
To be a worker is to be exploited
The relationship between workers and bosses is built on exploitation. Depending on your point of view this statement may seem like an obvious truism or a…
The relationship between workers and bosses is built on exploitation. Depending on your point of view this statement may seem like an obvious truism or a…
While the ruling class tells us our ‘security’ will come from rallying behind them in the defensive patriotism of camps and blocs, we need to reject this and counter it with a project of international solidarity that can build ties between social movements and peoples across borders, recognizing that “There is no greater security than peace.”
On March 21, the Palestine Solidarity Policy was overwhelmingly approved by the undergraduate students of McGill University in the Winter 2022 Referendum, garnering a 71 per cent “yes” vote. …
Alexandra Kollontai’s life and ideas remain a key source of inspiration for all those fighting for women’s liberation and socialism.
All policing is violence, and all forces kill. This includes private police and security guards, as I have documented previously. It also includes transit police,…
From virtual reality concerts to workplace meetings, Meta’s (formerly known as Facebook) Metaverse is a bid to stake out and monopolise a new digital frontier…
This morning, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) set up 15 tents in front of Toronto City Hall as Mayor John Tory watched directly above…
On March 16, 2022 Spring Magazine hosted a roundtable discussion on how do we build solidarity with Palestine on campuses? This discussion panel looked at…
Defender from the Mishkeegogamang First Nation north of Thunder Bay has lived in Toronto for decades and is an Indigenous leader. He was arrested on January 30, 2022 for allegedly taking part in a solidarity action with Wet’suwet’en on November 21, 2021 in Toronto.
The apartheid regime of Israel’s occupation is a feature of settler-colonialism. It is sustained by three criteria: expanding illegitimate borders through the annexation of land, violence against the native population, and Jewish ethnic exclusiveness and supremacy.
The capitalist system, based as it is on exploitation, is controlled by a ruling class that can’t acknowledge the realities of its irrational and crisis-ridden system. The working class, who make up the great majority, can’t challenge this system with the ideas of the class that exploits them. An understanding of the society we live in is required before we can change it and, in that regard, the analysis of the workings of a capitalist economy that Marx and Engels provided is more vital today than ever before.
Content Warning: Police killing of an Indigenous man and use of dogs as weapons. On July 8, 2021, RCMP officers surrounded Jared (Jay) Lowndes in…
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