Riding high on the AI bubble
Money for child care and hospitals will deliver far more positive economic and social impacts than handing out cash to private companies for yet more data centres. But for now, Carney is committing to blowing public money into the private AI bubble regardless of the potential long-term impact on workers and the economy.
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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…
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Review: Understanding the counter-revolution in Egypt
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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…
“Rifle, machine gun, the people will not be silenced”: General strike and protests in Bolivia
Austerity and neoliberalism have pushed workers across Bolivia into an indefinite general strike, with miners, teachers, and transport workers, alongside social movement groups (primarily Indigenous),…
AI for no one: Stop the Vancouver data centres from being built
Federal and provincial ministries have announced plans for two AI data centres in Vancouver: Downtown and Mount Pleasant, two major sites of tenant activism, Indigenous…
