Union leaders should hear the clamoring for a real fight back.
The Ford government in Ontario won a majority in the provincial legislature with 40% of those casting a ballot voting...more)
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Support the Foodora couriers fight for better wages!
“Gig economy same old crap, exploitation in an app!” was the chant of over two hundred Foodora bicycle and car...more)
Jim Carrey provides political comedic relief from the darkness of the Trumps of this world
In these dark times, if you need a dose of inspiration with a laugh, sign up to Jim Carrey’s twitter...more)
Job losses, declining life expectancy and a sick planet underline the need for a Green New Deal.
Canadians want a Green New Deal. In a recent poll, 61% support a plan which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions...more)
The climate movement is much bolder than the Green Party.
The Green party is on a roll. After forming the official opposition in PEI, three weeks ago, last week they...more)
Anti-racists across the Canadian state need to shut down hate and show solidarity wherever we are.
The proposed ban on religious symbols put forward by the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) is a racist law. Make no...more)
The real violence in Ontario is not coming from cartoon guillotines; it’s coming from Doug Ford’s austerity cuts to programs and services
Doug Ford called the cops on people who brought a prop guillotine to the Mayday general strike rally at Toronto’s...more)
Rage against Ford fuels May Day
There were several actions in Hamilton to celebrate International Workers Day. The first rally was part of the spontaneous social...more)
Interview with Thomas McKechnie on his new play
Remembering the Winnipeg General is a political vaudeville that tells the story of the momentous, yet oft forgotten Winnipeg General...more)
Celebrate the victory of PSOE, but build the anti-capitalist left.
Parliamentary elections in the Spanish state on Sunday saw the victory of the Labour-type PSOE Socialist Party, the entry into...more)
Tenants are organzing themselves to take on landlords.
This weekend the Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) celebrated its second anniversary. On April 27 members gathered at the Carnegie Community...more)
How union leaders were pressed to lead a fight against Ford's mentor, Mike Harris
This column, published in the October 4, 1995 issue of Socialist Worker, was written in the leadup to the Ontario...more)
PEI Greens’ success shows voters’ concern for climate, but we need more
It was an historic election night in Prince Edward Island this week. As climate scientists have become more and more...more)
Mass strike action can stop Ford
Since their election last June, Doug Ford’s Tories have been on a mission – to roll back, slash or eliminate...more)
The real opposition to Kenney will be in the streets
On election night in Alberta, Jason Kenney began his slick victory speech declaring Alberta ‘open for business!’ Again and again...more)
Ford preys on fear, we need to build on hope.
Recently a friend initiated a game, asking where and when in history people would rather have been born. Almost without...more)
Liberals fund pipelines, borders, cops and war
The killing of 50 Muslim worshipers in New Zealand resulted in an immediate spike in Islamophobic incidents worldwide.
In...more)
Janitors win pensions, health benefits, and surpass $15/hr
In the last week of March thousands of workers in the janitorial industry made a historic breakthrough by winning a...more)
A new workers’ party in South Africa is committed to revolution
The Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP) has been formally launched in South Africa . Over 1,000 delegates from its many...more)
No student a cash cow, tuition freeze now!
A few weeks ago marked a critical point in the Tuition Freeze Now (TFN) campaign at Simon Fraser University, with...more)
Homophobia, misogyny and white supremacy in the United Conservative party
Watching Jason Kenney’s UCP campaign in the Alberta election is like watching a clown car empty out in front of...more)
Thousands of students walk out to protest Ford education cuts
Tens of thousands of elementary, middle and high school students walked out of class in Ontario to protest cuts to...more)
The Toronto and York Region Labour Council stewards assembly meets to plan the fight againist Ford
Almost 900 stewards and trade union activists gathered in downtown Toronto for the first multi-union stewards assembly in years. The...more)
Party also launches ultimatum to CAQ government on climate change
With chants of So-so-so solidarité, Quebec solidaire delegates celebrated a decisive vote in favour of opposing any and all ban...more)
The best horror movies are political.
Review of Us, directed by Jordan Peele Jordan Peele, director of 2017's brilliant film Get Out, skewering racism in America,...more)
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