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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)
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)
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 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 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)
"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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
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)
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