The class struggle and geopolitics
As socialists, our solidarity should be with the international working class, not with governments or states
Category: Plus40
The Blockaders
As logging resisters near month eight in Fairy Creek, a judge may order their surrender. Inside their last stand for old growth. A Tyee special report.
History in the making: How one organization is documenting the pandemic’s impact on workers
Before COVID-19 even arrived in Canada, the BC Labour Heritage Centre did what it often does: mined its archives for moments in history when workers in the province would have … Read More
Liberals and Conservatives conspire to cut short a minority government that works
Canada currently has a minority government and there’s nothing unusual about that. We have had many minority governments in our history, especially during the six decades from 1960 to the … Read More
Canada’s aid to Yemen is just a humanitarian band-aid
Rather than pushing for more international assistance, progressives should challenge corporate and imperial power structures
Canadians can stop swearing allegiance to the Queen
If you’re getting sick of the British (also the Canadian) monarchy, welcome to the club. The shenanigans of the royals might make for great television — whether as a dramatized … Read More
Police intervention highlights broken system for responding to mental health crises
A woman was yelling. Then the cops showed up. Things went downhill from there.
Trudeau Has Forfeited Any Right to Claim He’s a Feminist
The Vance affair proves the PM doesn’t get the deep, destructive sexism in Canada’s military and police forces.
Slow Canada: Here’s How Badly We Muffed the Pandemic
The auditor general lays out six ways our Public Health Agency failed its mandate.
Jeremy Corbyn challenges progressives to act globally but never forget the working class
Jeremy Corbyn might have lost the last British election and then stepped down as leader of the Labour party, but he has not abandoned either politics or activism. Far from … Read More
WE brothers counterattack, targeting NDP’s Charlie Angus
Craig and Marc Kielburger, the two brothers who founded WE Charity and its associated businesses, have decided to play aggressive offence as they push back against the members of Parliament … Read More
Canadian Universities Have a Racism Problem. We Went Deep into One
And what we found were myriad ways that people of colour struggle to find inclusion and justice. A special report.
Loss of Sockeye Diversity Threatens Skeena Salmon, Study Finds
Local and Indigenous fisheries are best positioned to manage fish at the population level.
Urban Farmers Have Been Leaving Vancouver for Greener Pastures
The city aimed to host 35 urban farms by 2020, but its policies have resulted in more farm closures than openings.
I Was on WHO’s China Team Investigating COVID’s Origin. Here’s What We Learned
Yes, it likely originated in animals. No the ‘wet market’ was not likely the source — nor was it created in a lab.