Queen is an essential worker without status, who survived COVID-19 during the first wave and continues to work in long-term care. She spoke with Spring…
To better understand the Defund Toronto Police Services campaign of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)-Toronto, Spring Magazine interviewed Maya Kantharupan, a mobilizer involved in…
On Sunday, February 28, the Encampment Support Network (ESN) organized a peaceful action in front of Mayor John Tory’s residence at One Bedford Road. While…
Racism appears to be as Canadian as hockey. Does this mean that racism has been with us forever, in all parts of the world, that…
Seventeen years after overthrowing democracy in Haiti, Canada is continuing to support a dictatorship. Our government is not just offering some vague assistance, but rather…
Frederick Douglass, the foremost abolitionist of 19th century America, waged a tireless struggle against the institution of slavey and white supremacy. His life and times were revolutionary in every sense of the word and contain valuable lessons for today.
C.L.R. James, renowned Marxist historian and activist C.L.R. James, wrote this essay in 1939 for New International, the theoretical magazine of the Socialist Workers Party. This…
Two medical professionals who have been raising the alarm on pandemic profiteering are Amie Varley and Sarah Fung. Nurses by training, they’ve started a podcast called The Gritty Nurse, where they examine healthcare practice and policy from an inside perspective.
With no measure of accountability for landlords, little recourse for tenants, and an underfunded rental board increasingly siding with property owners, the City needs to decide who has the right to live in Montreal.
On February 5 the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that it has jurisdiction over war crimes by Israel in occupied Palestine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
In 1975 Rosemary Brown ran for the federal NDP leadership under the slogan “Brown is beautiful”. She was the first Black woman to be elected…
Trump went out not with a bang, but a whimper. After four wild years, the ex-President was removed not only from the White House but…
