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Should the left still vote for the ONDP?
the left should base its strategy – including how to vote – on what will strengthen the labour and social movements beyond the election
Two weeks into the provincial election, anger continues to build at the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP). With each passing...more)
Harris to Hudak: back to the future?
We need to vote for the only party connected to the labour movement, and build the struggle to stop Hudak
Listening to Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak promise to decimate public sector jobs and services brings to mind an earlier...more)
UP! Raising minimum wage and defeating Hudak's anti-union agenda
The $14 minimum wage campaign offers a unique opportunity for union and non-union workers to come together
On Wednesday, May 14, Ontario's Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage used the provincial election to re-assert the demand for...more)
Anger after Egyptian court jails leading revolutionary socialist Mahienour El-Massry
After attacking the Muslim Brotherhood, the military regime is focusing on the left and revolutionaries
A court in Alexandria has jailed leading Revolutionary Socialist Mahienour el-Massry for two years and fined her over £4,000. She...more)
After the Turkey mine disaster: the Prime Minister must go
This was not an accident, but mass murder
Murder was committed in Soma by the government and the bosses. This was not an accident, but mass murder, committed...more)
Capitalism's bad sports
Racism in sports reflects the racism capitalism depends on to divide and rule
Well, we can sleep better tonight. The mega-profits of professional major league sports have been defended. Donald Sterling, billionaire owner...more)
Review: The Winter We Danced
This new book documents the inspiring first year of Idle No More
Manitoba’s Kino-nda-niimi Collective has created an invaluable resource with the recently-published book, The Winter We Danced (ARP books, Winnipeg). This...more)
Poverty in Nigeria fuels Boko Haram—and force will not stop it
Boko Haram feeds on rising levels of poverty and inequality imposed by the Western-backed state
Baba Aye of the Socialist Workers League in Nigeria explains the roots of the Islamist group Boko Haram and says...more)
CLC Convention raises expectations, now fight to save Canada Post
We need to translate the enthusiasm from the CLC convention into the fightback against austerity
The election of Hassan Yussuff as president of the Canadian Labour Congress has breathed a sense of excitement into the...more)
Oil company negligence to blame for spill, yet again
Plains Midstream Canada
Plains Midstream Canada spilled nearly half a million litres of oil into the Red Deer River
Plains Midstream Canada (PMC) is responsible for releasing close to half a million litres of crude oil into the Red...more)
Fighting for reproductive justice in the Spanish State
Economic crisis is bringing attacks on abortion, but there is growing resistance
In the context of economic crisis, the Spanish State is attacking abortion rights. But there are growing movements against austerity...more)
Iraqis vote in parliamentary elections
Despite violence created by US intervention, millions of Iraqis voted
Millions of Iraqis bravely challenged the bomb attacks and voted in their first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of US...more)
Interview: Secret Trial 5
Interview with Sophie Harkat about the new film challenging "security certificates"
Chantal Sundaram interviews Sophie Harkat about a must-see film The Secret Trial 5 , an important new film about civil...more)
CLC election: vote left, but keep building at the base
A left leader can open up space to build rank-and-file networks
Hassan Husseini's decision to run for president of the Canadian Labour Congress has produced a lot of positive debate and...more)
Statement by the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists on the presidential elections
The presidential elections express the dilemma of the Egyptian Revolution
Against el-Sisi, leader of the counter-revolution All the institutions of the state are mobilising behind Abdel Fatah el-Sisi—from the army,...more)
From New Brunswick to BC: Fracking is back
If fracking returns, so will resistance
US-based SWN Resources is heading back to New Brunswick to drill four test wells, a precursor to introducing fracking to...more)
Yinka Dene Alliance send formal notice to Harper: No oil pipeline on their land.
The Yinka Dene Alliance has presented its formal reasons to the Canadian government for refusing to allow the Enbridge oil pipeline on their lands.
The First Nations of the Yinka Dene Alliance summoned representatives of the Canadian government to Nak'azdli, British Columbia, to hear...more)
Liberals put profit before food
BC Liberals proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve will make it easier for resource companies to ruin agricultural land for short term profits.
At the end of March the BC Liberals introduced the first reading of Bill 24 , which will change how...more)
Steelworkers protest shareholders’ meeting
Solidarity across borders for Crown workers
On Wednesday April 17, approximately 50 Toronto Steelworkers gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Four Seasons Hotel in...more)
Interview: Hassan Husseini and the Canadian Labour Congress
Hassan Husseini is running a campaign based on building a fighting labour movement
For the first time in nine years the leadership for the Canadian Labour Congress , the umbrella organization for over...more)
South Africa 20 years after apartheid
Apartheid was overthrown, but capitalism remains
On April 27, 1994 South Africa held its first democratic election, marking the victory over apartheid. But 20 years later...more)
BDS momentum grows
Support for BDS is spreading across Canada and around the world
The non-violent movement known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiated by Palestinian civil society in 2005—which calls upon the...more)
Rallies across Canada demand equal abortion access for women in New Brunswick
"Free abortion on demand, from BC to Newfoundland!"
More than 150 supporters showed up for an emergency rally at Dundas Square in Toronto on April 17 as part...more)
Art gallery workers against austerity
The AGO has profited off displaying progressive artists, but is imposing concessions on its workers
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) workers, OPSEU local 535, are fighting concessions: two- tier wages, benefits cuts, forced overtime, aggressive...more)
Ontario Liberals back down from merging social assistance programs
The Liberals's austerity-driven merger of OW and ODSP has been stopped, for now
In capitalism, it is better to make the poor feed each other than have the rich spend a little more...more)

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