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July 29, 2021 
Resisting the COVID aftershocks
Canada, the US, and other world powers are attempting to brand the COVID-19 pandemic as ‘over,’ and demanding a return to ‘normal.’ But capitalism has…
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July 28, 2021
Corporate lobbyists are not unique to Ford’s government
The revelations of the close collaboration between the big business lobby and Ford are not an exception, but a rule. They are a product of a system that sees the interests of the state and the interests of the capitalist economy as one in the same.
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July 23, 2021
The billionaire space race showcases the failures of capitalism
Discussions of space travel inevitably involve talk of dreams. Shortly after launching into space for the first time on July 11th, self-proclaimed “tie-hater, adventurer,” and…
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July 13, 2021
BDS and Palestinian liberation
Boycott, divestment, and sanction campaigns against Israeli and international corporations complicit in the ethnic cleansing, displacement, and institutionalized subjugation of Palestinians is not only a morally sound course of action, but is an increasingly pressing political necessity.
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July 9, 2021
The housing market isn’t broken, it’s extractive by design
Core Development Group, a Canadian corporate landlord which has primarily focussed on condo development announced plans recently to buy $1 billion worth of single-family homes…
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June 29, 2021
Canada and the origins of Israel’s settler-colonial project
For more than 73 years, Palestinians have been murdered, displaced, and made refugees as a means of housing settlers in the colonial state of Israel….
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June 28, 2021
Defund police to support mental health
It has been over a year since Regis Korchinski-Paquet died at the hands of the police after her family called 911 for mental health distress….
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June 25, 2021
Cancel Canada Day
Settler-colonialism has been and remains central to the ruling class project in Canada. The state and capitalism were founded upon the violent and genocidal dispossession of Indigenous peoples and rely on the continued oppression of Indigenous peoples and exploitation of their land.
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June 21, 2021
Bill 254 and Ford’s suppression of public dissent
With the provincial government’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause to overturn a court decision that ruled Bill 254 as unconstitutional, it seems that Ontario Premier…
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June 16, 2021
Business lobby fearmongering about income supports
With COVID-19 case rates across Canada decreasing, provinces are pushing to reopen industries that have been closed down. This means thousands of workers who went…
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May 18, 2021
Greyhound closure is devastating, but opens door for better alternative
On May 13, 2021, private intercity bus operator Greyhound Canada announced it would permanently cease operations in Eastern Canada. The announcement comes one year after…
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May 15, 2021
Palestinian freedom is an abolitionist struggle
People of conscience worldwide are reeling from the violent attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). More than ever, we…