Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh wrote a letter to the incoming Governor-General asking them to refuse Trudeau’s request for an early election. He argued that…
Henry Dundas’ views and actions are rightfully coming under scrutiny, and not only with the benefit of hindsight. He was an arch reactionary who opposed democratic reforms and helped extend the slave trade. He was a man who was despised in his own time.
Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav (Verso, 2020) Over the last month, service sector employers in the United States have been gripped…
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.
The push back sprang from below, after years of movements fighting for racial and economic justice. People want paid sick days, not policing.
A strike, an occupation or even a political campaign is only as strong as the rank and file make it.
Big Tech cannot be a neutral arbiter of what political speech is acceptable or not acceptable. Its quest for profits, ties to governments and class position inevitably shape what they see as political and what is deemed as acceptable.
This week marks 12 months since the COVID-19 crisis hit Canada. Along with the rest of the world, day-to-day life in Canada was dramatically upended. …
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.
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.
Doug Ford’s COVID-19 strategy is in shambles and the government is in crisis. Now is the time to step up the fight for legislated paid sick days for all.
The existing inequities and inequalities heading into the crisis, that were already driving a wave of mass movements, have been supercharged.
