Remembering the birth of public sector unions
After Air Canada workers were suspended on March 22, for slow-clapping Labour Minister, Lisa Raitt, for intervening in bargaining—and following...more)
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Year two of the Syrian revolution
One year after the start of the uprising in Syria, demonstrations are spreading to the capital city, Damascus, and defections...more)
Who are the real terrorists?
A newly released document to The Canadian Press reveals that the federal government has given CSIS the go-ahead to provide...more)
Indigenous resistance builds opposition to Enbridge
The Heiltsuk First Nation is known as one of the north and central BC coast Nations that are home to...more)
Hanaa Shalabi is dying for justice
Hanaa’ Shalabi from Palestine’s West Bank is dying for justice. On hunger strike in an Israeli prison since February 16,...more)
The largest election scandal in Canadian history
Voters in more than 90 ridings across Canada have reported irregularities, suspicious activity, and harassing and misleading phone calls in...more)
victory to students and workers
In the middle of the historic student march, leading left-wing politician Amir Khadir supports striking students and locked out workers...more)
Quebec's version of the tar sands
Following the historic 200,000-strong march of students and allies in Montreal on March 22, Quebec student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois called...more)
inside the occupation of Lisa Raitt's office
As Air Canada workers were on wildcat strike after being suspended for slow-clapping Lisa Raitt, labour activists occupied Lisa Raitt's...more)
Support libraries by supporting library workers
After being pushed back from a year of organizing against cuts to public services, the millionaire mayor Rob Ford is...more)
Wildcat strike!
As the the economic crisis deepens, workers are rediscovering different methods of resistance in order to beat back the 1%...more)
Eyewitness account to the wildcat strike
Hundreds of Air Canada employees at Pearson walked off the job in protest against the suspension of three co-workers. The...more)
Air Canada activist explains the wildcat strike
Whats the mood here at Air Canada during this wild cat strike? The mood is a combination of anger, fed-upness,...more)
The Egyptian counter-revolution
Free trade union activist and general coordinator of the Center for Trade Unions and Worker’s Services, Kamal Abbas, has been...more)
Help free the Zimbabwe 6
Six activists in Zimbabwe have been found guilty of trumped-up charges. Solidarity is urgent. Here's how you can help.more)
occupy music!
Bruce Springsteen’s new album Wrecking Ball is, as he says in Rolling Stone “as direct a record as I ever...more)
an unrelenting musical attack on neoliberalism
Anti-Flag, The General Strike Reviewed by D’Arcy Briggs Anti-Flag’s latest album, The General Strike, is their shortest and most direct...more)
The bloody result of occupation
People around the world reacted in horror and anger at the news that a US soldier massacred 16 civilians in...more)
What have strikes ever done for us?
The following originally appeared on the blog Staffroom Confidential, written by BC teacher and activist Tara Ehrcke, President of the...more)
She went out fighting
I met Madeleine Parent three times First time during the Oka Crisis It was the night the troops moved in...more)
stop the cuts
On March 1 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada held a national day-of-action to protest potentially sweeping cuts...more)
Kids matter and teachers care
Among the ongoing stalemate between the BC Liberals and the BC Teacher’s Federation (BCTF)—including a three day strike by 41,000...more)
Kony's got nothing on Harper
While a viral sensation calls for US imperialism to -stop Kony-, the real enemy is at homemore)
Benoit Renaud is Responsable à la mobilisation for Québec solidaire, the party of the left in Quebec. We asked him...more)
As the global economic crisis continues to deepen, corporations and governments—from military regimes, to Conservatives, to labour governments—are pushing increasingly...more)
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