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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Doug Ford is privatizing education at the expense of teachers, students, and taxpayers
Many of Ontario’s teachers started the school year underfunded, with no contract, and potentially with no supplies. We must continue to support educators and education workers in Ontario, as their fight is our fight, and if they win, we win.
Join parents’ fight for better public education
As education workers, students, parents and other community members in Ontario battle Doug Ford for a better education system, alliances are forming or expanding to…
Canadian nationalism won’t save us from Trump’s aggression; working class struggle will
The outbreak of multiple regional wars, the global increase in military spending, and the fractious trade wars in response to Trump’s tariffs are all signs…
Building mass movements: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and lessons from Black Lives Matter
The recent backtracking by prominent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) politicians, most notably Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani, on the call to defund the police…
RESOURCES: Support Ontario education workers!
255,000 education workers across Ontario are currently in collective bargaining with the provincial government, with a mass strike potentially looming in the future. Since 2018,…
Christopher Nolan highlights the power and limits of Enlightenment
At first blush, The Odyssey and Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s back-to-back smash hits, could not seem more different. The former stands on the cusp of history…
International solidarity works: Hossam el-Hamalawy wins entry to Canada
In the morning of August 31, Egyptian journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy received an email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), informing him that it had…
Thousands across Ontario protest Doug Ford in support of public education
On August 29, another round of “Fight Ford” protests took place across Ontario. These protests have been taking place monthly since February in response to…
When teachers defied the law
In 2022, education workers represented by the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (CUPE-OSBCU) forced Doug Ford and Ontario Education Minister Lecce to withdraw Bill…
