If there's billions for the games, why not for social housing and public transit?
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In addition to deputations for the Changing Workplaces Review we need to keep mobilizing unionized and non-unionized workers, like the fight for $15
For many years activists in the trade unions have been fighting for their leadership to take on issues that relate...more)
The fight for climate jobs challenges the austerity agenda and reduces the climate crisis
The IPCC report from last year said that climate change would produce “severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts” if not reduced,...more)
The Western-backed dictatorship is taking it's revenge on the revolution, but the counter-revolution is unsustainable
This is an excerpt of Sameh Naguib’s interview with Tariq Ali on the show The World Today. For the full...more)
The Iraq War is arming and recruiting for ISIS
The Western war against ISIS is not going well. The takeover of the Iraqi city of Ramadi was a humiliating...more)
Irish activist Rory O'Neil speaks about the campaigns against water privatization and in support of equal marriage
Irish activist Rory O'Neil, from the Socialist Workers Party (Ireland) , spoke in Toronto about the campaign against water privatization,...more)
The opposition outside Parliament has exposed Trudeau, the Liberals' record, and 'strategic voting'
Despite widespread opposition, Bill c-51 passed in the Senate on June 9, with a vote of 44-28. Justifying the draconian...more)
The spirit of William Davis, shot by company police 90 years ago, lives on
June 11 is a little known holiday in the mining towns of Cape Breton. In these towns it is known...more)
Parizeau's commitment to sovereignty was undermined by the PQ's bourgeois nationalism
Living, Jacques Parizeau was inconvenient; dead, he triumphs. As an icon, as the architect of a past long gone, he...more)
Supports Chippewas of the Thames in defending their land and water from Big Oil
Leaders of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTTFN) will be in Toronto next week, pursuing their legal challenge...more)
Cindy Blackstock has exposed Harper's underfunding of First Nations children, and resisted retaliation
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, together with the Assembly of First Nations, launched a human rights complaint...more)
We can learn much from Gramsci as we face economic crisis, the threat of fascism, and the hope of revolution.
Antonio Gramsci is one of the few Marxist historical figures who have consistently retained popularity in the halls of universities...more)
Marx and Engels exposed capitalism's war on the planet, and provided a revolutionary alternative
For today’s radicalizing climate movement, the writings of Marx and Engels still have much to offer. They explained how capitalism's...more)
Chris Hedges denounces capitalism but doesn't inspire hope for an alternative
Prominent journalist Chris Hedges’ new book, Wages of Rebellion , is another scathing critique of capitalism—and the repression it doles...more)
Videos of the annual Injured Workers Day rally at Queen's Park, Toronto
June 1 was Injured Workers' Day rally at Queen's Park, organized by the Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups: "On...more)
We need to push the government to implement the TRTC recommendations and build solidarity with Indigenous struggles
On June 2, Justice Murray Sinclair released the summary report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The full report...more)
A national pharmacare plan would save $7.3 billion and improve our health
With the Harper Government rejecting its role of strengthening and renegotiating the expired Canada Health Accord , the promised national...more)
Simply dismissing the new Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown won't work, we need to organize
In 1996, a couple of creepy young dweebs named David Frum and Ezra Levant organized a conference called “The Winds...more)
Public sector unions need to bargain together and strike together
Public sector workers in Ontario are facing an intransigent provincial government bent on imposing the austerity agenda at the bargaining...more)
The Liberal/Tory support for Bill C-51 has not stopped the majority opposition to the draconian bill
May 30 was another day of action across Canada against the secret police bill C-51 . Continuing the waves of...more)
A new documentary of the 2003 anti-war movement reminds us that mass resistance is possible
The recent release of Amir Amirani’s documentary We are Many tells the story of the global Stop the War march...more)
A legal strategy can take time, money and focus away from mobilizing workers and building alliances
At recess time on April 30 of this year, many public school teachers around BC pulled out their smartphones to...more)
The July 5 March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate will unite indigenous, environmental and labour movements
A march for “Jobs, Justice and the Climate” is being organized in Toronto on July 5 before the Pan Am...more)
The Canadian government left Khadr to be tortured, and are now trying to keep him quiet
The Supreme court of Canada has ruled that Omar Khadr is a juvenile offender, meaning that all the protections usually...more)
The press conference brought together indigenous, student, labour and migrant justice organizers
On May 21 in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, representatives of the growing climate justice movement launched the mobilization...more)
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