Harper applies the austerity agenda to prisons
A new directive from the Harper Tories clears the way for Canadian prisons to put two inmates in cells designed...more)
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February 17 was the largest single climate change protest in US history
It was surely no accident that, while as many as 50,000 protesters converged in Washington to demand an end to...more)
Socialist.ca's second interview with striking Porter Airlines workers.
Socialist.ca continues its coverage of the Porter Airlines strike with another interview with one of the striking workers. What has...more)
John Riddell's latest translation brings revolutionary practice, theory and protagonists alive
How do we challenge the capitalist offensive, imperialism, and the growth of fascism? How do we build the trade union...more)
Footage from One Billion Rising at Toronton's Nathan Phillips Square
Footage from One Billion Rising at Toronton's Nathan Phillips Squaremore)
A socialist in the civil rights movement, Rustin connected movements against racism, war and economic inequality
Which African-American activist was beaten for sitting in a white-only section of a bus in 1942, resisted WWII, pioneered the...more)
Occupy, resist, produce!
Republished from Vio.me. The workers of Vio.Me., a building materials factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, which was abandoned by its owners,...more)
Mass strikes mark the 2nd anniversary of Bahrain's ongoing revolution
Thousands of men, women and children are marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Bahrain by taking to the...more)
A new generation is rising to challenge violence against women—from Toronto, to Dublin, to Delhi.
The austerity agenda is sharpening women’s oppression, but a new generation is rising to challenge it—from Toronto, to Dublin, to...more)
February 15, 2003 was the largest mobilization in human history
Ten years ago this month , millions of people around the world were part of an unprecedented mobilization against war...more)
Revivew of a book that chronicles capitalism's massive inequality but still defends it
Plutocrats shows a clear influence from the Occupy movement and laments the rise of such intense income inequality around the...more)
With the Liberal tacking left and the NDP missing in action, we need to build a strong rank-and-file movement
Ontario Liberals met in January at the historic Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to choose a new leader. Waves of...more)
Another legal victory can help the political campaign to let war resisters stay
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney entered 2013 with momentum. Last fall he forced war resister Kim Rivera and her family out...more)
The fight for indigenous sovereignty is a struggle that concerns all of us.
How should socialists approach the question of indigenous sovereignty? At first glance, the answer seems pretty straightforward, and on a...more)
From Victoria to James Bay, the movement is continuing
Idle No More was always about more than Chief Theresa Spence’s fast. It has become the rallying banner for actions...more)
Suzanne Weiss remembers Betty Friedan's pioneering work
Fifty years ago, on February 13, 1963, the publication of Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique sparked a new awakening...more)
The fight against security certificates continues
Mohammad Mahjoub, one of three remaining Security Certificate detainees in Canada, was finally allowed to remove his tracking bracelet, after...more)
A working class stragegy was key to striking down the abortion law
We recently celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic Morgentaler Decision. A broad based movement overturned the...more)
"Together in a single movement, they could become a serious obstacle to development"
The concept of divide and rule has been around a long time, no doubt as long as human society has...more)
Second oil workers strike in two years
Workers at Libya's 220,000 barrels per day Ras Lanuf refinery have ended their strike at the end of January. Protests...more)
A look at the BDS campaign and York and the growing movement against Israeli Apartheid
For decades, Palestinians have been denied their fundamental rights to freedom, equality, and self-determination by the State of Israel. Despite...more)
Let's fight for real change for all people with disabilities regardless of income
Another election is on the horizon, and once again social assistance recipients find themselves the test subjects in an experiment...more)
Liberals cut taxes, then homes
Social assistance rates are so low that they barely cover basic needs; as a result people on assistance live in...more)
My Leaky Body is hard to put down, visceral, funny, and a very political book.
I loved this book. This is Julie's story of her discovery of her chronic disease and the ensuing battles with...more)
The social forum comes to Turtle Island
Reports are already circulating about the meeting that took place in Ottawa on January 26 and 27 to plan a...more)
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