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Chippewas of the Thames: “This will keep us fighting!”
The Supreme Court sided with oil corporations, but that won't stop the Chippewas and their supporters
In a hugely disappointing decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTT)...more)
Kosovo and the fight for self-determination
The rise of Vetëvendosje represents a rejection of austerity and a desire for self-determination
"No negotiations!" is the calling card slogan of Kosovo's Vetëvendosje party, an anti-austerity, leftist movement that focuses on the self-determination...more)
Kinder Morgan: we still say no!
While Trudeau supports the destructive pipeline, the climate justice movement says NO
With the election of the Green-NDP provincial government in BC, climate activists across the province celebrated what they hoped would...more)
Toronto vigil for Indigenous children and youth
The Canadian state is celebrating its 150th in the midst of a suicide epidemic of Indigenous youth
Grassroots Indigenous women of Tkaronto started a vigil for Indigenous children and youth in front of INAC’s (Indigenous and Northern...more)
Climate justice: join Aamjiwnaang’s fight against Chemical Valley
Join the movement against chemical colonialism
“Stand with the community of Aamjiwnaang First Nation in their fight against environmental racism in Canada’s toxic Chemical Valley.” So...more)
BC: Liberals ousted, pressure the NDP
We need to push for $15/hr minimum wage, end to Site C dam and affordable housing
It’s been a long wait, but 51 days after the BC election, the NDP is in and the Liberals are...more)
No money for the war machine
We need money for care, not warfare
The Federal Liberal government has announced a massive increase in military spending over the next decade. They are planning to...more)
Hands off Omar Khadr
Bigots are defending the torture of a child soldier, burying the history of Harper's regime and spewing Islamophobia
Well, the fireworks may have been better than usual but other than that Canada Day 150 was pretty much a...more)
Interview: Bhaskar Sunkara on American socialism
Activist and Jacobin editor discusses the audience for socialism in the age of Trump
The following interview with Jacobin founder and editor Bhaskar Sunkara was conducted at the second annual People’s Summit in Chicago,...more)
Fight for $15 wins: how to beat the employers' counter offensive
After exploiting workers, employers are claiming that the minimum wage increase isn't fair
Within 24 hours of the historic breakthrough by the Fight for $15 & Fairness campaign , where Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal...more)
A people's history of Canada
On July 1 celebrate 150 years of resistance to the Canadian state
This year the Liberals are spending half a billion dollars on celebrating Canada’s 150th. This will have wide appeal, but...more)
Capitalism and wages
Wage increases don't affect prices/values but do reduce capitalist profits
When bosses and pundits bemoan the success of the $15 an hour minimum wage campaign here or in the US...more)
Interview: Peter Julian on running for NDP leader
NDP leadership candidate discusses the importance of UNDRIP and environmental protection
The United Steelworkers organized a debate with the five federal NDP leadership candidates in Toronto on June 22. The following...more)
NDP leadership and the fight against austerity
The NDP is committed to reforming an unreformable system, but the leadership debate can create space for movements for change
With three months left in the Federal New Democratic Party leadership race questions are being asked as to why it...more)
NDP leadership debate: movements are pushing candidates left
After Mulcair's failure in 2015, candidates are finally starting to respond to movements
The United Steelworkers hosted an NDP leadership debate at the Isabel Bader Theater in Toronto on June 22 under the...more)
Bound for Tory glory: meet Andrew Scheer
Harperism has a new poster boy
Canadians are often so transfixed by international news that domestic stories go unnoticed. As astounding/horrifying as is the unfolding Trump...more)
Sexual liberation and the Russian revolution – 100 years on
The Russian Revolution was a festival of the oppressed
It's often implied that the Marxist conception of revolution is only about overturning an economic system, capitalism, and that as...more)
Trump, the Paris Climate Accord, and climate justice
With Trump exposing the inability of the 1% to solve the climate crisis, it's up to the climate justice movement to change the world
Apparently against the efforts of some of his advisors, at the beginning of June, Trump announced that he was withdrawing...more)
Review: the anti-Trump guide
Naomi Klein's combines the insights of her previous books, and the debates they expressed
Who better than Naomi Klein to write a book about the rise of Donald Trump and how to resist? Her...more)
Report: Injured Workers’ Day rally and march
Workers harmed at the workplace are fighting for compensation
The Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups (ONIWG) held a solidarity rally and march on June 1 to mark Injured...more)
The radical history of oil workers
Oil workers have been part of resistance movements around the world, for peace, health and sustainability
Oil workers embody the contradictions of capitalism. Their labour extracts from the earth fossil fuels that are the life-blood of...more)
Electric cars are no cure for the climate crisis
Electric cars distract from mass transit and don't lower carbon emissions
Bad news: Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris agreement, one of the largest icebergs is...more)
Workers for the Leap: a great step forward
Workers for the Leap is organizing trade unionists to support just transition
The Canadian Labour Congress convention took place in Toronto in May. Thousands of trade unionists came together to assess the...more)
CLC: building for a green economy
"One million climate jobs" must move from a slogan to an on-the-ground campaign
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) held its convention in Toronto from May 7 to 12 and invited its members and...more)
Islam is not the enemy, war is not the answer
war and racism breed terrorism
After 16 years of the global war on terror the world is more dangerous and unstable than ever. The Manchester...more)

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