Socialist Worker | issue 530 | May 2011

April 9 rally

Harper can be stopped: Take the surge to the streets

The wave of resistance against the economic crisis has swept from Egypt to Wisconsin, and now to Canada. The historic collapse of the Liberals has reconfigured a smaller corporate vote around a Harper majority, while an NDP surge nearly tripled the seats for Canada’s only labour party. To continue the “orange wave” we need to take the surge to the streets to confront Harper’s agenda of austerity, ecological destruction and war.

North Africa

Resistance building across Africa

Farid Omar looks at how the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have inspired resistance across Africa

Wisconsin

Where does change happen?

After the election, many activists worry that a Tory majority will prevent any progressive change. Bradley Hughes looks at the history of movements under past majorities, and argues that real change comes from outside Parliament – no matter who’s in power.

Anti-nuke rally

Mass demonstrations in Europe demand end to nukes

In the wake of the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster was marked by hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to condemn the use of nuclear energy and demand real action on climate change.