The Ontario government’s handling of the education system during the pandemic has been roundly critized by parents, educators and students for failing to adequately fund…
Anyone who has gone to buy groceries lately has noticed the rising price of food. For workers and people on fixed incomes the increased cost…
Casual workers at the University of Toronto, represented by United Steelworkers local 1998, recently won two paid sick days. Spring Magazine spoke with Colleen Burke…
Toronto city council recently deferred a housing framework for legalized multiple-tenant housing (MTH) presented by planning staff. Spring Magazine’s Loretta Fisher spoke with a long-time…
Immediately following the recent military coup in Sudan, an emergency solidarity rally was held in Toronto on October 26. Spring Magazine spoke with one of…
The struggle for a free Palestine has been ongoing since the Zionist project displaced millions of Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 to create the…
Farmers in India have been protesting against neoliberal agricultural bills since November 2020. These bills are poised to increase privatization in India’s agriculture sector and…
In 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil, the Stop the War Coalition emerged in the UK to resist the coming ‘War on…
The call to defund the police became a defining moment in the political history of Turtle Island during 2020. In Canada, people took to the…
Paul Taylor is a long-time anti-poverty and social justice activist in Toronto and the federal New Democratic Party candidate in Parkdale-High Park. Paul recently talked…
The goal of gig economy companies is to roll back workers rights. Fighting misclassification, fighting for gig workers’ rights means empowering the entire working class.
Since mid-April, Hilton Metrotown staff in Burnaby have been locked out following the termination of 97 workers a year into the pandemic. The fight at the Hilton is part of a broader attack by employers on hotel workers across BC.
