The Komagata Maru shows the racism of the Canadian state but also the potential for resistance and solidarity
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru’s arrival in Vancouver, which sparked a challenge to anti-migrant racism in...more)
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Harper is joining NATO's inter-imperial rivalry with Russia
The situation in Ukraine is getting more complicated as opposed imperialist powers on each side of the eastern European nation...more)
the left should base its strategy – including how to vote – on what will strengthen the labour and social movements beyond the election
Two weeks into the provincial election, anger continues to build at the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP). With each passing...more)
We need to vote for the only party connected to the labour movement, and build the struggle to stop Hudak
Listening to Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak promise to decimate public sector jobs and services brings to mind an earlier...more)
The $14 minimum wage campaign offers a unique opportunity for union and non-union workers to come together
On Wednesday, May 14, Ontario's Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage used the provincial election to re-assert the demand for...more)
After attacking the Muslim Brotherhood, the military regime is focusing on the left and revolutionaries
A court in Alexandria has jailed leading Revolutionary Socialist Mahienour el-Massry for two years and fined her over £4,000. She...more)
This was not an accident, but mass murder
Murder was committed in Soma by the government and the bosses. This was not an accident, but mass murder, committed...more)
Racism in sports reflects the racism capitalism depends on to divide and rule
Well, we can sleep better tonight. The mega-profits of professional major league sports have been defended. Donald Sterling, billionaire owner...more)
This new book documents the inspiring first year of Idle No More
Manitoba’s Kino-nda-niimi Collective has created an invaluable resource with the recently-published book, The Winter We Danced (ARP books, Winnipeg). This...more)
Boko Haram feeds on rising levels of poverty and inequality imposed by the Western-backed state
Baba Aye of the Socialist Workers League in Nigeria explains the roots of the Islamist group Boko Haram and says...more)
We need to translate the enthusiasm from the CLC convention into the fightback against austerity
The election of Hassan Yussuff as president of the Canadian Labour Congress has breathed a sense of excitement into the...more)
Plains Midstream Canada spilled nearly half a million litres of oil into the Red Deer River
Plains Midstream Canada (PMC) is responsible for releasing close to half a million litres of crude oil into the Red...more)
Economic crisis is bringing attacks on abortion, but there is growing resistance
In the context of economic crisis, the Spanish State is attacking abortion rights. But there are growing movements against austerity...more)
Despite violence created by US intervention, millions of Iraqis voted
Millions of Iraqis bravely challenged the bomb attacks and voted in their first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of US...more)
Interview with Sophie Harkat about the new film challenging "security certificates"
Chantal Sundaram interviews Sophie Harkat about a must-see film The Secret Trial 5 , an important new film about civil...more)
A left leader can open up space to build rank-and-file networks
Hassan Husseini's decision to run for president of the Canadian Labour Congress has produced a lot of positive debate and...more)
The presidential elections express the dilemma of the Egyptian Revolution
Against el-Sisi, leader of the counter-revolution All the institutions of the state are mobilising behind Abdel Fatah el-Sisi—from the army,...more)
If fracking returns, so will resistance
US-based SWN Resources is heading back to New Brunswick to drill four test wells, a precursor to introducing fracking to...more)
The Yinka Dene Alliance has presented its formal reasons to the Canadian government for refusing to allow the Enbridge oil pipeline on their lands.
The First Nations of the Yinka Dene Alliance summoned representatives of the Canadian government to Nak'azdli, British Columbia, to hear...more)
BC Liberals proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve will make it easier for resource companies to ruin agricultural land for short term profits.
At the end of March the BC Liberals introduced the first reading of Bill 24 , which will change how...more)
Solidarity across borders for Crown workers
On Wednesday April 17, approximately 50 Toronto Steelworkers gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Four Seasons Hotel in...more)
Hassan Husseini is running a campaign based on building a fighting labour movement
For the first time in nine years the leadership for the Canadian Labour Congress , the umbrella organization for over...more)
Apartheid was overthrown, but capitalism remains
On April 27, 1994 South Africa held its first democratic election, marking the victory over apartheid. But 20 years later...more)
Support for BDS is spreading across Canada and around the world
The non-violent movement known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiated by Palestinian civil society in 2005—which calls upon the...more)
"Free abortion on demand, from BC to Newfoundland!"
More than 150 supporters showed up for an emergency rally at Dundas Square in Toronto on April 17 as part...more)
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