"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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
“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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
A secret US drone base in Saudi Arabia sheds light on US imperial strategy
A couple of United States based sources have leaked information on the existence of a secret US drone base in...more)
A look at the growing rebellion against standardized testing in Seattle and beyond.
Resistance to standardized testing is growing in Seattle school boards, inspiring teachers and students beyond the state of Washington. The...more)
Bill C-425 tries to "educate" Canadians to ignore state terror and show "loyalty" to Harper's Canada
Supposedly reacting to a terrorist attack in Bulgaria on July 18, 2012, allegedly involving a Canadian citizen and leaving six...more)
A review of Ronnie Kasrils' book The Unlikely Secret Agent
The struggle against Apartheid in South Africa is remembered fondly by socialists. One of the greatest freedom struggles of the...more)
Harper's "Office of Religious Freedom" promotes evangelical missions abroad and ignores Islamophobia at home
Stephen Harper has created the Office of Religious Freedom within the Department of Foreign Affairs. “Around the world, violations of...more)
Liberals want to turn BC into the liquefied natural gas equivalent of Alberta and its tar sands
It appears that the British Columbia Liberals led by Premier Christy Clark are hoping they can turn BC into the...more)
Faced with a decrepit PQ, QS has to reclaim and renew the anti-imperialist and socialist roots of the modern movement for independence
Last September, the Parti Québécois (PQ), after nine years of a despised Liberal regime under Jean Charest and several months...more)
As the PQ reveal their corporate agenda, ASSÉ starts mobilizing again for free education
The Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSÉ) announced mid-February that it will be boycotting the Parti québécois (PQ) government's...more)
Our reproductive choices do not need investigating
Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga Cooksville East (my own riding), is back in the news. The Conservative MP...more)
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