Canada’s Addiction to Corporate Bailouts
Politicians love a free market. Until recession hits. Or a pandemic. Or a climate crisis.
Category: Plus40
Ford and Trudeau are sacrificing workers to protect corporate profits
The pandemic has made it clear that the rights of workers are expendable in the eyes of capital and our political leadership
Ellen Gabriel: Bill C-15 is chance ‘to actually break with the colonial status quo’
UNDRIP isn’t perfect, but it is a clear expression of what Indigenous Peoples have fought for
Protesting Canadian support for illegal Israeli military recruitment
Once again a human rights group has determined that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians amounts to apartheid. Human Rights Watch is calling for governments around the world “to impose sanctions and … Read More
Protesting Canadian support for illegal Israeli military recruitment
Once again a human rights group has determined that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians amounts to apartheid. Human Rights Watch is calling for governments around the world “to impose sanctions and … Read More
‘A page out of Harper’s playbook’: Liberals set to break strike at Port of Montreal
Trudeau has tabled back-to-work legislation, but the union isn’t backing down
Who controls the basic income narrative?
GLBI could lift millions of Canadians out of poverty, giving workers leverage and empowering them to make their own choices
Land Back Camp: Our Voices
Photography winner of the 2020 Writing in the Margins contest by Shawn Johnston Mar 1, 2021 2 min read Share “Land Back Camp: Our Voices” is a … Read More
Against the Duck Factory
by Alex Wilson, Owen Toews, and Kevin Settee Mar 1, 2021 12 min read Share Water control is out of control in Canada. The latest case in … Read More
Baby book: Documenting undocumented motherhood
by Queenie, Jen Bagelman, and Geraldine Pratt Mar 1, 2021 9 min read Share This book belongs to Angelou. It was a gift from mama Queenie. … Read More
China, the Canadian left, and countering state capitalist apologia
by Vincent Wong Mar 1, 2021 17 min read Share It was a warm summer night in downtown Ottawa, with COVID-19 restrictions dampening what would otherwise have … Read More
Trauma can alter your brain for life, study finds
But scientific advances and new treatments offer hope for survivors
Education in crisis: Teachers are burning out, unions are preparing to strike
Pushed to the brink and exhausted, nearly 50,000 Quebec teachers prepare to strike for better conditions. Others may soon join them.
Liberals rhetorically support NDP pharmacare bill, then vote against it
On Wednesday afternoon, the House of Commons voted down a New Democratic motion to take a first step toward national pharmacare. The vote went 32 for the measure to 295 … Read More
The class struggle and geopolitics
As socialists, our solidarity should be with the international working class, not with governments or states