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June 2, 2022 
Don’t be fooled by Ford 
Do you remember the Berenstain Bears series? When I was in kindergarten, the teacher was reading one of the beloved fables, The Berenstain Bears and…
Articles
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June 1, 2022
The climate can’t afford Ford
We are heading into the Ontario election on the brink of ecological and societal collapse. Another four years of Ford will worsen both the climate…
Op-ed
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May 31, 2022
Doug Ford, the Tamil struggle is not for sale
Thirteen years ago, I was among tens of thousands in Toronto’s Tamil community who protested the war in Sri Lanka. I remember waking up on…
Feature
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May 30, 2022
Good riddance Kenney
After receiving only 51% of the UCP vote, Jason Kenney has stepped down as one-term Premier of Alberta. Kenney’s foreboding political death was clear to…
Feature
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May 26, 2022
A vote for Ford is a vote for COVID
After six waves and more than two years of COVID-19, the Ontario election on June 2 should be a referendum on Premier Doug Ford’s pandemic response. Based on his record a vote for Ford is a vote for COVID, but the Liberals are no alternative.
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May 25, 2022
The struggle against reaction: The global implications of the Philippine election
When Filipinos ousted the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., after 21 years of dictatorship and 17 years of martial Law, the Filipino masses pledged to…
Feature
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May 24, 2022
Remembering the Abortion Caravan
In 1970, a caravan of vehicles hung with coat hangers carried a coffin to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’a residence at Parliament hill on Mother’s Day…
Interview
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May 21, 2022
Scarborough queer artists challenging oppression through art
সাবধান / SHABDHAN (“careful”) is a collaborative artwork by queer Bangladeshi artists L. Akhter and namrata. Part of the Mayworks Festival, the installation and accompanying…
Op-ed
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May 20, 2022
Dying for affordable housing
“I’ve applied for medically assisted death (MAiD) essentially…because of abject poverty.” Those are the words of Denise (a pseudonym to protect her identity), a 31-year-old…
Analysis
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May 19, 2022
Understanding the crypto crash
On its own, the crypto crash is unlikely to trigger a wider economic meltdown. But the conditions which caused the crash — the pullback of easy money policies by the capitalist class to control inflation — could easily result in a recession. If that happens, a central question of our time of crisis is sure to reemerge: who will foot the bill?
Interview
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May 18, 2022
Revolutionary journalism
What is the role of journalism in revolutionary change? Spring Magazine spoke with Hossam El-Hamalawy–a journalist, photographer, and member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists–about revolutionary…
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May 16, 2022
Thousands march in Toronto on Nakba Day
On May 15, Palestinians mark Nakba Day (“the catastrophe” in Arabic), to remember the mass expulsion of Palestinians that accompanied the creation of the state…