Author: Sam Gindin
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Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction
Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct. Lana Payne, President of Unifor, has warned that “If we don’t push back hard against … Keep reading »
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Trump is Looking to Consolidate his Populist Base without Challenging Corporate Power
ILNA: During his second presidential term, US President Donald Trump raised tariffs to an unprecedented level. In your view, are Trump’s tariff policies driven more by economic considerations or political … Keep reading »
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Is Socialism Possible?
When this essay by Sam Gindin was first published as “Socialism for Realists” in the Fall of 2018 in Catalyst, the left was at a crossroads. In the preceding years … Keep reading »
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Sam Gindin on “Thinking as a Class”
If what we were saying to workers in a workplace was in the 1950s and 60s, you didn’t actually have to think about anybody else. If you were an auto … Watch video »
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‘An Offer You Can’t Refuse’: Trump Sends Canada a Wake-up Call
An all-too predictable pattern has emerged in US-Canada relations. US President Donald Trump makes Canada ‘an offer it can’t refuse’. What follows is a national gnashing of teeth, flag-waving, businesses … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Tariffs: Building a Working-Class Response
US President Trump’s tariffs and trade policies represent a fundamental attack on Canadian working people. In our workplaces and communities, we are faced with layoffs, intensified attacks on social programs … Watch video »
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The Man Who Would Be King: Method in Trump’s Madness, Contradictions in Trump’s Method
Headwinds have emerged in Donald Trump’s rush to derail and transform the state and place the US Empire on a radically new – but no less oppressive – footing. This … Keep reading »
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The Amazon Strike: Performative or Substantive?
The world has radically changed over the past four-plus decades. Unions haven’t. Or at least they haven’t changed nearly enough to match what they’re up against. In this context, unionizing … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Auto-Tariffs: From Formal Sovereignty to Substantive Sovereignty
The danger confronting Canadians is not President Trump’s on-and-off tariff toggle. That’s only a symptom. The more significant threat is our deep integration with, and hence dependence on, the US. … Keep reading »
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Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency On The US
The immediate task for Canada should be to delink from the United States and the American Empire. Keep reading »
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Health and Safety: Amazon Fails to Deliver
“We are going to be Earth’s best employer and Earth’s safest place to work.” (Jeff Bezos, April 2021) At the end of March 2021, a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama, … Keep reading »
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A Generational Challenge: Taming Amazon, Renewing Labour
As the Occupy protests of 2011 exhausted themselves, a dramatic turn from protests to politics surfaced. In the US, the energy was channeled into Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign for the … Keep reading »