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Throughout Barcelona there are posters with the outlines of faces with a red streak over the mouth above the word...more)
The Tories under Sheer are continuing Harper's tradition of attacking choice, appointing bigot Rachael Harder
Any idea that new Tory leader Andrew Scheer would steer a more moderate course toward election was put to rest...more)
With a strike mandate and organizing drive, unionized and non-unionized college workers are fighting austerity
Faculty in Ontario’s 24 colleges reach two critical junctures in the coming week that will impact faculty jobs and student...more)
While you might feel the Bern reading his political issues, it cools off in the second half policy discussion
When I share with others that I’ve read Our Revolution: A Future To Believe In by Bernie Sanders, I can...more)
Fight for $15 campaigner and author shares lessons from the struggle
Kevin Brice-Lall interviewed Jonathan Rosenblum, author of Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists and the Revival of the Labor Movement...more)
Beyak epitomizes Tory racism, but Trudeau is better only in rhetoric
In April 2017 we reported on Tory Senator Lynn Beyak’s remarks in the Senate where she claimed that residential schools...more)
Kaepernick struggle is part of a larger fight happening in the United States around police violence and racism
Last year, in the midst of Black Lives Matter protests against police officers killing African American youth and facing no...more)
Challenging colonial statues does not erase history, it illuminates the past so we can build a better future
The old saying that history is written by the victors is made evident in the monuments that adorn—or rather, that...more)
The latest 'natural disasters' show the urgency of system change to stop climate change
In the Florida Keys town of Marathon, as the sea drained away from the bay, a woman screamed from her...more)
Anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist working class struggles are the only solutions to nuclear sabre-rattling
Members of Workers' Solidarity, Socialist Worker's sister newspaper in South Korea, spoke about what's behind the nuclear tensions—and how the...more)
Injured workers are demanding dignity, respect and compensation for their injuries
For years now, injured workers and frontline advocates have been sounding the alarm that Ontario’s Workplace Safety & Insurance Board...more)
The strike, and the support from students, helped Muslim workers challenge workplace racism
Alia Karim interviewed Malka Paracha, a Muslim worker and trade union activist at York University, about overcoming Islamophobia in her...more)
With a business backlash and a vacillating government, the $15 for $15 needs a concerted push forward
Since Bill 148, the Fair Wages, Better Workplaces Act , was first announced in May, there has been an intense...more)
Canada welcomed Civil War racists but is blocking Haitians
On August 15, in the aftermath of the Charlottesville protests over the removal of the monument to Confederate general Robert...more)
The film draws attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women, but doesn't let them tell their own stories
First the good things about Taylor Sheridan's new movie "Wind River", which he directs and for which he wrote the...more)
With Trudeau joining Trump to continue NAFTA, it is up to workers solidarity across borders to defend labour and environmental standards
Canada, Mexico and the US are doing mutual back patting as the new North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations...more)
Joel Harden hopes to bring social movements into the ONDP
Joel Harden is a long time economic, labour, and social justice activist, as well as a former member of the...more)
NDP leadership candidate in a wide ranging interview on building the fight against the Liberals
Guy Caron is an NDP member of Parliament representing Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques in southeastern Quebec. Caron is currently running to be...more)
Toronto airport workers need solidarity to defeat diabolical employer
On August 23, the more than 700 members of Teamsters Local 419 voted over 98% to reject the latest contract...more)
Malm’s analysis proves that the roots of the fossil fuel economy leading to today’s climate crisis undoubtedly lie in the reorganization of labour for capitalist interests.
A review of Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming (Verso, 2015) by Andreas...more)
All out for the Toronto Disability Pride March on Saturday September 23
It’s that time of year again, disabled and mad folks are taking to the streets of Toronto to remind the...more)
Organized labour is joining the fight against racism
Charlottesville had made the decision to remove a Confederate statue and brought on the wrath of the white supremacist movement...more)
Sarah Jaffe talks about the need for political journalism
Sarah Jaffe is a fellow at the Nation Institute and a journalist reporting on labour and political movements in the...more)
A great book on the need to make the fight for climate justice a fight for socialism
A Redder Shade of Green: Intersection of Science and Socialism By Ian Angus Review by Valerie Lannon At 179 pages,...more)
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