Category: Social Movements
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Talking About Power
The Social Democrats have collapsed. Die Linke is divided. Will the German left ever be able to contend for power? An interview with Ingar Solty. Keep reading »
No U.S. and Canada Supported Coup in Venezuela!
Speak out against the ongoing coup attempt in Venezuela and the U.S. and Canadian government’s support! Recorded in Toronto, 26 January 2019. Watch video »
For the University, For the Society
How the Student Protest in Albania Became the First Massive Resistance to Neoliberalism Early December 2018. It all started as a seemingly spontaneous explosion of student anger against the fees imposed on students for ‘re-sit exams’ in one faculty. It almost immediately brought together thousands of students from various faculties from the University of Tirana, and … Keep reading »
New Democracy Against Democracy
There’s only one country in the world where the decade long crisis of neoliberal global capitalism swept a radical left party into government: Greece. But in 2019, the capacity of its left to successfully confront the far right’s continuing political ascent will be severely tested. There was a very rapid passage from euphoria to disappointment … Keep reading »
India General Strike 2019
A report on the #GeneralStrike in India from Bangalore by @jamie_woodcock Keep reading »
Seasons Greetings from France’s Yellow Vests: “We Are Not Tired”
Is the Yellow Vest (Gilets Jaunes) rebellion, now in its seventh week, “petering out?” Such was the near-unanimous pronouncement of the mainstream media, when I returned home to Montpellier, France, eager to participate and to observe first-hand this popular insurrection which I had been afraid of missing. I needn’t have worried. By nine o’clock last … Keep reading »
Organize! Educate! Resist!
A short play about the Metro Days of Action. Directed by Aida Jordao. Written by Craig Heron and the cast. Watch video »
A Populist Moment? Learning from Corbyn, Sanders, Mélenchon and Iglesias in Germany
Mario Candeias analyses how to connect the different forces, and how can populist momentum carry forward a popular project? Keep reading »
Brazil: Fascism on the Verge of Power?
Why did Brazilian voters turn to the radical right after 13 years of governments led by the PT plus two years of an interim neoliberal government that came to power via a parliamentary coup? Keep reading »
Remembering the Metro Days of Action
As Ontario faces a new round of neoliberal attacks on workers, the poor, racialized, and other marginalized communities it is important to draw lessons from past struggles. Watch video »
The Far Right, the Hard Right, and Our Fight Against Them
The massacre of worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh by a far-right shooter and the election of fascist politician Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil on the same October weekend were a double blow to people on the left who understand the significance of these events. The high-profile public debate in Toronto between David Frum … Keep reading »
Yellow Vest Protest Movement: Inequality and the Hollowness of the French Regime
Ignored by French President Emmanuel Macron, distorted by the media, courted by the Right, snubbed by the Left, the self-organized mass movement known as the Yellow Vests (Mouvement des gilets jaunes) is seriously challenging the political and economic order in France. In Paris, on the morning of Saturday December 1st, as thousands of self-organized Yellow … Keep reading »