To challenge sexism we need to challenge Islamophobia and support self-emancipation
Women have been subjected to discrimination and violence for centuries—and this oppression is sharpened by racism and Islamophobia. Women of...more)
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Rank-and-file women workers led the historic strike wave
An examination of the massive strike wave of 1909-1913 reveals that the history of women’s liberation, the beginning of North...more)
Women are the majority of minimum wage workers, so raising the minimum wage closes the pay gap
Here we are in 2014, decades after the first pieces of legislation targeting women’s equality were tabled, with a national...more)
The Arab Spring is Sharon's worst nightmare
Since last year’s Israeli Apartheid Week the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and grown, and war criminal Ariel...more)
Statement by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
“People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be until they...more)
Unions need to rebuild rank-and-file confidence and control in order to confront Hudak
Over one 160 Steelworker activists crowded into their union hall in downtown Toronto checking their state of readiness if Tim...more)
"Neither Washington nor Moscow"
The current crisis in the Ukraine is a product of decades of meddling by both the West and Russia in...more)
Fossil fuel divestment camapaigns are expanding the movement to shut down the fossil fuel industry.
Students at hundreds of Canadian and American universities have started fossil fuel divestment campaigns, demanding their universities divest from companies...more)
A recent Human Rights Report shows that Western intervention has done nothing to help women
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report entitled “ No one is safe: Abuses of women in Iraq’s criminal justice system...more)
Private mercenaries paid by public funds
At first I thought news that the Harper Tories were lambasting a retired general for his exorbitant moving expenses was...more)
An interview with Idle No More organizer Alex Wilson
Alex Wilson is one of many organizers of Idle No More, based in the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. She talked to...more)
The PQ wants more oil and gas development, but popular mobilizations can stop them
It’s as if suddenly, just a few months ago, Quebec suddenly realized it had struck oil. And this despite making...more)
The PQ are repeating the austerity of the Liberals, but QS is fighting for an alternative
The current PQ minority government, brought in on a wave of anger that swept the provincial Liberals out at the...more)
Harper's unpopular austerity agenda requires voter suppression
Stephen Harper's latest assault on democracy is the Orwellianly-named "Fair Elections Act", which the Conservatives are trying to rush through...more)
Harper doesn't want an inquiry to show that violence against First Nations women is rooted in systemic racism, sexism and poverty.
The latest First Nations woman found murdered is Loretta Saunders. The young Inuk woman from Newfoundland and Labrador was a...more)
Intersectionality describes the experience of oppression, but does not explain how to end it
A new generation of activists is looking for ideas to guide them in the struggles ahead. If we think about...more)
This year's Toronto IWD will be demanding a higher minimum wage and defending public services
International Women’s Day has long been celebrated in the trade unions as well as the women’s movement. It was originally...more)
Resistance and solidarity at Elsipogtog shows how we can fight for climate justice
On February 20 member of the the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society spoke to a packed crowd at the Toronto Council Fire...more)
Fennario's latest play about resistance to WWI challenges its current glorification
Motherhouse is designed to be used as a political intervention by the anti-war movement, but it can also hold its...more)
Save Rosia Montana is trying to stop a destructive Canadian mining company
On February 16, people from the Romanian community and their supporters in Toronto celebrated 1882 years of Rosia Montana, a...more)
A history of supporting war resisters past, to inspire the present
Many Canadians wish to think of their country as a peaceful nation, but that vision is an oversimplification, if not...more)
Harper's latest colonial document for First Nations is sparking resistance
Where is Stephen Harper going with the February 7th announcement of the First Nations Education Act ? Probably nowhere, according...more)
Despite Western-backed repression the Arab Spring in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia continues
Hundreds of thousands of protestors are taking to the streets of Bahrain in the third anniversary of the revolution. Faced...more)
Hundreds demonstrated and occupied to raise the minimum wage
There is a burgeoning labour movement in Ontario, and one key component of it is the Campaign to Raise the...more)
In less than 24hrs notice, postal workers and activists organized a picket against Harper
Crime Minister Stephen Harper was a guest at a business dinner in Toronto on the evening of February 8, 2014...more)
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