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September 25, 2020 
America after Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It’s time to go beyond Supreme Court justice worship and to focus on the immense possibility that only workers power can give us.
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September 22, 2020
Against the market: We can do better than basic income
Basic Income is on the table. Should the left support it?
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September 19, 2020
IHRA definition of antisemitism not helping fight against racism
Back in August, Barrie, Ontario Mayor Jeff Lehman put forward a motion for the city to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition…
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September 15, 2020
What world will we build back?
On September 14, the Liberals started their cabinet retreat ahead of the September 23 throne speech. Trudeau’s speech from the throne will focus on economic…
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September 8, 2020
We need an economy that works for workers
Just before Labour Day, Statistics Canada released its monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) for August 2020. In normal times, the reported rise in employment of…
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September 2, 2020
The police cannot be reformed
Police enforce laws, not justice. Under capitalism, the basic legal framework is designed to protect private property and facilitate profit accumulation, not to meet human needs or ensure genuine equality.
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September 1, 2020
Navigating the New Brunswick election
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Blaine Higgs was anxiously waiting to see if his budget would be approved. The sitting Progressive Conservative Premier of New…
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August 26, 2020
Courage is contagious: What we can learn from the NBA players’ strike
In an unprecedented display of workers’ power in the modern NBA, players refused to take the court for game 5 of the NBA playoffs between…
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August 25, 2020
Economic crisis, mental health crisis
A recent edition of CBC’s The National featured psychiatrists discussing mental wellness during the COVID pandemic. The participants emphasized the importance of seeking out mental…
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August 20, 2020
What is to be done: The website as an organizer
This article was published by Egyptian revolutionary socialist Hossam El-Hamalawy in 2012 on his blog 3arabawy. El-Hamalawy’s article is a seminal analysis about how socialists…
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August 19, 2020
Collective power wins safety: Beyond the right to refuse unsafe work
The right to refuse unsafe work has received more media attention during the pandemic than it has in years. It has been widely reported that…
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August 18, 2020
Social media and the left
A global pandemic, an unprecedented worldwide economic crisis, and an upsurge in protests for racial justice has raised the stakes for the left in terms…