On December 9 half a million workers across Quebec went on strike against austerity
On December 8, Jacques Letourneau, President of one of Quebec’s largest union federations, the CSN, said on Twitter: “Tomorrow’s general...more)
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Oppose war, racism and counter-revolution
Over recent months, people across the Middle East have been hit by an intensification of conflict in Syria and Iraq...more)
Video by labour activist Carolyn Egan on the fight for climate jobs
The past few months have seen tens of thousands march for climate justice from Quebec City, to Toronto, to Ottawa,...more)
December 9 will be a mass strike against austerity
The Quebec Common Front—which represents all the major trade union federations in Quebec, including more than 400,000 provincial government workers...more)
Add your name to the solidarity appeal
On 14 November 2015, about 100,000 people, most of them trade unionists, took to the streets of Seoul in response...more)
The second general strike in a month is challenging austerity and provoking political crisis
As Greece’s parliament debates its budget, workers held the second general strike in a month today, Thursday. Again it was...more)
Solidarity is growing for hospitality workers on strike for 8 weeks
December 2, 2015 was CUPE 3903’s Day of Solidarity with UNITE local 75. Throughout the day, 50 or so York...more)
Share the #AccessibleCanada4All campaign with your networks
On December 3rd, let’s remind Trudeau what an #AccessibleCanada4All looks like. Canada has a new government, and with that new...more)
The whole community rallied against the recent attack on the local mosque
During the night of November 14, the only mosque in the city of Peterborough was attacked. Arsons broke in and...more)
Show your support by bringing your friends out to 30 Norfinch Drive, North York
As they head into the seventh week of their strike and the weather turns cold, workers of UNITE HERE local...more)
Freedom and Necessity takes place in 1849, the year after the failed European revolutions and the subsequent backlash.
Review of Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust & Emma Bull This little bombshell has been variously described as the...more)
People in Saskatchewan rallied against Brad Wall's racist attack on refugees
Last week was a particularly disgraceful and embarrassing one for Saskatchewan politicians and public figures, who used the Paris tragedy...more)
Join the November 29 climate demonstrations!
Much of the opposition that challenged Harper was from the Indigenous-led climate justice movement. If the Liberals campaign slogan “real...more)
Fighting racism requires working class struggle, not corporate lip service to diversity
In her article in Salon.com , “Diversity is for white people: The big lie behind a well-intended word,” Ellen Berrey...more)
While Obama's rejection of Keystone was also motivated by US strategy, it was won through mobilization and adds pressure on Trudeau
Enormous praise should go out to the climate movement for putting pressure on the Obama administration to reject the Keystone...more)
Students, parents and teachers are uniting against austerity
Those who oppose austerity internationally are once again watching Quebec, with a new strike and protest movement unfolding this fall...more)
Students organized a sit-in to support their faculty
November 2, Nipissing university faculty in North Bay went on their first ever strike. The issues are fair compensation, meaningful...more)
Those who died in Paris are themselves further victims of Western-backed wars and the reaction against them.
The appalling killings in Paris are horrific. Our sympathy is with the victims and their families and friends. But we...more)
Despite workers' resistance, trade union leaders settled for concessions,
After almost a year of bargaining, 34,000 OPSEU members who work directly for the government of Ontario ratified two contacts...more)
While the military tried to glorify past and present wars, the anti-war and anti-austerity movements took to the streets
November 11 doesn’t offer much to remember for Quebec. The famous “Vandoos,” the all-francophone 22nd regiment, was formed as a...more)
Capitalism concentrates human waste, depleting the soil and polluting rivers
Less than a week into a mandate for real change, the federal Liberal Environment Minister granted permission for Montreal to...more)
To build unity against capitalism we need to fight every form of oppression
Theoretically, at least, it seems like the answer to this question might be no. The driving impetus underlying capitalism as...more)
The latest attack on a hospital in Afghanistan, and its justifications, gives a glimpse into years of US war crimes
A year ago US President Barack Obama announced that “our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war...more)
Wear a white poppy to remember the war resisters and revolutions that ended WWI, and to continue movements for peace and justice
Justin Trudeau’s first large public event will be Remembrance Day, and the politics that dominate that day match well with...more)
Following mass workers demonstrations last month, tens of thousands of students took to the streets
On November 5, ASSÉ, the main student union behind Quebec’s “ Maple Spring ,”held a Quebec-wide student walkout and rally...more)
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