The dangerous rise of Pierre Poilievre
The politics of Pierre Poilievre are a very major threat but they are also a symptom of societal crisis and the lack of a fighting response on the left. Poilievre won’t wait for the next election to start spreading his poison.
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I can’t work if I can’t breathe: why Labour must support Black Lives Matter
The police killing of George Floyd early in the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted two forms of anti-Black racism: police brutality in the streets, and the lack…
Demanding justice for Grassy Narrow
Indigenous youth and leaders from Grassy Narrows First Nation (in northwestern Ontario) travelled 1,700 km to speak at a rally outside the legislature at Queen’s…
B’nai Brith’s lawsuit attacks campus free speech, student democracy
On Wednesday B’nai Brith announced a lawsuit against McGill University, Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) and student group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). …
Uber’s “innovation” is a cutthroat war on workers’ rights
Last month, a former lobbyist for transportation company Uber leaked over 124,000 confidential documents to the Guardian that reveal the lengths to which the company…
WIPB extension shows the need for 10 permanent paid sick days
In the middle of the seventh wave and under pressure from the decent work movement, the Ford government announced another extension of the Worker Income Protection Benefit (WIPB). But by simply extending the deadline without adding paid sick days, the government is diluting paid sick days until they finally cut them again. But if the movement can force the government to provide temporary and inadequate paid sick days, it can also make them permanent and adequate.
How to be a socialist organizer
Being a socialist organizer means building the confidence, capacity and leadership in those around you to engage in struggle. It means being a militant where you are at.
How the CIA sabotaged African independence
White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams (Public Affairs, 2021) There is no denying that many countries in Africa…
Repressing the homeless in the Halifax region
The politics of housing is a struggle between the rich and the rest of us
Ford raises the rent, after freezing wages
The Ford government allowing landlords to raise rent by 2.5 percent when tenants are continuing to struggle sends a clear message about the ruling class’s priorities: profit over all else.
