Education workers can create political crisis for Doug Ford
Education is a weak point for Ford and his government, and is a potential place where he can be defeated. That requires the unions to stay united and the for the existing public support for education workers to be organized.
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Keep Water Public: The quiet corporatization of Ontario’s water
Ontario’s publicly managed water and wastewater systems are good examples of public systems that have learned from the failures of privatization and have been amended…
Lessons from the London International Conference Against War
On Saturday, June 20, over 3,000 people from across Europe and around the world gathered in Central Hall Westminster in London, UK for the International…
Spring Radio: Why organized labour is the key to fighting back (feat. Ayesha Jabbar and Dave Bush)
In this four part mini-series, Spring Radio takes a closer look organized labour. The series dives into the rank-and-file strategy, the history of the labour…
Centring equity in the fight for socialism: A hard lesson from the Human Rights Commission
As recently as 2025, human rights advocate and President of Black Class Action Secretariat (BCAS) Nicholas Marcus Thompson (pictured above, centre) has been publicly discussing…
Corruption, the courts, and the French Presidency: Marine Le Pen declares for 2027
The far-right leader of the National Rally (RN) in France, Marine Le Pen, among the favorites to win next year’s presidential election, has been convicted…
Review: Understanding the counter-revolution in Egypt
Counter-revolution in Egypt: Sisi’s New Republic by Hossam el-Hamalawy (Verso, 2026). “Engels elucidates the concept of the ‘power’ which is called the state…What does this…
BC nurses kick off strike with VGH solidarity picket
Striking nurses held a mass solidarity picket on July 7 at Vancouver General Hospital. Hundreds of nurses attended, some still wearing their scrubs from a…
Despite what Doug Ford thinks, social services are Worth Fighting For
Over 4,000 workers in Ontario’s social services organized with OPSEU are either on strike or locked out in a province-wide fight for better wages, backpay…
Don’t shed a tear for Keir: How Labour botched their big chance and what comes next
It was a big week in British politics. On June 18, Mayor of Manchester and Labour candidate Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election on a…
