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The AGO has profited off displaying progressive artists, but is imposing concessions on its workers

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) workers, OPSEU local 535, are fighting concessions: two- tier wages, benefits cuts, forced overtime, aggressive...more)

Ontario Liberals back down from merging social assistance programs

The Liberals's austerity-driven merger of OW and ODSP has been stopped, for now

In capitalism, it is better to make the poor feed each other than have the rich spend a little more...more)

Rwanda and the myth of non-intervention

The Rwandan genocide was the result of Western intervention, not its absence

April to July marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which is repeatedly invoked to justify Western intervention. But...more)

Wet'suwet'en vow to keep all pipelines off their land

The camp helps resist the proposed pipelines and re-stake their ancestral connection to the land

In 2010, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en people established a “soft blockade” over their territory demanding free, prior, and...more)

Workers fight low wages and precarious employment

The fight for $14/hr continues

On April 14, a crowd of about 175 people marched in downtown Toronto to demand a $14-an-hour minimum wage and...more)

Missing and murdered Aboriginal women: when will there be justice?

Violence against Indigenous women is rooted in colonization, poverty, racism and sexism

For many, the tragedy of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls first became prominent with the media coverage of...more)

Quebec election: la lutte continue

The PQ was defeated and QS made gains that can help to fight the Liberals

The results are in: Québec solidaire (QS) won a third seat in the National Assembly, and the party garnered 7.5...more)

RIP people killed by Flaherty's policies

Mourn the victims of austerity, and organize to stop it

Former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty died an early death at 64, causing the business community, the Tories and Liberals—but...more)

Save home mail delivery: save our public postal service

A town hall meeting in Ottawa built opposition to the privatization of Canada Post

On April 9, the Hintonburg Community Centre in Ottawa welcomed residents of the municipal ward of Kitchissippi to a Town...more)

Sowing dissent

Annabel Soutar's play explores profit-driven science and its impact on farmers

The last decade has seen the flourishing of "verbatim theatre," a style of documentary theatre that uses court transcripts, interviews,...more)

Interview: how NL students defeated loans and won grants

A united students movement has made Newfoundland and Labrador the first to replace loans with grants

After keeping tuition frozen for 15 years, a united student movement has made Newfoundland and Labrador the first province to...more)

Unfair elections: their democracy and ours

We need to link defence of Parliamentary democracy with building an alternative outside Parliament

Since Harper’s Tories came to power, their disdain for democracy has been a running theme. From the 2009 prorogation of...more)

Organizing against Hudak's attack

Hundreds attended a meeting of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council to challenge Hudak

On Thursday, March 6th, the Toronto and York Region Labour Council set aside the normal agenda for the monthly meeting...more)

Harper's war on democracy

Stephen Harper is waging war on elections and also broader mechanisms of democratic engagement.

Stephen Harper is waging war on elections and also broader mechanisms of democratic engagement. Harper has interfered in elections—violating election...more)

System Change not Climate Change

Get your copy of the new climate justice pamphlet

How do we win a world of climate justice? Stopping climate catastrophe and winning a world of climate justice is...more)

The Paris Commune: revolution in democracy

The Paris Commune showed that the 99% can run society democratically

We're in the middle of the anniversary of the Paris Commune, which lasted from March 18 to May 28, 1871,...more)

Ukraine and inter-imperial rivalry

The West and Russia are competing over Ukraine, and Canada is escalating tensions

The new government of Ukraine is completely incapable of meeting the needs of the people who were involved in the...more)

Qatar World Cup a death trap for migrant workers

The Western-backed dictatorship is working migrants to death

The death toll for migrant workers preparing for the 2022 World Cup is staggering. More than 400 Nepalese workers in...more)

Toronto: how can the election of new mayor make a better city?

Can the election strengthen movements, that will need to continue regardless who is elected?

Toronto mayor Rob Ford won a landslide election four years ago, but now faces a half-dozen right-wing challengers—while Olivia Chow...more)

ONDP: WTF?

The Ontario NDP rejected a $14 minimum wage and have supported austerity budgets

In the aftermath of defeating the Tories in Niagara, which forced an about face by Hudak on “right to work,”...more)

Their democracy vs ours

Real democracy means workers' control of production

When we look at the so-called democratic societies we live in today, what does this democracy mean? For most of...more)

French fascists make gains in election as voters punish Francois Hollande

The French nazi party is taking advantage of the crisis of social democracy

The fascist Front National (FN) achieved its best ever results in a first round of France’s local elections last weekend...more)

Powershift conference builds climate justice

This weekend's Powershift conference will bring together the movement for climate justice

On March 28-31, hundreds of youth will join the Powershift Atlantic conference in Halifax/K'jipuktuk, Mi'kmaqi Territory, to build the climate...more)

Solidarity against repression in Egypt