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Report: Injured Workers’ Day rally and march
Workers harmed at the workplace are fighting for compensation
The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) held a solidarity rally and march on June 1 to mark Injured...more)
The radical history of oil workers
Oil workers have been part of resistance movements around the world, for peace, health and sustainability
Oil workers embody the contradictions of capitalism. Their labour extracts from the earth fossil fuels that are the life-blood of...more)
Electric cars are no cure for the climate crisis
Electric cars distract from mass transit and don't lower carbon emissions
Bad news: Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris agreement, one of the largest icebergs is...more)
Workers for the Leap: a great step forward
Workers for the Leap is organizing trade unionists to support just transition
The Canadian Labour Congress convention took place in Toronto in May. Thousands of trade unionists came together to assess the...more)
CLC: building for a green economy
"One million climate jobs" must move from a slogan to an on-the-ground campaign
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) held its convention in Toronto from May 7 to 12 and invited its members and...more)
Islam is not the enemy, war is not the answer
war and racism breed terrorism
After 16 years of the global war on terror the world is more dangerous and unstable than ever. The Manchester...more)
UK election: Tories humiliated as millions vote for Corbyn and real change
The election represents a mass feeling against austerity, racism and war
The election result is a shattering disaster for the Tories and Theresa May, and a triumph for Jeremy Corbyn and...more)
Steelworkers Convention: a determined mood in wake of Trump win
Fighting racism is key to building the working class unity to resist austerity
Almost 6,000 delegates and observers arrived in Las Vegas to attend the United Steelworkers convention in April as the union...more)
LCBO workers prepare for a strike
Support workers fighting austerity
LCBO workers are preparing to strike after saying no to attempts to privatize and contract out their work, the entrenchment...more)
Liberals are Canada’s natural war party
From the Boer War to then bombing of Syria, war is a Liberal tradition
Justin Trudeau is following President Trump in supporting regime change in Syria, and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced...more)
Parkdale residents enter second month on rent strike, protest at building owner’s home
“we’re paying big rent. They’re making big money. Why can’t we live happy?”
On June 1, Parkdale residents from MetCap Living-owned buildings entered their second month on rent strike. Residents of the vibrant...more)
BC Liberals on the way out, but the fight isn't over
NDP leader John Horgan and Greens leader Andrew Weaver
The BC Greens will support the NDP, but they will need pressure from the left
The BC Liberals are on their way out. After presiding over thousands of drug overdose deaths, freezing social assistance rates...more)
Québec solidaire makes historic strides
Delegates applaud election of GND as co-spokesperson of QS
QS has rejected alliance with the neo-liberal PQ
At the largest convention in its eleven-year history, on the May long weekend, Québec solidaire (QS) had a critical choice...more)
Gabriel-Nadeau Dubois win vindicates decision to reject alliance with PQ
GND's landslide victory is a rejection of the establishment parties
On the heels of a historic convention where the members of Québec solidaire (QS) decided definitively, with a two-thirds majority...more)
Historic breakthrough for Ontario’s Fight for $15 and Fairness
Rank and file mobilizing was key to winning the announcement and will be critical to defend and expand the gains
The Fight for $15 and Fairness has made major gains in all areas of its campaign, from equal pay to...more)
Mud Lake floods, Nalcor Lies
The company has blamed the flood on nature rather than their destructive dam
While the Muskrat Falls dam seemed to have faced serious delays as the government was forced to sit at the...more)
After Manchester attack—don't let right exploit horror
The Tories are highjacking horror to scapegoat Muslims
A horrific bombing killed 22 people, including five children, as they left an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on...more)
1917: how revolution ended a war
A world war provoked a world revolt
This is what Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin wrote about the First World War, the so-called 'war to end all wars':...more)
Review: Hell or High Water
A couple of bank robbers steal from the 1% in the America of austerity and racism
Hell or High Water is a crime drama about the rage simmering below the surface of America's sacrifice zones. The...more)
Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism
Syndicalism rose in the wave of workers struggles, but was overtaken by Marxist strategy in 1917
Ralph Darlington’s Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism is a valuable piece of revolutionary history and a...more)
Indigenous sovereignty from Standing Rock to Unist’ot’en
LaDonna Allard from Standing Rock and Freda Huson from Unist'ot'en shared their lessons
There is a new education and action force for climate justice in Ontario: the Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT), created by...more)
Interview: Niki Ashton on running for NDP leader
Inspired by Bernie Sanders, Niki Ashton wants the NDP to connect with the movements
Niki Ashton, NDP MP in Manitoba, held a meet and greet event at Shoxs Billiards Lounge in Toronto on May...more)
BC NDP: fight the Liberals, don’t compromise with the Greens
Instead of a narrow alliance with the Greens, the NDP should be reflecting broad movement demands
After 16 years of austerity and environmental destruction, the BC Liberals have finally stumbled in the polls, potentially losing their...more)
France: the election and the resistance
With voters rejecting the fascists but also the status quo, an alternative is desperately needed
On May 7, the second round of the voting for the French presidency ended with the election of Emmanuel Macron...more)
BC Election – Why Isn’t the NDP Winning by a Landslide?
The class division in BC
The NDP's commitment to the market has prevented them from relating to mass opposition to Liberals
With only a few days to go until the provincial election the latest Angus Reid poll has found that two-in-three...more)

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