Socialists must build the confidence of rank-and-file workers to implement and defend the radical reforms of parties like Syriza, at the same time as fighting to go beyond the limits of reformism.more
More police is not a solution to violence, it is a major cause
Between the slaughter in Aurora, Colorado and the shooting in Toronto's east end, seemingly unexplainable gun violence has crowded everything else off the front page. But police is not the solution to violence, it is a major cause.more
In solidarity with the Algonquin Nation at Barriere Lake's struggle against logging, hundreds organized a casseroles protest in Ottawa in front of the corporate office of Resolute and then marched to Premier Charest's office.more
The latest installment of Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy makes one last desperate effort to make us care for a brooding billionaire with the emotional range of a teaspoon (to borrow Hermione's expression), in other words: Mitt Romney. The Dark Knight seems like a fantasy for the current Republican Party in more ways than its uninspiring billionaire leader.more
Protesters gathered outside the US Consulate in Toronto yesterday, demanding an end to oppression in Saudi Arabia and condemning the US government's role in backing the Al-Saud monarchy.more