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With Brexit and the rise of Trump some see the year 2016 as a year of reaction and bigotry, but...more)
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Road tolls have rallied some on the left to counterpose workers and the environment
When Toronto Mayor John Tory proposed tolls for the two main commuter arteries leading into Toronto, the Don Valley Parkway...more)
Trump is a symptom of right-wing polarization in response to the failed neoliberal era, but there's a left-wing polarization as well
"This is how fascism comes to America, not with jackboots and salutes (although there have been salutes, and a whiff...more)
The TCBN has a won a commitment to provide green jobs to historically disadvantaged communities
In 2008 during financial crisis, which saw the loss of hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in Canada and Quebec,...more)
Castro inspired resistance to imperialism, but did not create a vision for socialism
He was, by any standards, a giant of a man. In his frail late years his presence still resonated across...more)
The fight for $15 is building multiracial working class resistance
What was true before the US election, and is even truer today, is that if we want to win we...more)
Protests have forced the president's resignation and will need to continue to push for change
Around one million people took to the streets of South Korea last Saturday to demand president Park Geun-hye resign immediately...more)
Pipelines can be stopped, Indigenous peoples are leading the way, a just transition is possible...
Near the plains where Sitting Bull defeated the army of George Custer, Indigenous communities resisted police brutality, media silence and...more)
This film is a wonderful antidote to Trump America
Moonlight, the second film by director Barry Jenkins, could be described as a coming of age film about a young...more)
Springsteen reflects working class experience
Bruce Springsteen's recently published memoir Born to Run is a book that, while you're reading it, feels a little bit...more)
Apparently "real change" means new jets, new free trade deals, more pipelines and more austerity
Just over a year after his government’s election, the glow has faded from Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. While the leader is...more)
We need green jobs, not pipelines
Yesterday afternoon Justin Trudeau held British Columbia at the edge of their seats. It was time for the long-awaited and...more)
Islam is not the enemy, war is not the answer
Around 80 people gathered at the Université du Québec en Outaouais in Hull on November 17 at a very diverse...more)
Three separate events tested politics and tactics
Working and oppressed people around the world will feel the backlash of Trump’s election; this is not an event isolated...more)
Toronto's mayor has a plan to preserve low taxes for the rich
Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced a plan to implement road tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway...more)
No consent, no pipeline!
In what many are describing as the largest demonstration in Vancouver since 2003's anti-war protests, more than 5,000 people rallied...more)
Protests against the burial of ex-dictator Marcos have encouraged opposition to the new president Duterte
Since the elections in May, the Philippines has seen a growing and popular authoritarianism. Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte—who has been called...more)
Join the Clyde River and Chippewas of the Thames First Nation at the Supreme Court November 30
On November 30, 2016, the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTTFN) will have its hearing with the Supreme Court...more)
The leadership of the autoworkers have passed a shameful deal, but not without rank and file resistance
The narrow 55 per cent acceptance of the new contract by Ford Canada employees, brought to end the third round...more)
Lenin wrote extensively on how to use elections and parliament to build a movement for revolution
Review: Lenin’s Electoral Strategy From Marx and Engels Through the Revolution of 1905 , and Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907...more)
The AFL-CIO officially supports the pipeline, but increasing unions and labour activists are supporting Standing Rock
Over five thousand people rallied at Queens Park recently and marched to the US consulate in solidarity with the Standing...more)
Activists are challenging the Duterte regime's honouring of the former dictator Marcos
Women and worker activists held a noise barrage in Quezon City to express their outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision...more)
Remembrance day: brought to you by socialist revolutoin
We’re told every November 11 to remember wars with national pride. Everyone, including each and every unknowing child, is expected...more)
Sit-ins across the country are building momentum for the November 19 rally
At 10am on November 4, a dozen young people staged a sit-in at the constituency office of Liberal Minister of...more)
Trump spoke to the bitter experience of austerity
And so the horror that was the 2016 election reached its conclusion. The two worst candidates in electoral history duked...more)
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