Churchill is a symbol for the continued project of imperialism, colonialism and capitalist rule. Underneath the charming and quirky portrayals we are fed in the media lies a politician who supported almost every reactionary cause of his day and whose crimes in service of the empire extended across the globe.
‘Capitalism & Dispossession: Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad’ examines case studies of colonial atrocities that are not incidental failures of Canadian capitalism, but are coordinated operations vital to the functioning of the Canadian state.
June 30 is the 33rd anniversary of dictator Omar al-Bashir’s 1989 coup that overthrew the existing elected government. Since 1956, when Sudan won independence from…
Trade unions must reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Defending the legitimate criticism of the Israeli occupation means upholding international solidarity, a core principal of the union movement.
Growing up, I could not remember my mother taking time off work when she was sick as a labourer in the manufacturing industry. As the…
NORAD makes Canada a junior partner to US militarism and imperialism. If Canada was truly a force for good in the world, a peacekeeper and adherent of a rules based international order, Ottawa would withdraw from NORAD, rather than spend billions more strengthening it.
Dramatic headlines such as ‘Global markets plunge as Fed mulls biggest rate rise in decades’ are no longer surprising. Yet, the onset of the present inflationary…
The Spring podcast spoke with Lisa Cameron, an organizer with the Halifax Workers’ Action Centre, about the issues workers face in Nova Scotia, from wage…
“Whenever we assert our collective rights to the Canadian state, our sovereignty seems to get lost in the public debate. Sovereignty means we were here for thousands of years before colonization, and any legitimate claim to reconciliation must account for that question of our relationship to the Land. ”
On June 11, 2022, Toronto Mayor John Tory and Toronto Police Service (TPS) Chief James Ramer held a public session at North York’s 31 Division…
The disproportionate policing of Black Torontoians across the city shows what many have known for a long-time: that anti-Black racism is not incidental to the TPS, it’s built in.
FIFA wants to be fair. It says as much in its mandate: FIFA exists to govern football and to develop the game around the world….
