Category: Social Movements
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‘Many vs the Money’ Counter-Summit and the ‘Anti-CEO Summit’ Counter-Protest: Old Patterns or New Opening
The weekend of September 11-14th marked an important step toward building a movement against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s neoliberal agenda, with its anti-worker, extractivist, export-oriented, pro-business model of development. A … Keep reading »
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Solidarity Is Strength – panel discussion
From the Ontario Days of Action to Building the Fight Against Ford This is part 2 of the “Solidarity Is Strength” event. 0:00 Vic – introductions 2:40 Sue Pinel, francophone … Watch video »
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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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Rally and March for Migrant Justice
END EXPLOITATION. RENEW WORK PERMITS. STOP DEPORTATIONS. STATUS FOR ALL. Migrants make Canada work. We care for children and elders, grow food, build homes, and keep communities running. But the … Watch video »
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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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Booklaunch: Out of the Impasse?
This launch of Herman Rosenfeld’s writings provides a vital record of socialist analysis rooted in the lived experiences of Canadian labour. Drawing on his background as a shop floor worker … Watch video »
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Booklaunch: Confronting the Resurgent Right
Join us for the launch of Confronting the Resurgent Right. Scholars and activists take Canada’s 2022 “Freedom Convoy” as a recent manifestation of deep-rooted extremism and provide intersectional commentary on … Watch video »
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A Global Wave of Resistance to the US Empire Must Begin with Ending Israel’s Genocide
“Palestine is really the center of the world.” — Angela Davis The US administration has unilaterally announced a so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza led by US President Trump in … Keep reading »
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Social Strikes: Confronting ICE and Resisting Authoritarianism
As authoritarian politics harden in the United States, familiar channels of resistance are proving dangerously inadequate. Elections are constrained, courts are under siege, and dissent is increasingly met with repression … Keep reading »
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Dissent, Reason, or Reasoned Dissent: Trumpism Amidst Mamdani
Across the world, neoliberalism has exhausted the moral and material foundations of the liberal order that once began as a promise of equality, justice, prosperity, efficiency, and freedom. In practice, … Keep reading »
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Catherine Connolly Wins: An historic victory for the Irish left
Catherine Connolly’s resounding victory in the Irish presidential election is a watershed moment. It is the first time that the left has won a majority of votes in a national … Keep reading »
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A World Transformed 2025: Britain’s Left-Wing and Experiments in Democracy
The biggest left-wing event in Great Britain – The World Transformed – was held regularly under the patronage of the Labour Party from 2016 onward. Since the party under the … Keep reading »