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January 11, 2024 
Pete’s Frootique workers’ victory is a win for all workers in Nova Scotia
Pete’s workers show us the power we have as workers to take on the boss and win.
Articles
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January 10, 2024
‘Leave the World Behind’ is a reflection of liberal cynicism and nihilism
Films reflect the times, places, and people that made them. In late-stage capitalist Hollywood, superhero movies reflect hyper-individualism, war movies reflect nationalism, horror movies reflect…
Arts & culture
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January 9, 2024
“The powerful will always remain loyal to the powerful”: An interview with Eevie Echoes
Spring member D’Arcy Briggs sat down with musician Eevie Echoes for a wide-ranging interview covering her new album (The Pros and Cons of Being a…
Op-ed
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January 3, 2024
On Palestine, pinkwashing and conditional queer solidarity
In 2015, I attended my first Dyke March at Toronto Pride wearing a keffiyeh and holding a hastily-drawn pink sign reading, “Queers Against Israeli Apartheid,…
Feature
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December 30, 2023
Spring Radio: The year in labour struggles and the role of labour journalism
In this episode of Spring Radio, Spring member Dave Bush sits down with labour journalist Emily Leedham to reflect on workers’ struggles in Canada in…
News
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December 27, 2023
CUPE 3906 organizing workers and tenants against landlord McMaster University
Within the last three weeks, tenants at 10 Bay Street South in Hamilton have organized to demand better living conditions from their landlord. In this…
Op-ed
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December 26, 2023
Our voices must rise: A doctor’s perspective on solidarity with Gaza
Wounded child, no surviving family (WCNSF)– a new acronym created by healthcare workers in Gaza; a glimpse of the horrors they are witnessing. With more…
Analysis
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December 25, 2023
The words of Jesus in red
This article was originally published in the May-June 1991 issue of New Maritimes, a magazine that was published in the 1980s and 90s as a…
Op-ed
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December 23, 2023
We all grew up on the NORAD Santa Tracker. But what is NORAD?
When most people of a certain generation hear the abbreviation NORAD, their minds inevitably fill the blanks by adding the words, ‘Santa Tracker.’ But what exactly is NORAD, apart from a Christmas time publicity stunt?
Op-ed
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December 21, 2023
When kids march for Palestine they jeer, but Israel indoctrination OK
Leaving aside the idea that opposing genocide is “hate”, it’s wildly hypocritical for Israel supporters to complain about kids being indoctrinated at school on the subject.
Feature
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December 9, 2023
Spring Radio: Centering Equity in the Fight for Workers’ Power
In this episode of Spring Radio, we share excerpts from “Red October” where Spring members discuss why fighting transphobia, homophobia, racism, and sexism is inherently a workers’ issue and why socialists need to build anti-oppressive, multi-racial working class movements.
Analysis
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December 5, 2023
Rank and file power needed to push beyond gains in ETFO tentative agreement
This agreement will give teachers three years to try and build the kind of organization needed to create pressure for a united front of teachers unions like we saw in 2019.