The Tories won because Labour was too far right, not left
The general election result was a bitter blow. The rich cheered and the jubilant Tories are gearing up fast for...more)
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Austerity kills
On April 17, the community of Davenport in Toronto lost Jose Eduardo Rivera Gomez from among its poor population. It...more)
Instead of an inquiry the Tories offer statistics warped by racism
Alberta RCMP announced in April that the remains of yet another missing Indigenous woman had been found near Edmonton. Perhaps...more)
Teachers are striking for better education
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation ( OSSTF ) are currently on strike, with teachers’ autonomy and class size being two...more)
Despite government threats of fines, professors went on strike against austerity
Cégep professors in a dozen schools joined many Quebec students who went on strike on May Day , May 1...more)
The demo shows the potential for challenging Couillard
The May Day demonstration in Gatineau, with about 2000 participants, was the largest demonstration of any kind to hit the...more)
The challenge is making the Front Commun real for rank and file workers catching up with the questions students are asking.
Another "Rage Against the System: Marxism 2015" panel on “Quebec and Austerity” took the discussion further about the relationship between...more)
The rise of QS reflects movements against austerity
The conference "Rage Against the System: Marxism 2015" in Toronto on April 25 welcomed via Skype representatives of parties challenging...more)
May 1 saw more than 100 protests and strikes across Quebec, which built local struggles against austerity
Unlike English Canada, Quebec never lost the tradition of May 1 as the international day for workers’ rights (instead of...more)
The rally demands included stopping Bill C-51 and tar sands, eliminating tuition and raising the minimum wage
Working class under attack! What do we do? March in the streets of Ottawa with over 200 participants, to demonstrate...more)
The Ontario Liberals are showing their true colours, with cuts, privatization and wage freezes
A huge fight is brewing between the provincial government, teachers and the Ontario public sector. The Liberal government tried to...more)
The revolution of Rojova has resisted ISIS and imperialist powers
Worker comrades! Organizations, syndicates and trade unions of workers! With warm regards of workers from Canton of Kobanê, the Canton...more)
Kenney's lies facilitate Canada's wars in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine
Welcome to the first installment in a new occasional series starring Canada’s unloveable Warlord, Minister of Defence Jason Kenney. Unloveable...more)
Harper's policies are complicity, waging wars that drive people from their homelands, and preventing their safe welcome
“We found, literally, a floating cemetery. Bodies were everywhere. With the dinghies we had to literally slalom among the corpses,”...more)
So-called "feticide"laws punish women and pay lip service to children
This month, four decades of anti-woman, anti-abortion hysteria in the US hit a new low. Last August, an Indiana woman...more)
The Tory "balanced budget" is neither balanced nor an actual budget
The lapdogs at the Canadian Taxpayer Federation were quick to praise the Tories for having the “discipline to get back...more)
Workers have a common interest in defending each other’s ability to organize
A recent interview with American socialist Charlie Post on Jacobin questions one of the common sense ideas among many sections...more)
Global solidarity doesn't come from the nuclear industry or Crime Ministers, but through movements for peace, climate justice and equality
Harper has deported temporary workers, many from India, but welcomed Crime Minister Modi. While the official visit was to fuel...more)
Oil spill in Burrard inlet shows folly of continued reliance on fossil fuels
A ship on its way to pick up grain spilled 2,700 litres of fuel into Burrard Inlet. This is the...more)
April 15 was a global day of action, with strikes and protests to raise the minimum wage
In three separate actions today workers in Toronto rallied for $15 and fairness, which launched the campaign across Ontario as...more)
Ethan Hawke's drone pilot character shifts from cynicism to opposition
While American Sniper glorifies the Iraq War, Good Kill exposes the brutality of drone warfare from Afghanistan to Yemen. Writer/Director...more)
In the 1940s Canada scapegoated the Japanese community, now it is the Muslim community
Following Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, racism and paranoia toward the...more)
Like the People's Climate March last September, Act on Climate mobilized the 99% for climate justice
Today tens of thousands joined the Act on Climate march in Quebec city, territory of the Huron-Wendat, demanding climate justice...more)
'didn't see nobody getting born,just a lot of people dying'
Interview I did years ago with 'Rosie' Rowbottham who fought and was wounded at Vimy Ridge. "Birth of Nation?" said...more)
With a more explosive beginnning, broader goals but also more fragmentation, there's widespread debate about the strike
We are now witnessing the third strike by Quebec university and college students within 10 years. This is not a...more)
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