Not only has the Ontario government provided paid sick days that are less than adequate in number and only temporary in duration, but they have…
The Black Panther Party faced an incredible challenge, trying to grow into an organization that could lead a movement against capitalism, imperialism and racism, against a state set on destroying them. To this day, their 10-point program stands as a set of ideas and concrete demands that would eliminate racism and challenge the capitalist system to its very core.
Nineteen years ago today the Canadian government hosted a meeting that significantly impacted two decades of Haitian politics. Jean Chretien’s Liberals organized an international gathering…
By planting trees atop Indigenous villages, uprooting endemic agriculture, and blocking Palestinians’ access to extremely scarce water sources, the Jewish National Fund plays a key role in the uprooting and desecration of Palestinian land and livelihoods.
Less than 12 hours after co-sponsoring a labour-led discussion on the rights of gig workers, United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) announced it had…
The emergence of yet another COVID variant and a surge of new infections and restrictions have people wondering if this pandemic will ever end. We’ve known…
Entering year three of the pandemic, case counts have exploded, admissions to hospitals are rising, ICUs are filling up and our public services are at…
At the same time as the pandemic caused 100 million people worldwide to fall into extreme poverty, the world’s billionaires enjoyed their highest increases in…
Covid has shattered many worlds, and it can shatter the neoliberal credo that there is no alternative. But only if we are courageous enough to reject to liberalism and nationalism, and embrace internationalism.
When we eventually take off our masks and realize who is responsible for our survival, an honest person will know that it was front-line workers, often lacking a decent wage, paid sick days and job security who must get (and take) the credit.
Blockades, far from “undermining the rule of law and the administration of justice,” are actually about reaffirming Indigenous law and administering climate justice.
Three-years ago Juan Guaidó declared himself president of Venezuela in a Caracas park. The same day Canadian foreign minister Chrystia Freeland formally recognized the little-known…
