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January 30, 2021 
Taking on Kenney’s austerity agenda
The past ten months of the pandemic have been a nightmare. Over 771,000 cases have been confirmed, and nearly 20,00 people have died in Canada…
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January 29, 2021
Understanding the housing crisis in Kjipuktuk/Halifax
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the housing crisis in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. In the past year, landlords have increased rents anywhere from 17% to as much as…
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January 28, 2021
Bell, let’s talk about the prison industrial complex
If Bell wants to get serious about mental health, it has to talk about the prison industrial complex and the direct role it plays in it.
Analysis
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January 27, 2021
Why unions should fight for paid sick days for all
At this moment fighting for employer-paid sick days for all is an opportunity for the union movement to raise standards for all workers while also exposing the Tories and the bosses’ cruel agenda. There is much to gain for unions and little to lose.
Analysis
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January 26, 2021
Building back best: COVID and public transit
During COVID-19, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has narrowly averted total and complete crisis— at least for now. Though cutbacks throughout the course of the…
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January 23, 2021
Strategies and tactics in the Sudanese revolution
The necessity of a political leadership representing subjugated classes is a main lesson we bring with us from 2019, while we rebuild our revolutionary organizations. We have to decline the non-principled coalitions that lead us to abandon our strong alliance with the workers.
Analysis
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January 22, 2021
A guide to refusing unsafe work in Ontario
As federal income support for workers ends and employers are eager to ramp up profits, more and more workers are heading back to work despite…
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January 21, 2021
Egyptian Revolution: A brief introduction
January 25, 2021 marks the ten-year anniversary of the start of the Egyptian Revolution. To mark the anniversary Spring compiled a selection of articles covering…
Analysis
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January 21, 2021
Canada’s politicians remain wedded to pipelines
While the new Biden administration in the US has announced plans to cancel the Keystone XL, a pipeline project owned by TC Energy and the…
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January 20, 2021
A prison abolitionist monument for survival
“The burgeoning prison industry is an obscene monument to the failure of social justice in Canada.” – Gayle K. Horii If the Canadian prison system…
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January 19, 2021
‘Legislate paid sick days for all’ draft motion
As the second wave of the pandemic hits Canada more and more workers are getting sick. But far too many workers don’t have paid sick…
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January 19, 2021
Confronting COVID-19, from 2020 to 2021
These movements for social and economic equality, which preceded the pandemic and have grown through two waves, offer real hope. Not only for achieving vaccine equity and ending the pandemic, but also winning a world beyond borders, police and precarious work.
