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Ensuring that the Unions’ Bark will be Worse than their Bite
The United States had a Tricky Dick. Canada has a Sneaky Mark. Contextualizing Part III of Bill C-39—Labour Relations A collective bargaining regime which does not permit a workers’ union … Keep reading »
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Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form
The 18th-century notion of the panopticon – a circular prison design with a guard station in the middle, allowing a single officer to enforce discipline by keeping watch over all … Keep reading »
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‘And They Call it Democracy’
The reflection on democracy that follows was originally written by Bryan Palmer to structure his remarks at an October 2, 2026, workshop titled “The Reset: Citizens and Other Marginalized People … Keep reading »
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Building the Confront Carney’s CEO Summit Protest
Months of organizing brought movements together and carried an unapologetically anti-capitalist message across the country. Keep reading »
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We’ll Take Those Odds: The Left and the Polarization of Options
The contemporary crisis of legitimacy, the importance of revitalizing organized labour, and the generation-defining project of organizing Amazon. Keep reading »
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AI and the Class Struggle
AI promises efficiency and progress, but whose labour makes it possible? A Marxist perspective on technology, exploitation and class power. Keep reading »
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How Amazon Busts Unions, In Its Own Words
Internal documents disclosed in a British Columbia labour case give us an incredibly detailed look into how exactly Amazon carries out its union-busting operations. Keep reading »
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Palestine Unions: Global Call for Worker Action Against Genocide
The Palestinian labour movement reiterates its solidarity with workers across the world resisting all forms of oppression and calls for global action to end complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide and … Keep reading »
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Solidarity is Strength: From the Ontario Days of Action To Building the Fight Against Ford
We are living in a moment where working people are under attack in various ways: Trump’s tariffs, Prime Minister Carney’s military investments, pipelines, cuts to social spending, the sell-off of … Keep reading »
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Justice For Kaleym Solidarity Statement
In the early hours of August 6, 2026, Toronto police shot and killed a black 19-year-old named Kaleym Davy while he was driving a vehicle. Headlines announced his death with … Keep reading »
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The Realpolitik of the new Combatting Hate Act
How Israel supporters play police, prosecutors, courts, to suppress free expression On June 18, 2026, the Canadian Parliament passed the Combatting Hate Act, which revises the Criminal Code in unnecessary … Keep reading »
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250 Years of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and US Independence
In March 1776, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was published. Four months later, 13 North American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Both events were in the air. … Keep reading »