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With the NDP wavering, we need to build the September 9 rally to stop Kinder Morgan
With the election of the Green-NDP provincial government in BC, climate activists across the province celebrated what they hoped would...more)
There can be no free speech for bigots intent on destroying free speech and unleashing violence
The climate of Islamophobia and anti-immigrant racism that
we see being stoked in Europe and in the US since the election...more)
Worker safety = flight safety
Last Thursday evening 700 baggage handlers (including cleaners) in Teamsters Local 419 voted 95 per cent in favour of striking...more)
The same mobilizing that won Liberal announcement of wage raises must continue to make it a reality
Another Labour Day is coming up at the beginning of September and in Toronto 25,000 union members are expected in...more)
OLG are gambling with workers lives
Slot machine workers at Woodbine Racetrack have been locked out by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). The more...more)
The Supreme Court sided with oil corporations, but that won't stop the Chippewas and their supporters
In a hugely disappointing decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTT)...more)
The rise of Vetëvendosje represents a rejection of austerity and a desire for self-determination
"No negotiations!" is the calling card slogan of Kosovo's Vetëvendosje party, an anti-austerity, leftist movement that focuses on the self-determination...more)
While Trudeau supports the destructive pipeline, the climate justice movement says NO
With the election of the Green-NDP provincial government in BC, climate activists across the province celebrated what they hoped would...more)
The Canadian state is celebrating its 150th in the midst of a suicide epidemic of Indigenous youth
Grassroots Indigenous women of Tkaronto started a vigil for Indigenous children and youth in front of INAC’s (Indigenous and Northern...more)
Join the movement against chemical colonialism
“Stand with the community of Aamjiwnaang First Nation in their fight against environmental racism in Canada’s toxic Chemical Valley.” So...more)
We need to push for $15/hr minimum wage, end to Site C dam and affordable housing
It’s been a long wait, but 51 days after the BC election, the NDP is in and the Liberals are...more)
We need money for care, not warfare
The Federal Liberal government has announced a massive increase in military spending over the next decade. They are planning to...more)
Bigots are defending the torture of a child soldier, burying the history of Harper's regime and spewing Islamophobia
Well, the fireworks may have been better than usual but other than that Canada Day 150 was pretty much a...more)
Activist and Jacobin editor discusses the audience for socialism in the age of Trump
The following interview with Jacobin founder and editor Bhaskar Sunkara was conducted at the second annual People’s Summit in Chicago,...more)
After exploiting workers, employers are claiming that the minimum wage increase isn't fair
Within 24 hours of the historic breakthrough by the Fight for $15 & Fairness campaign , where Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal...more)
On July 1 celebrate 150 years of resistance to the Canadian state
This year the Liberals are spending half a billion dollars on celebrating Canada’s 150th. This will have wide appeal, but...more)
Wage increases don't affect prices/values but do reduce capitalist profits
When bosses and pundits bemoan the success of the $15 an hour minimum wage campaign here or in the US...more)
NDP leadership candidate discusses the importance of UNDRIP and environmental protection
The United Steelworkers organized a debate with the five federal NDP leadership candidates in Toronto on June 22. The following...more)
The NDP is committed to reforming an unreformable system, but the leadership debate can create space for movements for change
With three months left in the Federal New Democratic Party leadership race questions are being asked as to why it...more)
After Mulcair's failure in 2015, candidates are finally starting to respond to movements
The United Steelworkers hosted an NDP leadership debate at the Isabel Bader Theater in Toronto on June 22 under the...more)
Harperism has a new poster boy
Canadians are often so transfixed by international news that domestic stories go unnoticed. As astounding/horrifying as is the unfolding Trump...more)
The Russian Revolution was a festival of the oppressed
It's often implied that the Marxist conception of revolution is only about overturning an economic system, capitalism, and that as...more)
With Trump exposing the inability of the 1% to solve the climate crisis, it's up to the climate justice movement to change the world
Apparently against the efforts of some of his advisors, at the beginning of June, Trump announced that he was withdrawing...more)
Naomi Klein's combines the insights of her previous books, and the debates they expressed
Who better than Naomi Klein to write a book about the rise of Donald Trump and how to resist? Her...more)
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