Black Lives Matter + A New Occupy = Revolution
My heart celebrated when I read that the Minneapolis city council had committed to fully defunding their police and, more recently, the city of Hamilton…
My heart celebrated when I read that the Minneapolis city council had committed to fully defunding their police and, more recently, the city of Hamilton…
The global economic recession triggered by the pandemic has been the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. And it is far from over. Some…
Canadian provinces have enforced unprecedented economic shutdowns in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic has left many Canadians in financial trouble: an…
Pressure on the ruling class is mounting to address a number of huge crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and and the economic crisis,…
“Healthcare for all would be one of the better actions the government can take towards alleviating the plight of immigrants in this country. Nobody chooses…
On June 10, the federal government tabled a new piece of legislation that includes measures tightening the requirements for receiving the new Canada Emergency Response…
Across Turtle Island, uprisings against police violence have given power to calls to defund and abolish the police. No longer able to sweep police conduct…
The police killing of George Floyd has unleashed street protests across the US, Canada and elsewhere. Thousands hit the streets of Toronto to march against…
In the days since Minneapolis police publicly lynched George Floyd in broad daylight, the Movement for Black Lives has blown the lid off democracy-as-usual. Hundreds…
Through the continued effects of genocide and colonization on Indigenous populations, and of the transatlantic slave trade and its resulting oppression of Black populations, Black…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has seen unemployment rates skyrocket and businesses close across Ontario. In response, the government has gone out of its way to…
Addressing the Central Committee of the Communist League in Germany two years after the wave of revolutions across Europe began in 1848, Karl Marx famously…