The Alberta United Conservative government of Jason Kenney is leading the way in using COVID-19 as an excuse to destroy...more)
Workers get layoffs while executives get bonuses
Over 1500 workers, including 1200 transit operators, have now been laid off by Translink as the public’s use of the...more)
Will this crisis result in a new class consciousness?
In Canada, during a time when we now have millions not working - 4.5 million already having applied for emergency...more)
This time it's personal
I am a senior. I am a lung transplant recipient reliant on medication that suppresses my immune system. As a...more)
Workers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with a new militancy
There has been widespread working class response to the pandemic that we are facing. It varies from country to country,...more)
In 1932 the US Public Health Service began a study of syphilis. They chose a group of 600 Black men,...more)
Kyle Hoskin is a sanitation worker in the Niagara region, and activist with CUPE 1287.
Kyle Hoskin is a sanitation worker in the Niagara region, and activist with CUPE 1287. He spoke to Socialist Worker...more)
It was the liberal party that gutted healthcare and employment insurance
As the COVID-19 crisis has unfolded, Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has enjoyed a bump in the polls. Two-thirds of...more)
The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MoHLTC) has issued 14 day ‘emergency orders’ to employers in Long...more)
Jason Kenney’s UCP government is using the Covid-19 emergency to destroy public services in Alberta. While people are distracted by...more)
Stuck inside? Here are some movies to help pass the time.
The sheer amount of information (and mis-information, if you are listening to the orange monster) on Covid 19 can be...more)
1. The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is generally presented as a “natural disaster”, an “external shock” to the normal functioning of...more)
Graduate Students ask for summer tuition relief across Ontario, will Universities listen?
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, universities across Canada have announced an indefinite closure of their on-site services and have...more)
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