Category: Social Movements
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A Critical Week for the World Social Forum
It all began right here in Porto Alegre in 2001 when this city in the south of Brazil became a major site of popular mobilization. Influenced by the Workers’ Party … Keep reading »
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Labour Struggles in Palestine and International Solidarity
Toronto — 8 May 2016. The global labour movement has long criticized Israel for human and trade union rights violations and abuse of Palestinian workers, while workers in Palestine are … Watch video »
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Solidarity With the People of Syria! Build the Antiwar Movement!
David Bush’s article “Syria and the Antiwar Tradition,” in the November 3 issue of The Bullet, is a commendable attempt to debate what antiwar activists in Canada and other “Western” … Keep reading »
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Chinese Workers’ Uprising: Unions, Workers, and Resistance in China Today
Toronto — 30 October 2016. China has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for three decades. It is also home to some of the largest, most incendiary, … Watch video »
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Syria and the Antiwar Tradition
There is major disorientation on the left in many Western countries when it comes to Syria and about how antiwar activists should respond to events on the ground in Syria … Keep reading »
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Fighting the TPP: Niagara Labour Organizes
From a Townhall Presentation on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on October 22 by Bruce Allen, organized by the Niagara Regional Labour Council, for which Bruce is Vice-President. I want to take … Keep reading »
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The Building Storm Against the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the one of the most recent of the neoliberal trade agreements being proposed. The final proposal was signed off in February 2016 in Auckland, New … Watch video »
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Canadian Mining Corporations in Latin America: Solidarity Rally
Toronto — 14 October 2016. Trade agreements are a weapon against communities! Community consent over corporate bullying! La lucha sigue; the struggle continues! In 2008, after years of violence, conflict, … Watch video »
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Razem: New Left in Poland
Marcelina Zawisza and Maciej Konieczny interviewed by Lorenzo Marsili “We are not the old Left. It is more than clear if you look at our faces, our age, the way we … Keep reading »
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Palestinian Solidarity Struggles
The state of Israel was just served notice by Black Lives Matter (BLM) in a big way. The human rights movement pummeled Israel for its decades long oppression of the … Watch video »
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Thousands to Meet in Montreal for World Social Forum
Thousands of people from over 95 countries are expected to gather in Montreal on August 9-14 for a social movement summit called the World Social Forum (WSF). Participants will spend … Keep reading »
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Before ’68: The Left, Activism and Social Movements in the Long 1960s
Norwich — 13 February 2016. Ernest Tate and Phil Hearse present Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s and 1960s. Ernest Tate’s memoir is an important contribution to the history of the … Watch video »