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by Roger Annis | May 22, 2013 Construction unions in British Columbia and the broader union movement in Canada lost a court battle this week in Ottawa over the efforts of an upstart coal mining company, HD Mining, to build and operate a coal mine in northeast BC using workers from China. Below are three news articles describing this case. | May 22, 2013 Issue 416, and Thatcher is still dead. Unfortunately, Thatcherism is still alive and kicking the poorest and most vulnerable people in the teeth. SSP co-spokesperson Colin Fox looks at the barbarism of Thatcher's legacy -- from the Bedroom Tax to weapons of mass destruction to the anti-trade union laws and other brutal attacks on the poor and why it needs to be challenged and stopped. Also in this issue, Richie Venton reports from the STUC conference and more. by John W. Warnock | May 22, 2013 There is a boom in the Saskatchewan economy, and economists all point to increasing exploitation of our resource industries. A major factor has been the expansion of the capacity of the potash industry. Over the past few years, all of the potash corporations in the province have invested capital in their existing mines. The three existing potash corporations are adding new capacity that will total 14 million metric tonnes (MMT). "Greenfield" mines being developed by K+S Potash Canada and Western Potash will add an additional 5.0 MMT. | May 21, 2013 A re-issue of the text of the Mayday Manifesto, with a new introduction by Michael Rustin. Our aim is to offer this both as a historical document of intrinsic interest and to remind readers that the intellectual work of presenting the possibility of a more democratic, equal and just society has a long tradition in our country. | May 21, 2013 Le 9e congrès de Québec solidaire se tiendra dans les locaux de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, les 3, 4 et 5 mai. Les débats entre les 500 délégués-es aura lieu au Pavillon Judith-Jasmin. À cette occasion, les délégués-es éliront le futur porte-parole et président du parti qui succédera à André Frappier, qui assurait l'intérim depuis le conseil national de décembre 2012. review by Andy Feeney | May 21, 2013 As many Americans prepare to observe Earth Day this year, democratic socialists who are paying attention might want to contemplate two possibly disagreeable questions. The first is: what if anything can we contribute to the understanding of climate change and other urgent environmental problems that countless green activists haven't already discovered themselves -- and long before us? The second is: what unique contribution can socialists make, if any, toward fixing what's wrong? by Esther Vivas | May 20, 2013 The current food and agricultural system, which is criticized for being "generator of hunger in a world of abundance" because of the monopolies, speculation, globalization and privatization policies of the past decades. Reporting its effects on climate change, loss of agricultural diversity, the use of GMOs, the oil-dependence and lack of people's food sovereignty: "The same people who led to the subprime crisis are those who are now speculating on food." |
Left Unity in Pakistan: Foundation of Awami Workers Party April 20, 2013 No OSHA Inspections at Texas Plant in 5 Years April 20, 2013 The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change April 20, 2013 Just them April 20, 2013 White doesn't always mean privileged: why Femen's Ukrainian context matters April 19, 2013 Bringing together eco and socialism April 19, 2013 NDP ditches socialist albatross just when it might be an asset April 19, 2013 Porter Loses Injunction, Goes Straight to a Lawsuit April 19, 2013 AFL-CIO's Non-Union Worker Group Headed Into Workplaces in Fifty States April 19, 2013 The Story Of Mohammad Mahjoub April 19, 2013 Independent trade unions call for mass demonstrations in Tahrir April 19, 2013 The Mindset of North Korean Elites April 18, 2013 ILWU rallies grain workers locked-out by Mitsui in Vancouver April 18, 2013 Protest tents spring up across the West Bank April 18, 2013 IMF puts pressure on George Osborne with criticism of cuts April 18, 2013 Cuban Doctors Threatened in Venezuela April 18, 2013 A Radical Anthropologist Finds Himself in Academic 'Exile' April 17, 2013 NDP Attacks the Left at Their Own Peril April 17, 2013 The horror we feel today April 17, 2013 Understanding the Venezuelan Presidential Election Outcome April 17, 2013 In The News archive:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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| 7:30pm, Thursday May 23, 2013 Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Film: Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama Watch the trailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu3sHunAmt8 Presented by the Yuri Kochiyama 92nd Birthday Celebration Committee Co-sponsored by the Canadian Auto Workers union and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. beitzatoun.org |
| 7:10pm, Thursday May 23, 2013 Elgin and Lisgar, Ottawa. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Info-Picket: Support of Striking Porter Airlines Workers! Event begins at 7:10am, Thursday, May 23rd. Where and When: Assembly point is the Human Rights monument (northeast corner of Elgin and Lisgar) Ultimate destination -- Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave W Background: Thursday, May 23rd will be Day 133 of a strike by 22 courageous aircraft fuellers at Toronto based Porter Airlines. The group, members of COPE Local 343, earns wages of $12 and $13 per hour, and they are proposing health and safety training and equipment for their members. The company has offered paltry increases of zero for some, and 25 cents per hour for others, with nothing at all to address the group's health and safety concerns. Porter Airlines is led by CEO and majority owner Robert Deluce, who clearly aims to bust the recently-formed union, and establish poverty wages and rotten working conditions as their competitive advantage over other airlines. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is marking Day 133 of this strike by picking a side in this dispute – and he has picked the wrong side. Rather than join the growing list of mainstream political leaders respecting the COPE-called Porter Airlines boycott, the Mayor has outraged local residents by inviting Porter’s millionaire CEO to speak to a crony, $45-a-plate breakfast with Ottawa’s Chamber of Commerce. (See www.obj.ca/FlyingPage/35 for breakfast details) It is speculated that the Mayor may be hoping to persuade Deluce to re-locate his union-busting operation to Ottawa. The Workers Action Working Group of Solidarity Against Austerity is joining the growing grassroots campaign in support of these striking workers. We invite all those interested in standing up for workers, and challenging these predatory business practices, to join us for a Solidarity Information Picket at the site of this crony breakfast – Ottawa’s City Hall. We will gather at the Human Rights Monument at the corner of Elgin St. and Lisgar St. at 7:10am on Thursday, May 23rd. Our message: Boycott Porter Airlines! Corporate union busters not welcome in Ottawa! Bring your pots and pans, let’s make some noise! For more information: Solidarity Against Austerity | www.dontflyporter.com | Twitter: @porterstrike | #dontflyporter |
| 7:00pm, Thursday May 23, 2013 Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor St. W, Toronto. Add to iCal | Google | Yahoo |
Book launch: Catastrophism and the Left A conversation with Eddie Yuen and David McNally Eddie Yuen teaches Urban Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and is a writer, editor, and radio producer. His publications include The Battle Of Seattle: The New Challenge to Capitalist Globalization, Eds. Eddie Yuen, Daniel Burton-Rose, and George Katsiaficas (Soft Skull Press, 2002). Eddie is also a contributing producer for the radio program Against the Grain. He is a contributor to Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Crisis and Rebirth. David McNally teaches political Science at York University and is the author of many books, including, Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism (awarded the 2012 Deutscher Prize). He is a contributor to Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Crisis and Rebirth. Meeting sponsored by the Toronto New Socialist Group | Facebook event |
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