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Fighting Ford: Ontario’s New Healthcare Act
It is called “The People’s Health Care Act.” But the new healthcare omnibus Bill 74 does not reflect his promises to “the people” in the election. Keep reading »
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GM Oshawa: Lowered Expectations, Unexplored Opportunities
A little over a generation ago, #GMCanada employed 23,000 hourly and office workers in #Oshawa. The steady decline to GM’s current numbers was accompanied, each step of the way, by the consolation that ‘well, at least some of the jobs remained’. Keep reading »
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Organizing Beyond Ford: Action Keele Bus Riders’ Campaign
The 41 Keele bus route wound its way north through the city long before Doug Ford came to reign over our province. It will continue long after he is out … Keep reading »
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Student Strikes for Climate Justice
Since 2018, Swedish students have been striking in front of the Parliament in Stockholm every Friday, prompted initially by high school student Greta Thunberg. #FridaysfortheFuture Keep reading »
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Free Transit in Ottawa
Fighting Against Climate Change and for Social Justice Ottawa’s public transit system has many shortcomings. Too often buses are congested and/or infrequent. Few stops have shelters and many users face lengthy … Keep reading »
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Peacemakers and Academics Facing Prison in Turkey
As cultural workers, unionists and academics working in Toronto and Canada, we strongly condemn the continuing harassment and sentencing of academics and students charged by the Turkish state with “propagandizing … Keep reading »
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From Liberal ‘Ideology’ to Massive Cuts: Ford’s Education Policy for Ontario
Education Minister Lisa Thompson walked up to the podium at the Ontario Science Centre on Friday to tell Ontarians about her plan for education. But first, she took a shot … Keep reading »
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Rethinking Approaches to Climate Change
Climate change is the most visible, most threatening expression of a larger, planetary ecological crisis, the result of an economic system (capitalism) with an inherent growth and profit dynamic which ensures that the exploitation of natural resources exceeds the carrying capacity of nature. Keep reading »
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Ukraine: An Election for the Oligarchs
Volodymyr Ishchenko on hopes and prospects for Ukraine’s political future. Keep reading »
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Working Women: Should We Be Combatting Sexism to Stimulate Economic Growth?
In the run-up to International Women’s Day, it was good to see Christine Lagarde highlight the problems of sexism in the global economy. Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary … Keep reading »
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An Ecosocialist Green New Deal: Guiding Principles
Humankind has reached a moment of existential crisis. Human activity is causing disastrous climate disruption and Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, triggering critical losses of biodiversity. We are already locked … Keep reading »
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Searching for New Forms of Struggle
Joao Pedro Stédile Reports on the Latin America Left from the International People’s Assembly. Keep reading »