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COVID and homelessness: Toronto leaves the most vulnerable out in the cold
In the midst of a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in Toronto’s homeless shelters, the City is moving ahead with a...more)
Kenney’s coal plan running into mountain of resistance
Kenney is facing broad opposition to destructive coal mining expansion
Having squandered billions of taxpayer dollars betting on a pipeline that will never be built , Alberta’s premier Jason Kenney...more)
Doug Ford silences COVID critics
Doctors are being fired for challenging the premier
The next time you hear Doug Ford or his gang moaning about “cancel culture”, keep this in mind: Dr. Brooks...more)
Review: Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century
What can the war Communism of the Russian revolution teach us about how to stop COVID?
As the pandemic spread in early 2020, many countries reacted quickly and trillions have been spent on relief efforts. Overnight...more)
Solidarity with Inuit blockade at Baffinland Iron Mine
Pond Inlet protest in solidarity with hunters' blockade
"The transportation of iron ore has been halted."
On the night of February 5, hunters from Pond Inlet and Arctic Bay, Nunavut, set up a blockade to protest...more)
Stopping the growth of the far right: Labour must be there
How we beat the fascists
As Fred Hampton, the Black Panther leader who was murdered by the US government in 1969 said, “Nothing is more...more)
Review of "Dead Epidemiologists” by Rob Wallace
New book highlights the origins of viruses like Covid-19
As we find ourselves once again locked down because public health measures taken by our governments were too inadequate and...more)
Islamophobia and Capitalism
Capitalism needs islamophobia - we need to end capitalism
January 29, 2021 marks the 4 year anniversary of the barbaric attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City...more)
Golf dumps Trump, sort of
Trump and Mickelson - two white-collar criminals
In golf as in life he is a professional cheater
At the 11 th hour of the very last day of his presidency, Donald J. Trump used the power of...more)
COVID 19: Race, Class, Nationality and A People’s Vaccine
COVID 19: Race, Class, Nationality and A People’s Vaccine Speakers: Baba Aye , Health and Social Sector Officer of PSI...more)
Jason Kenney slides into oily frenzy
Kenney's oil gamble is a big loss for Alberta
If the election of Joe Biden does nothing else, it has revealed Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to be unhinged. Among...more)
The Egyptian Revolution | 10 years later | must reads and anniversary events
What lessons can we learn from the mass uprising in 2011
Ten years ago, on January 25, 2011, there was a call for demonstrations in Egypt to protest police brutality and...more)
Tories whitewash their white supremacy streak
Bigot, without apology
When Tory MP Derek Sloan ran for leadership of his party, he coined the slogan “Conservative. Without Apology.” His platform...more)
Bill C-15: UNDRIP as cover for ongoing colonialism
Trudeau's bill is a smokescreen
Last February an unprecedented movement of Indigenous land defenders, along with Indigenous and settler allies, blocked rails, ports and roadways...more)
Teacher solidarity fighting for a safe school reopening
From the front lines: Elementary teacher speaks out!
Jen Reid is a Grade 3 teacher in the Halton District School Board and a member of the Elementary Teachers...more)
Paid Sick Days Now!
The Tories took away paid sick days but workers are fighting back.
Most manufacturing plants in Ontario do not have paid sick days and workplace spread of Covid 19 is growing significantly...more)
NDP Heading Down A Precarious Path
Call to ban Proud Boys just puts more repressive tools in the hands of a racist state
Socialist Worker spoke to Sid Ryan, Former President of the Ontario Federation of Labour about the NDP's move to ban...more)
It's capitalism, not overpopulation, that's driving ecological destruction
Arguments about overpopulation are building racist and right wing ideas
An article in the Guardian on January 13th called attention to a new report titled, "Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding...more)
Community and workers join to fight toxic racism in construction
Inside the campaign for racial justice after nooses found on construction sites
On June 10th, a noose was found attached to the equipment of a worker of African descent on the Michael...more)
Jan 6, 2021: The roots behind the rage
The roots of Trumpists rage
As of 2016, more than 20 million Americans lived in so-called mobile homes. (The comparable number of Canadians is around...more)
Don’t count on Dems to confront threat of far-right
US Capitol chaos a result of capitalist crisis
The storming of the US Capitol building by Trump inspired right-wing mobs was a predictable outcome of a political polarization...more)
Tories turn their backs on Long Term Care
"Not one home has been fined, not one license has been revoked; there are no consequences!”
“What we are seeing is worse than anything I have ever seen in the homes,” said Natalie Mehra of the...more)
Review: Bruce Springsteen’s - Letter to you
Springsteen's latest album a lament for loss and a call for a better world
“I’m in the middle of a 45-year conversation with these men and women I’m surrounded by and with some of...more)
2020: Trump and the aliens among us
Hidden amidst the gloom and doom stories from 2020–certainly the gloomiest and doomiest year of my existence–was one glorious, bright...more)
Liberals' false Climate Plan
Far from a clean energy transition, plan locks us in to rmost carbon intensive fossil fuels on the planet
The Liberal Climate Plan released in November to much fanfare from sections of the mainstream media sets forward a plan...more)

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