This new book documents the inspiring first year of Idle No More
Manitoba’s Kino-nda-niimi Collective has created an invaluable resource with the recently-published book, The Winter We Danced (ARP books, Winnipeg). This...more)
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Boko Haram feeds on rising levels of poverty and inequality imposed by the Western-backed state
Baba Aye of the Socialist Workers League in Nigeria explains the roots of the Islamist group Boko Haram and says...more)
We need to translate the enthusiasm from the CLC convention into the fightback against austerity
The election of Hassan Yussuff as president of the Canadian Labour Congress has breathed a sense of excitement into the...more)
Plains Midstream Canada spilled nearly half a million litres of oil into the Red Deer River
Plains Midstream Canada (PMC) is responsible for releasing close to half a million litres of crude oil into the Red...more)
Economic crisis is bringing attacks on abortion, but there is growing resistance
In the context of economic crisis, the Spanish State is attacking abortion rights. But there are growing movements against austerity...more)
Despite violence created by US intervention, millions of Iraqis voted
Millions of Iraqis bravely challenged the bomb attacks and voted in their first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of US...more)
Interview with Sophie Harkat about the new film challenging "security certificates"
Chantal Sundaram interviews Sophie Harkat about a must-see film The Secret Trial 5 , an important new film about civil...more)
A left leader can open up space to build rank-and-file networks
Hassan Husseini's decision to run for president of the Canadian Labour Congress has produced a lot of positive debate and...more)
The presidential elections express the dilemma of the Egyptian Revolution
Against el-Sisi, leader of the counter-revolution All the institutions of the state are mobilising behind Abdel Fatah el-Sisi—from the army,...more)
If fracking returns, so will resistance
US-based SWN Resources is heading back to New Brunswick to drill four test wells, a precursor to introducing fracking to...more)
The Yinka Dene Alliance has presented its formal reasons to the Canadian government for refusing to allow the Enbridge oil pipeline on their lands.
The First Nations of the Yinka Dene Alliance summoned representatives of the Canadian government to Nak'azdli, British Columbia, to hear...more)
BC Liberals proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve will make it easier for resource companies to ruin agricultural land for short term profits.
At the end of March the BC Liberals introduced the first reading of Bill 24 , which will change how...more)
Solidarity across borders for Crown workers
On Wednesday April 17, approximately 50 Toronto Steelworkers gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Four Seasons Hotel in...more)
Hassan Husseini is running a campaign based on building a fighting labour movement
For the first time in nine years the leadership for the Canadian Labour Congress , the umbrella organization for over...more)
Apartheid was overthrown, but capitalism remains
On April 27, 1994 South Africa held its first democratic election, marking the victory over apartheid. But 20 years later...more)
Support for BDS is spreading across Canada and around the world
The non-violent movement known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiated by Palestinian civil society in 2005—which calls upon the...more)
"Free abortion on demand, from BC to Newfoundland!"
More than 150 supporters showed up for an emergency rally at Dundas Square in Toronto on April 17 as part...more)
The AGO has profited off displaying progressive artists, but is imposing concessions on its workers
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) workers, OPSEU local 535, are fighting concessions: two- tier wages, benefits cuts, forced overtime, aggressive...more)
The Liberals's austerity-driven merger of OW and ODSP has been stopped, for now
In capitalism, it is better to make the poor feed each other than have the rich spend a little more...more)
The Rwandan genocide was the result of Western intervention, not its absence
April to July marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which is repeatedly invoked to justify Western intervention. But...more)
The camp helps resist the proposed pipelines and re-stake their ancestral connection to the land
In 2010, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en people established a “soft blockade” over their territory demanding free, prior, and...more)
The fight for $14/hr continues
On April 14, a crowd of about 175 people marched in downtown Toronto to demand a $14-an-hour minimum wage and...more)
Violence against Indigenous women is rooted in colonization, poverty, racism and sexism
For many, the tragedy of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls first became prominent with the media coverage of...more)
The PQ was defeated and QS made gains that can help to fight the Liberals
The results are in: Québec solidaire (QS) won a third seat in the National Assembly, and the party garnered 7.5...more)
Mourn the victims of austerity, and organize to stop it
Former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty died an early death at 64, causing the business community, the Tories and Liberals—but...more)
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