On Thursday, a coalition of workers, housing and healthcare activists, and more held a press conference calling for urgent government action to protect workers and…
Amidst the unregulated toxic drug supply emergency in the province that has killed over 16,000 people since 2016, alongside the manufactured onslaught against harm reduction…
Elon Musk has been a public figure for more than a decade. From beloved comparisons to Tony Stark to the persona non grata in liberal…
Ford successfully took advantage of the real fear and anger that people feel about the looming trade war with the US, and positioned himself as the best defender of jobs and the economy. But Ford will face major political challenges. The healthcare crisis, the housing crisis, and a potential deep economic downturn are not going away.
Last week, author and critic of the Israeli genocide against Palestinians, Yves Engler, was arrested in Montréal on charges of harassment and “indecent communication.” Engler…
The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence (M Pasquinelli, Verso 2023) Much breathless commentary has in recent years been exhaled about…
In this episode of the Spring Radio podcast, we speak with Independent Ontario MPP Sarah Jama about her removal from the Ontario NDP caucus after…
This article was first published in Atar Magazine. It is republished here with permission. To abolish all forms of exploitation and oppression is the goal…
As a Palestinian woman from Gaza, I come from a family that survived the Nakba of 1948, a catastrophic event that forced over 700,000 Palestinians…
On Sunday, January 19 2025, Hamiltonian progressive and leftist communities organized outside of the Hamilton Jewish Federation’s (HJF) building in anticipation of Melissa Lantsman, a…
Cross-class nationalism is a dead end for workers, as it encourages us to think of ourselves as “in the same boat” as the bosses, who are the only ones who will profit from a “Buy Canadian” approach. In fact they will likely use the tariffs as an excuse to price gouge their way to super-profits. What we need instead is cross-border solidarity, not cross-class collaboration.
Over 30,000 municipal employees, represented by Canadian Public Employees Union (CUPE) Local 79, have been in bargaining with the City of Toronto since their contract expired at the end of December. On January 21, the union held a vote to determine if workers were ready to go on strike to win their demands. The vote had an unprecedented turnout, and a huge majority came out in favour of job action. With this incredibly successful vote, the members of Local 79 have signalled that they are ready to fight for fair wages and stronger public services.
