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July 19, 2022 
Understanding the infant formula crisis
The baby formula shortage is the result of large corporations putting profits before the needs of infants and their parents.
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July 12, 2022
Workers striking back against inflation
While the bosses try to blame workers for inflation, the rising cost of of living is leaving workers with no other choice but to organize and fight.
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June 6, 2022
Another Ford majority means building a fighting left
This election has been a wake-up call. If we are going to take on the big business lobby and advance the struggles for a better world, we need to get to work in building the mass movements and campaigns that will make that possible.
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May 19, 2022
Understanding the crypto crash
On its own, the crypto crash is unlikely to trigger a wider economic meltdown. But the conditions which caused the crash — the pullback of easy money policies by the capitalist class to control inflation — could easily result in a recession. If that happens, a central question of our time of crisis is sure to reemerge: who will foot the bill?
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May 11, 2022
Ontario’s childcare deal is bad for workers and parents
Ontarians have been waiting with baited breath for more than a year for Ford to finally sign off on a deal with the federal government…
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May 9, 2022
Killings of unhoused people by Canadian cops: Policing as poor bashing
Police are state instruments of class violence, and are indispensable to the maintenance of capitalism. There are few ways in which that violence is deployed…
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April 29, 2022
Labour for the environment
By empowering workers we can create a world where the exploitation of people and the environment is not the backbone of our social or economic system.
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April 25, 2022
Building the May 1 province-wide action in Ontario
The pandemic has supersized inequality and inequity in Ontario. In the May Day tradition of fighting for a better world, we should aim to use this May Day to fight for a better Ontario for all, to boost the confidence of all those wanting to fight back against the bosses and the politicians who are fomenting racism and putting profits before people.
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April 19, 2022
Overcoming the housing crisis in Halifax
The housing crisis in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has gotten significantly worse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest Rental Market Report from…
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April 18, 2022
From climate reforms to climate justice revolution
The Liberal government’s climate plan, released this March, shows the failure of the status quo and the urgency of mass change. As Atiya Jaffar from…
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April 13, 2022
Lessons from the 2021 New Brunswick strike
In the fall of 2021, thousands of public sector workers in New Brunswick, unionized with CUPE, went on strike demanding an increase in pay and…
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April 5, 2022
Del Duca’s regional living wage plan is a step backwards for Ontario’s workers
We shouldn’t embrace Del Duca’s vague regional living wage promise that in practice will trade off gains of social programs for wages, divide rather than unite workers, and allow employers to exploit a more fractured ESA. We need to keep building the decent work movement, to fight for a $20 minimum wage in every region and stronger employment standards for all.