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How can we shut down the tar sands?
Uniting indigenous, environmental and labour movements can challenge the tar sands and the system that produces them
The tar sands are an environmental disaster that destroy indigenous lands and sovereignty, and undermining the need for green jobs...more)
Idle No More inspires Quest For Unity
The 1500km Journey of Nishiyuu forges unity
Inspired by the upsurge of First Nations activism under the banner of Idle No More , six young people and...more)
Anti-immigrant infomercial brought to you by PMO
Harper's propaganda show aims to ramp up racism and driving down wages
The Harper Tories are not getting enough bang for their buck. They spent $21 million on self-congratulating advertisements in 2011-12...more)
Indigenous sovereignty and solidarity leads fight against Harper agenda
Indigenous resistance is leading the fight against the corporate assault on people and the planet
"Idle No More has sparked an awakening of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples internationally in support for democracy, human rights and...more)
Defend abortion on demand
Motion 408 and the defunding abortion are the latest threats to reproductive justice
Abortion has been a permanent feature of society, but it was only under capitalism that it became criminalized—as part of...more)
Rank-and-file solidarity wins strike at Homes First
A victory for the workers and for the clients they serve
Homes First strikers have a victory after four brutal weeks on the picket line. These workers in OPSEU Local 540...more)
Remembering the Paris Commune
March 18, 1871 was the start of the first worker's government in history
March 18, 1871 was the beginning of the Paris Commune, the first attempt at worker's democracy. Revolutionary in all regards,...more)
Le réseau écosocialiste: toward new ways of organizing
Activists from across Quebec met in Montreal to launch an ecosocialist network
There seems to be a growing consensus on the left that the environment is ground zero for our work. The...more)
Bahrain: civil disobedience strikes back at the regime
A second general strike in two months builds opposition to the Western-backed regime
March 14 marks the second anniversary of the Saudi troops, with military aid from the United Arab Emirates, invading Bahrain...more)
Toronto IWD march
"Fires are burning, we are rising"
On Saturday, March 9, thousands marched through Toronto for International Women's Day. Last year's march focused on fighting the austerity...more)
International Women's Day and the Communist Women's Movement
The historical role of socialists in IWD
When we celebrate International Women’s Day, we often refer to its origins in U.S. labour struggles early in the last...more)
Idle No More: First Nations women lead the way
The more Idle No More succeeds, the better for women.
"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground" --Cheyenne proverb. The burgeoning Idle...more)
No pipeline east, no domestic refining: shut down the tar sands and all pipelines
Support indigenous sovereignty and good green jobs for all, not more tar sands
Speaking to the business community across the country, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has been building a contradictory case to oppose...more)
No tar sands, no pipelines: stop Line 9
Line 9 violates indigenous sovereignty and threatens our planet
On October 22 last year, 5,000 people—including speakers from First Nations, environmental groups, labour unions, the NDP and Green party—rallied...more)
Hugo Chavez, undefeated
A figurehead of a continent alive with social movements
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (July 28, 1954 – March 5, 2013). Hugo Chavez has died -- undefeated. Yes, undefeated. Chavez,...more)
Workers' Rights Campaign Kicks-off
Ontario trade union activists kick-off workers' rights campaign in response to Conservative attacks.
On March 2 in Toronto, over 700 hundred trade union activists from both private and public sector unions met to...more)
Heart Your Parts
Sexual health education takes a considerable step forward.
This year’s Canadian Federation for Sexual Health campaign, “ Heart Your Parts ,” managed to pull off a surprising feat:...more)
Solidarity with Aamjiwnaang and Ron Plain
Stop CN Rail's attack on indigenous sovereignty and resistance
The Aamjiwnaang First Nation (near Sarnia, 300km south-west of Toronto) has been subjected to the worst of the capitalist and...more)
Labour and International Women's Day
“The rising of the women will be the rising of us all”
March 8, International Women’s Day, has always had a very close relationship with the labour movement. The day was first...more)
Child care now!
It is critical that a national child care program continue to be a focus for activists
It’s not hard to find examples of policy in which the Harper government has acted against the best interests of...more)
Mali and Canadian mining in Africa
Stop Harer's scramble for Africa
The NATO war in Mali is expanding and Harper is doing all he can to help steal the riches of...more)
Doctors and lawyers fight for refugee health care
Healthcare for refugees, stop the cuts now
Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers , along with three ill refugee claimants denied...more)
Support builds for Porter strike
Labour and community activists join Porter workers' picket line
Labour and community activists from across Toronto joined a solidarity picket on Thursday , in a show of support for...more)
Tunisia: permanent revolution
Another general strike in Tunisia shows the revolution continues
On Friday February 8 Tunisia’s most powerful trade union, The General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT), coordinated a strike to...more)
Morocco: the struggle for change
Two years on, the struggle against the oppressive Western-backed regime continues
Since February 20, 2011, people across Morocco have participated in protests demanding social, economic, and political reforms and an end...more)

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