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Bernie Sanders: a “socialist” candidate for a corporate party
While he's running for the Democrats, his campaign is building an audience for broader change
Amidst widespread anger against inequality, racism and a climate crisis, the self-described “socialist” Bernie Sanders is running for President of...more)
Resistance follows betrayal in Greece
Syriza is pushing the austerity measures it was elected to oppose, but there's a growing split and more strikes
The glaring contradiction in Greece’s government is producing a political crisis. Left wing party Syriza was elected on an anti-austerity...more)
20 years since Gustafsen Lake
Indigenous Sundancers resisted a smear campaign, RCMP repression and the NDP in power
Twenty years ago, Indigenous Sundancers stood their ground against the RCMP’s largest operation in Canada’s history, under an NDP government...more)
Movements and elections, from Greece to Canada
Will the NDP reflect the movements for change that are driving them?
As we head into this federal election campaign there are some instructive lessons for activists and those on the left...more)
What we wear: it's a woman's right to choose
Bare With Us protests expose capitalism's obsession with controlling women's bodies
Despite several decades since the women's liberation movement first raised the notion that women should have control over our bodies...more)
Linda McQuaig is right: Leave the oil in the soil
The NDP should be a megaphone for the climate justice movement
“Oil has become the elephant in the room,” Linda McQuaig wrote in It’s the Crude, Dude: Greed, Gas, War and...more)
A $15 federal minimum wage is an election issue. Here's why.
A $15 minimum wage for federal workers would apply to 135,000 people and encourage higher wages for other workers as well
There is a growing consensus across Canada -- and indeed across North America -- that all workers deserve at least...more)
Leaders debate winner: the tar sands
Socialist.ca declares the winner of the Leaders Debate
It's the media's duty after a leadership debate to declare a winner, and here at Socialist.ca we take our duties...more)
Election 2015: how can we beat Harper?
We need to inject movement demands into the election to push the NDP to reflect them during and after the election
Harper has a clear strategy to win: use a long campaign to outspend the other parties, mobilize the Tory base...more)
Iran's nuclear deal: a hope for peace
Hardliners in the US, Israel and Iran continue to oppose the deal
After 12 years of standoff, Iran, the United States and other members of the P5+1 struck a historical deal on...more)
Interview: working against colonialism in Vancouver
An interview with Scott Clark, a Salish activist in Vancouver and Executive Director of Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement
Bradley Hughes talked to Scott Clark, a Salish activist in Vancouver, who is the Executive Director of Aboriginal Life In...more)
Reconciliation in action
ALIVE Logo by Lou-ann Ika’wega Neel
Using a place-based strategy, Aboriginals and other marginalized people in Vancouver are getting the services that colonialism has traditionally denied them
For the last five years in Vancouver, ALIVE (Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement) has been working with urban Aboriginal people...more)
Egypt: the counter-revolution and the Islamists
Those who see the Muslim Brotherhood as the main enemy in Egypt are siding with the counter-revolution
Letter by the Revolutionary Socialists The latest statement by the Revolutionary Socialists “ On terrorism and closing the nation’s rank...more)
For Indigenous nations to live, capitalism must die
This is a must-read book of Indigenous resurgence and Marxism
Twenty-five years since resistance at Kanesatake, and in the midst of Truth and Reconciliation recommendations and the ongoing Idle No...more)
Justice for Andrew Loku! Justice for Jermaine Carby!
After another police murder, join the rally tomorrow to say Black Lives Matter!
“Every single day, Black bodies in this city face violence—whether it’s carding, whether it’s surveillance, whether it’s physical violence, whether...more)
Interview: Haiti’s long struggle for freedom
Haitian socialist David Oxygène discusses the fight against imperialism and capitalism
To punish Haiti for its slave revolution and Black Republic won in 1804, imperialist powers have repeatedly invaded and occupied...more)
A world of oil and fire
There's nothing natural about forest fires and oil spills
While the west coast burns and oil spills across indigenous territories, Canada is sending fighter jets to set Iraq and...more)
Book review: Arms and the People
Revolutions need to win over the rank-and-file soldiers
With the organization of every protest, with every news story about gun control, with every instance of police repression, activists...more)
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and Hawaiian sovereignty
Though the Hawaiian singer is gone, his music continues to inspire the ongoing sovereignty movement
June 26 was the 18th anniversary of the death of Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. Though he’s best known for a...more)
Raise wages not sea levels
The billions invested in oil and gas could create thousands of good climate jobs
On July 4, 400 Vancouverites gathered on sunset beach, joining communities across Canada in a nationwide day of protest to...more)
Greek unions call strike to beat new austerity deal
Greek workers are organizing a general strike against Syriza's capitulation to austerity
Workers had an immediate response to the Greek government’s surrender to its creditors—meeting within hours to call a public sector...more)
Vancouver elementary teachers rally against school board austerity
Electing different governments and trustees won't stop austerity, we need to build teacher/parent grassroots resistance
On Monday, June 29 after school had let out for the summer, most Vancouver teachers were taking a well-deserved break...more)
Videos: March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate
Watch 10 of the speeches at the 10,000-strong climate justice march
On July 5 more than 10,000 people marched for Jobs, Justice and the Climate in Toronto. Below are videos of...more)
Greece: no to the agreement
A rejection of the austerity proposals with strenghthen the struggle in Greece and internationally
/*--> */ 1. The victory of Syriza in the Greek general election of 25 January was a victory for the...more)
Victims of capitalism
Harper's "Memorial to the victims of Communism" wastes money to rewrite history
Just about all that is worst in the Stephen Harper regime is about to be made concrete in Ottawa: the...more)

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