Arts & culture
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December 23, 2021 
What we read in 2021
As we approach the end of 2021, and look forward to some holiday reading, Spring socialists share their favourite reads of the past year. Beautiful…
Articles
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December 22, 2021
Myth-busting the housing crisis
The housing crisis is clear: people are living in their relatives’ garages, or in the subway, or outdoors in parks, or on sidewalks. The solution needs to address how ruthless landlords and real estate companies, backed by unfair government housing policies, pushed them there and denied their humanity. This requires taking on the myths that fuel the housing crisis.
Analysis
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December 21, 2021
Boric’s victory in Chile is a blow to the far-right
Gabriel Boric, the left wing candidate in Chile’s runoff presidential election, has decisively won the vote and will become the youngest Chilean president and the…
Interview
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December 20, 2021
How casual workers won paid sick days at UofT
Casual workers at the University of Toronto, represented by United Steelworkers local 1998, recently won two paid sick days. Spring Magazine spoke with Colleen Burke…
Analysis
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December 17, 2021
Omicron was an avoidable disaster
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant was predictable and preventable, and the fact that it is happening rests squarely on the business lobby and our governments and media, which have put profits before people.
Op-ed
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December 16, 2021
Race underpins Ford government’s pandemic response to paid sick days
Over the last 24 months of the pandemic, I have watched my family and friends, Black and racialized people, forced onto the front lines of…
News
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December 15, 2021
MNFC announces shelter closure after staff apply to unionize
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) homeless shelter in Halifax will be closing its doors at the end of December according to Pam Glode Desrochers,…
Feature
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December 14, 2021
Take the profit out of long-term care
4,000 people have died in Ontario’s long-term care homes during the pandemic so far, often in conditions so deplorable that the Canadian Armed Forces suggested…
Feature
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December 13, 2021
Ford’s pandemic response fuels COVID inequity
From border control to lockdowns, and from staying home sick to getting vaccinated and tested for COVID—Ford’s entire pandemic plan ignores inequities that preceded the pandemic. The result has been to fuel COVID inequities—scapegoating migrants, policing essential workers, sending sick workers to work, and keeping vaccines and tests out of the hands of those who need them most.
Feature
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December 10, 2021
Fund communities not police
Policing is a powerful tool of capitalism. For more than a century, the ruling class has used it as a way to protect property and…
Op-ed
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December 9, 2021
Trudeau’s wants to buy more fighter jets than Harper
A startling about-face on fighter jets highlights the Liberals deference to Lockheed Martin’s influence. After aggressively criticizing the Harper government’s plan to buy 65 F-35s,…
News
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December 8, 2021
Overworked and underpaid: CAA workers on strike
Workers at five Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) stores in southern Ontario have been on strike since October 29. Workers are striking in London, Waterloo, Kitchener,…