We need an economy that works for workers
Just before Labour Day, Statistics Canada released its monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) for August 2020. In normal times, the reported rise in employment of…
Just before Labour Day, Statistics Canada released its monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) for August 2020. In normal times, the reported rise in employment of…
Direct Action Gets the Goods by the Graphic History Collective (Between the Lines, 2020). I’m sure we’ve all been to rallies, hearing the infectious chant…
On March 11 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health pandemic. Tens of millions worldwide have been infected and hundreds of thousands have…
On August 19 the Decent Work and Health Network published a new report ‘Before It’s Too Late’, calling for 7 permanent, paid sick days for…
As a teacher in Ontario who is set to resume school next week, I’ve had a number of people ask me how I feel about…
Police enforce laws, not justice. Under capitalism, the basic legal framework is designed to protect private property and facilitate profit accumulation, not to meet human needs or ensure genuine equality.
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Blaine Higgs was anxiously waiting to see if his budget would be approved. The sitting Progressive Conservative Premier of New…
Toronto’s Christie Pits Park was the location of a six-hour riot in the summer of 1933, during the Great Depression and six months after Adolf…
Bayard Rustin, has been largely written out of history—for being gay, a socialist, and a war resister. Now, as movements for social and economic equality rise again, his life and politics have a new relevance.
In an unprecedented display of workers’ power in the modern NBA, players refused to take the court for game 5 of the NBA playoffs between…
Lebanon is a highly stratified capitalist society with limited protections for working class people. Fuelled by self and special interests, the elite has long abandoned…
A recent edition of CBC’s The National featured psychiatrists discussing mental wellness during the COVID pandemic. The participants emphasized the importance of seeking out mental…