If we want to point fingers at who has undermined democracy in Canada, we should look at CSIS, not China. The spy agency has systematically illegally spied on people in Canada, lied to the courts, destroyed evidence, and engaged in entrapment and rendition.
Encampment evictions through police violence are never about housing, safety, or community wellness. The street sweeps and encampment clearances are about control of space for property and profitability.
The Indian Government has mobilized over 80,000 police officers to target Sikh activists in the state of Punjab in Northern India. In order to demobilize Sikhs and undermine their right to free speech and expression, the Indian government has cut off the Internet to millions of civilians in Punjab. This crackdown has led to over 200 known arrests, disappearances, and detentions of activists, lawyers, and journalists.
Far from being a one off, the failure of SVB reveals systemic problems playing out across the economy.
The public healthcare system is in crisis, with hospitals that are both overcrowded and understaffed. Governments are pushing privatization but their cure will make the…
With Justin Trudeau’s popularity in the dumps, unable to provide any meaningful relief to ordinary workers in the face of out of control inflation and…
Ford claims that public healthcare is failing of its own accord and that privatization will clear the backlog, complement public healthcare, relieve the pressure on healthcare workers, and support patient health and choice at no cost. But these are all myths that will lead to the further erosion of public healthcare, costing resources and lives.
Ontario is in crisis. The stakes are high. We can’t afford inaction, which will only demoralize workers, but open the door to right to push an even more reactionary agenda. We can either roll over and let the bosses win or stand up and say Enough is Enough!
The rise in food insecurity is the result of skyrocketing food prices, rising rents and stagnant incomes. But these are just symptoms of a larger issue, a system that thrives on inequality and benefits a small number of profiteering elites at the expense of the working class.
We are in the midst of both an environmental crisis and an affordability crisis, which are linked. The solutions on offer, from raising fares to relying on electric cars, don’t solve either problem. But increasing access to public transit is good for all workers, all riders, and the planet. Taking action for free and accessible public transit can win reforms and set us on track for climate justice.
“I was told by one daycare facility today that parents are waiting over 2 years for spaces. I was told by several daycare facilities in…
Oil workers extract fossil fuels that are the life-blood of the system. But this work extracts a health toll from workers and surrounding communities, and contaminates the environment. When oil workers have moved into action to challenge these contradictions, they have helped topple regimes, win health and environmental regulations, and imagine a world beyond capitalism and oil.
