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Workers get layoffs while executives get bonuses

Over 1500 workers, including 1200 transit operators, have now been laid off by Translink as the public’s use of the...more

Will this crisis result in a new class consciousness?

In Canada, during a time when we now have millions not working - 4.5 million already having applied for emergency...more

This time it's personal

I am a senior. I am a lung transplant recipient reliant on medication that suppresses my immune system. As a...more

Workers are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with a new militancy

There has been widespread working class response to the pandemic that we are facing. It varies from country to country,...more

In 1932 the US Public Health Service began a study of syphilis. They chose a group of 600 Black men,...more

Kyle Hoskin is a sanitation worker in the Niagara region, and activist with CUPE 1287.

Kyle Hoskin is a sanitation worker in the Niagara region, and activist with CUPE 1287. He spoke to Socialist Worker...more

It was the liberal party that gutted healthcare and employment insurance

As the COVID-19 crisis has unfolded, Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has enjoyed a bump in the polls. Two-thirds of...more

The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MoHLTC) has issued 14 day ‘emergency orders’ to employers in Long...more

Jason Kenney’s UCP government is using the Covid-19 emergency to destroy public services in Alberta. While people are distracted by...more

Stuck inside? Here are some movies to help pass the time.

The sheer amount of information (and mis-information, if you are listening to the orange monster) on Covid 19 can be...more