The suicide crisis in Attawapiskat and the inaction by government are both symptoms of ongoing colonialism
On April 9, Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency. There had been reports of eleven suicide attempts in...more)
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BC Liberals want to waste $3.5 billion to expand tankers, traffic and tolls instead of public transit
Soon after returning from the Paris Climate talks, BC Premier Christy Clark announced that her government was planning a big...more)
The Black Panthers build a revolutionary organization against racism
Fifty years ago, in West Oakland, two college classmates took action against the poverty, inequality and police brutality that they...more)
Debates on physician-assisted death must also challenge the oppression of people with disabilities
The right to choose when and how we die, on its surface, may seem like something the government has no...more)
Rather than run a provincial NDP, people should support the existing left-wing alternative in Quebec
Ten years ago, people in Quebec who want a better world—to eradicate poverty, environmental destruction, sexism, racism, homophobia, the oppression...more)
Economic crisis and cracks in the state have opened the door for the return of protest
In Egypt something very important has been changing in the last few months. And the pace of change is accelerating...more)
Clara Zetkin fused women's liberation with worker's struggles
Clara Zetkin was a prominent feminist revolutionary leader, closely linked to the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the late...more)
Canada has created tax havens for the 1% while denying a haven for refugees
The leak of the Panama Papers have not only exposed specific greedy individuals, but the general way in which capitalism...more)
The NDP can rebuild itself and support the movements by embracing the Leap Manifesto
In the lead up to the party’s convention, April 8-10 in Edmonton, more than a dozen riding associations have sent...more)
Brad Wall is continuing Harper's agenda, but will the provincial NDP repeat the federal NDP's campaign mistakes?
While Harper is gone, his provincial equivalent continues to rule Saskatchewan. With Saskatchewan’s provincial election on April 4, Brad Wall...more)
Activists hosted a vigil outside the Premier's home, and went to City Hall and the mayor's office
After nearly two weeks of an unprecedented tent city occupation outside Toronto police headquarters, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto...more)
Tell the Trudeau government to stop Harper's policies of deporting people to torture
UN Convention refugee Mohamed Harkat, one of the Secret Trial Five arrested under Canada’s unjust Security Certificate process, continues to...more)
Indigenous activists are being murdered in Honduras to gain access to their land
Berta Cáceres a founding member of National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and Nelson Garcia another...more)
Trump is a bigoted billionaire running for a mainstream capitalist party, not organizing paramilitary street fighters
Is Donald Trump a fascist? This is a question I’ve heard quite frequently lately. As he continues to cruise towards...more)
The Common Front showed the potential of workers action, even if all the gains weren't realized
The Common Front of half a million Quebec public sector workers that coordinated negotiations and general strikes between health, education...more)
James Connolly fused national liberation, women's liberation and workers' struggles
The Easter Rising of 1916 fused together national liberation, women’s liberation and workers’ struggles, as can be seen from the...more)
By refusing to tax corporations, Trudeau is using an artificial deficit to falsely claim he is spending lavishly on First Nations and the environment
While the Conservatives and corporate press is trying to create anxiety about the federal government’s financial deficit, the much bigger...more)
The BC Supreme Court issued an injunction to allow BC Hydro to remove protesters from the Site C construction site.
Despite appeals to Prime Minister Trudeau and to BC Premier Christy Clark to respect Indigenous rights and the needs of...more)
The tent city continues to challenge police killings and the city's cutting of Afrofest
On March 21, Toronto police turned the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its head, violently attacking...more)
March 19 was an international day of action against war and racism
On Saturday March 19th, approximately 100 people joined a picket on the sidewalk outside Liberal MP Christia Freeland's office near...more)
The media blame gangs to distract from capitalist policies that fuel violence
We drove out of San Salvador admiring the beauty of the sun rising over the mountains. The driver, Ponce, and...more)
Uber shines on light on how capitalism thrives, and how it provokes opposition
If Bill Gates and Ayn Rand had a baby they would have named it Uber. I think Uber is the...more)
The Liberals are a party of war
The Canadian media are enamored with the new Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. He has been variously described as a “badass”...more)
While Trudeau met to discuss a climate strategy, activists called for real change
On March 3, Prime Minister Trudeau met with provincial and territorial leaders at the Vancouver Convention Centre to begin to...more)
The surge in support for Sanders shows a desire for an alternative
It has been fascinating watching the Sanders phenomenon in the United States. Hillary Clinton took 75 per cent of the...more)
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