The contract is neither a victory nor a sign workers will not fight. It is important to recognize the difference in the state of labour/community solidarity between 2009 and now, but this is a process that must continue as the full-blown Austerity agenda is being unleashed on workers.more
From the Occupy movement, to anti-cuts organizing, to picket line support, there are recurring debates about how to harness the power of workers in the fight against Austerity.more
From climate justice to good jobs, movements need to avoid the dead end of Canadian nationalism, which blames economic and ecological problems on Americans. The results are xenophobic slogans distracting from Canada's 1% and ignoring indigenous sovereignty.more
As a new generation of activists expresses the anger of the 99%, questions of feminism and socialism are often at the top of the agenda. Abbie Bakan traces the theoretical origins of socialist feminism.more
Derrick O'keefe's new book Michael Ignatieff: The lesser evil? sheds light on the ill-fated political life of the Liberal leader responsible for bringing Canada's longest ruling party of the elite to its knees.more
Streep's performance is worth the price of admission, but you might want to wait for the video.
Presiding over the most significant attack the UK working class has ever seen, you'd expect a movie about Thatcher to reflect that imposing silhouette, especially when the acting talent of Meryl Streep is in the mix.more
As mining giant Rio Tinto locks out 800 workers in Alma, Quebec over demands for massive concessions, there is growing solidarity across Canada and around the world.more