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Transcending Pessimism: Rekindling Socialist Imagination
I “We’re free… we’re free.” The last words of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, are uttered, sobbing, by Linda Loman over her husband Willy’s grave. Weary and penniless … Keep reading »
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The Toronto ‘Garbage Strike’ and the Critique of Ideology
After six months of contract negotiations with the City of Toronto, union members of CUPE locals 79 (representing inside workers) and 416 (representing outside workers) went on strike on June … Keep reading »
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The Toronto Municipal Strike: Who Do We Get Mad At?
Public sector strikes are frustrating to both the public and the strikers. The public is upset with losing daily services they have come to depend on, while the strikers are … Keep reading »
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Wall Declares War on Organized Labour in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has had a cake walk since defeating Lorne Calvert and the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the November 2007 provincial elections. After Calvert’s resignation and as … Keep reading »
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The Mass Resistance in Honduras: Its Own Voice
Most of the coverage of the military coup in Honduras from bourgeois and liberal circles, and from many “Western” foreign ministers and departments, has focused on what various governments are … Keep reading »
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Managing the Crisis in Toronto: Class Power and Striking City Workers
After six months of negotiations without a contract and little movement during collective bargaining, City of Toronto workers in CUPE Locals 79 and 416 went on strike on June 22. … Keep reading »
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The Windsor CUPE Strike: Implications for the Labour Movement and the Left
Negotiations are scheduled to resume on Thursday, July 9th, between Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 82 (outside workers) and Local 543 (inside workers) and the City of Windsor. … Keep reading »
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Air Canada Workers Reject Wage, Pension Concessions
Members of the largest union at Air Canada have narrowly voted to reject an extraordinary agreement that would have frozen their wages for the next 21 months and allowed the … Keep reading »
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Canada and Honduras
Hostility to the military coup in Honduras is increasing. So is the Harper government’s isolation on the issue. At Saturday’s special meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Canada’s … Keep reading »
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Support CUPE 79 and 416 Toronto City Workers on Strike
CUPE workers at the City of Toronto are now into their second week of a strike. They are holding the line against the drive by government and business employers demanding … Keep reading »
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Toronto City Workers on Strike: Battling Neoliberal Urbanism
On June 22nd, City of Toronto workers walked off the job leaving garbage uncollected, parks and recreation programmes shutdown, daycares shuttered and a range of services critical to city living … Keep reading »
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Acceptable Versus Unacceptable Repression: A Lesson in Canadian Imperial Hypocrisy
June has been a difficult month for progressive activists around the world. Mass protests in Iran and indigenous blockades in Peru were met with heavy repression, while a left-of-centre President … Keep reading »