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November 9, 2021 
Make childcare a public good
Only by making childcare a public good can we ensure women’s ability to equally participate in public life, give every child the right to access…
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November 6, 2021
Higgs attacks workers’ rights during NB strike
Since the start of the strike by 22,000 public sector workers in New Brunswick, on October 29, there have been picket lines in almost every…
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November 3, 2021
Ford forced to $15 three years after cuts
The winning of a $15 minimum wage is the product of years of organizing. This shows how we can win reforms by campaigning, even under right wing governments. But we will need to redouble our organizing efforts to win the stronger employment standards and higher wages that Ontario workers desperately need in our post-pandemic world.
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October 28, 2021
In the 1930s, Canadian socialists championed beautiful public housing
Almost a century ago, Canadian socialists advanced a vision for cities built in the interest of people, not profit, that included gorgeous public housing. We should look to their ideas to learn how we can revitalize public life.
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October 26, 2021
Paid sick days now!
The Liberals were re-elected on this promise, and this can’t wait. Justin Trudeau needs to translate words into action: immediately mandate 10 paid sick days for federally regulated workers, and convene the provinces and territories to develop a national action plan for similar legislation across the country. And provincial governments, from BC and Ontario to the rest of provinces and territories, need to follow.
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October 22, 2021
Marxism or moralism: Ideas to change the world
A moralistic approach to social transformation is not only incapable of building the power to win, it can unconsciously reproduce a ruling class perspective about social change. We need ideas that can help us understand our world in order to transform it.
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October 20, 2021
The opposite of defunding: The RCMP contract and further looting of communities
While calls to defund police have spread across Canada, police budgets have actually been growing, often substantially. Police have deployed a range of fear campaigns…
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October 12, 2021
The Palestinian Authority: A comprador’s fading dominion
The Palestinian National Authority was born out of a political marriage between the failed Palestinian leadership’s state-building path and Israel’s imperialist-colonial agenda overseen by the United States. The Palestinian Authority has increasingly become a barrier to Palestinian national liberation.
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October 8, 2021
The Pandora Papers show how a corrupt system functions
The Pandora Papers shine a light on the international networks used by corporations and the global elite to avoid taxes and accrue their wealth. These…
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September 21, 2021
Trudeau’s failed majority is an opportunity for the Left
Movements will be key to keep pressure on the Liberals and NDP to implement the best policies possible and build the power needed to fight the bosses and build a better world.
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September 13, 2021
Canadian arms are fuelling the humanitarian crisis in Yemen
In late September of 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Council declared Canada one of the parties energizing the war in Yemen by continuing to…
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September 9, 2021
Transitioning with harmony: The neoliberal project in Sudan
It has been almost three years since millions of Sudanese women and men marched the streets demanding a new reality that reaches beyond their immediate…