How housewives organized against inflation
RADICAL HOUSEWIVES is a play about the struggles of Toronto housewives in the 1930s and 1940s for lower food prices, and about the weight of…
RADICAL HOUSEWIVES is a play about the struggles of Toronto housewives in the 1930s and 1940s for lower food prices, and about the weight of…
Roland Schmidt is a postal worker and 2nd term president of CUPW local 730 in Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently a candidate for 3rd National…
The Spring Podcast spoke with labour activist Elise Lee Lai about how labour is approaching the upcoming election in Ontario. Lee Lai outlines the most…
March 26, 2022 marks seven years of the war in Yemen. The war has killed over a quarter of a million people. Over 4 million people have been displaced and 70% of the population, including 11.3 million children, are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. Spring Magazine spoke with Simon Black of Labour Against the Arms Trade about the war in Yemen and Canada’s role in the conflict.
Binesi Ogichidaa is an outspoken advocate for Prison abolition and the rights of Indigenous Women. She is an organizer with Fund our Communities Defund the…
The Sudanese military seized control of the country through its coup on October 25, 2021. Ever since, there have been weekly mass opposition demonstrations in…
The following are excerpts from an episode of The Red Nation Podcast, where Wing Chief Sleydo’ and Jen Wickham of Cas Yikh House in Gidimt’en…
Two years into the pandemic – with all the risks of unsafe work conditions, lost pay, and job precarity continuing to fall disproportionately on low-income…
The climate crisis is the biggest existential threat on the planet and it is driven by a capitalist system that exploits people and nature for…
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…
Spring Magazine spoke with Alyssa Gerhardt, a Sociologist and PhD candidate at Dalhousie University about the rising cost of food. Gerhardt co-authored the 2021 Canada Food Price Report. Gerhardt highlights how capitalism, the climate crisis, and the rising cost of living are all interconnected.
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…