Year: 2024
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Poisoning the American Mind: Student Protests in the Age of the New McCarthyism
We live in an age of increased disasters and encroaching fascism. This is a historical moment marked by a systemic attempt by an emerging authoritarianism to disable language and dissent … Keep reading »
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What’s “hate speech” Got To Do With It? Moral Panic and the Media’s Politics of Distraction
I woke up on Monday morning, April 22, 2024, to a CBC storm. A blast of CBC rhetoric shot through the airwaves repeatedly over that day like ice pellets pummelling … Keep reading »
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First Nation in Solidarity with McGill Students
Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine The past two weeks [in October 2023] of horrific violence in Gaza resulted from 75 years of Israeli settler colonial dispossession, 56 years of military occupation, and … Keep reading »
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Disclose, Divest, Boycott Israel: Student Encampments in Canada for Palestine
F4P in Solidarity With Student Encampments Faculty for Palestine (F4P) wholeheartedly supports the student encampments for Palestine at universities across the settler colonial state of Canada and around the world. The … Keep reading »
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Sudan: From Revolution to War
On 15 April 2023, violence erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following weeks of growing tensions between the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the head … Keep reading »
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Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day
This May Day and Nakba Day, we, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions – Gaza, urgently appeal to our brothers and sisters in the international trade union movement to … Keep reading »
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Toronto Labour Council Demands: End Arms Exports to Israel
WHEREAS solidarity with workers everywhere is a crucial part of trade unionism, and the workers’ struggle has no borders; and WHEREAS every day the Toronto & York Region Labour Council, … Keep reading »
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AI Chatbots: Hype Meets Reality
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere. Companies use powerful AI chatbots on their webpages or phone systems to handle customer questions. Newsrooms and magazines use them to write stories. … Keep reading »
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The Budget and the Canadian Housing Market: Another Ruined Dinner Party
Chrystia Freeland put on her best smile to introduce two new bonbons she hopes will sweeten the lives of Canada’s first-time home buyers. On 11 April, Canada’s deputy prime minister … Keep reading »
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From World War II to Gaza: U.S. Labour Opposition to War and Fascism
At a labor press conference/rally on December 14 in front of the White House, Brandon Mancilla – child of Guatemalan immigrants and director of United Auto Workers (UAW) District 9 … Keep reading »
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Medical Care in Ontario’s Private Clinics: Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical
A new report Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical: Case Studies of Patients Charged for Medical Care in Ontario’s Private Clinics, featured evidence from more than a hundred patients about user fees … Keep reading »
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How KingSett Capital Hijacked Toronto’s Revitalization Plans
In March of 2021, Toronto’s City Council directed staff to find funding sources for the purchase or expropriation of 214-230 Sherbourne Street to build “deeply affordable and supportive housing” as … Keep reading »