Op-ed
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May 11, 2021 
The battle of Sheikh Jarrah
On May 10 an Israeli raid on the Gaza strip killed 20 Palestinians, out of whom, 9 were children. 20 civilians, including 9 children against…
Articles
Feature
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May 10, 2021
Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities
It is Canada’s absence of regulatory mechanisms for the industry that allows mining companies to cause harm on a systemic level across the globe.
Arts & culture
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May 8, 2021
The European Super League: Disaster capitalism, sports edition
“Made by the poor, stolen by the rich,” read the banners held up in protest of an event that can only be described as the…
Arts & culture
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May 7, 2021
‘This system continues to rinse and repeat itself, so why not demand change?’ – Ship of Fools Interview
From a recent EP release to Doug Ford and tour plans, Ship of Fools have kept busy with their own brand of melodic hardcore. Spring…
Feature
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May 6, 2021
The Tamil Eelam liberation struggle: A brief reader
As revolutionary socialists, we are committed to supporting the national liberation struggles of oppressed peoples everywhere. Spring Magazine presents this reading list to help build…
Arts & culture
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May 6, 2021
Mayworks Festival: Essential arts addressing issues of essential work
Mayworks Festival of Working People & the Arts is a community-based festival offering free, virtual programming throughout the month of May. Spring Magazine caught up…
Feature
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May 5, 2021
From Palestine to Tamil Eelam occupation is a crime
Towards the end of 2008, I joined thousands in Toronto to protest Israel’s attack on Gaza. Like people all over the world, we called for an…
Analysis
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May 4, 2021
The great COVID business bailout
From CEWS, CEBA, CERS and industry specific bailouts to a policy of cheap money and central bank bond purchasing the Canadian state has intervened to make the rich richer.
Review
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May 3, 2021
How guns made the civil rights movement possible
Many think of the 1960s civil rights movement as one of principled nonviolent resistance to segregation and racism. However, guns and the use of them for self-defense, were an accepted practice in the fight for civil rights.
Op-ed
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April 30, 2021
The best paid sick days are permanent and employer-paid
We urgently need paid sick days in Ontario for the many frontline workers who are getting infected with the virus, yet still have no protected…
Feature
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April 29, 2021
Ford’s ‘paid sick days’ fail
Ford’s recent announcement is not a win: it is a temporary concession used to stave off permanent and employer-paid sick days. The movement has shifted the needle on paid sick days, but it has much further to go to win paid sick days for all.
Interview
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April 29, 2021
Human rights abuses and Canadian mining in the Philippines
Earlier in April the Toronto chapter of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) was re-launched with an online event featuring music…