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Library workers are fighting for fairness and respect

The members of CUPE Local 1989, Mississauga Library Workers Union , voted overwhelmingly to strike. Amid massive turnout in three...more

A strike for the $15 minimum wage shut down Montreal's old port

The fight for a $15 an hour minimum wage, which has spread to hundreds of cities across North America, was...more

On July 1st 1916, the battle of the Somme began and the pointless slaughter of the First World War reached a new intensity.

One hundred years ago on July 1 the army of the British Empire suffered its largest one day losses ever...more

On short notice 70 community members marched against the hate group

Bloor West Village community members marched to welcome refugees and say no to hate on Saturday June 25, following a...more

Trudeau has maintained Harper's arms deal, and added secrecy

Thanks largely to the sale of tanks to Saudi Arabia, begun under Harper but receiving the blessing of the Trudeau...more

Rapid response to fake toxic sludge at Queen's park exposes decades of environmental racism

The double standard at the heart of Canadian policy towards First Nations was on display last Thursday at Queen's Park...more

Unlike the history from above in movies about Lincoln, this tells history from below: of united struggle against slavery

This new movie about the Civil War and the institution of slavery is a very different take than Steven Spielberg’s...more

Trump lacks support from corporate America, so he is using racism to mobilize the vote

Perhaps it was a mistake for Donald Trump to go heavily into the golf business. In 2014 he bought Scotland’s...more

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse led a land defence against the colonial troops of George Custer

Today is the 140th anniversary of one of the greatest battles of Indigenous resistance, the Battle of Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn—where...more

The crisis can polarize to the right but also to the left

David Cameron has resigned, and the Leave vote in the EU referendum has hurled the Tory party, and the British...more