The election provides an opportunity to amplify the movement for paid sick days across the country and build momentum after the election.
Facing the rapid spread of the Delta variant and the lack of access to vaccines, many poorer nations are in dire straits. Yet, rich nations are planning to roll out booster shots while continuing to block efforts to waive vaccine patents that would allow other countries to produce their own vaccines.
In response to the corporatization of pride and pink-washing of police, we should learn from Marxist feminism and adopt Marxist principles into queer theory. We should reject corporations and cops, support anti-capitalism and abolition, and build movements that combine Black liberation, women’s liberation and queer liberation. And like Marsha P. Johnson, be prepared to throw bricks when the time comes.
The 2021 federal election has spurred a sense of optimism among supporters of the New Democratic Party hoping for electoral gains when votes are tallied…
Whichever party wins this election, the problems of Canadian capitalism will not disappear, especially those that have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paul Taylor is a long-time anti-poverty and social justice activist in Toronto and the federal New Democratic Party candidate in Parkdale-High Park. Paul recently talked…
In 1918 the world was rocked by a global pandemic. Doctors were stumped by how to treat this mysterious virus that was killing patients. Masks…
No matter how much times passes, or how often history is declared to have ended, the debate over socialist strategy and organization always returns. This…
The goal of gig economy companies is to roll back workers rights. Fighting misclassification, fighting for gig workers’ rights means empowering the entire working class.
The past 20 years in Afghanistan show that imperial rule is never temporary and never leads to freedom, and that the best hope lies in challenging imperialism and supporting self-determination. As Malalai Joya explained, “No democracy arises from a military occupation.”
In the last few weeks, Cubans have poured out into the streets in relatively large numbers denouncing scarce access to food, medicine, and other necessities…
The Halifax Regional Police’s violent eviction of encampments takes place amidst a housing crisis. The newly elected premier is pro-landlord and pro-developer. The actions of the HRM and the HRP on Wednesday offer a glimpse of what many more people could face.
