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Precarity U
| January 10, 2021
Members of United Steel Workers (USW, Local 1998) tell their stories about the reality, good and bad, of working on casual contracts. Watch video »
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COVID-19 Crisis Situation In Ontario: Deadliest Day of the Pandemic
| January 8, 2021
January 7th is the deadliest day of the pandemic so far, 89 people died in the last 24-hour period. By every measure the situation is critical, warns the Ontario Health Coalition. Keep reading »
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India Can Already Afford a Welfare State: It Just Needs to Tax Its Wealthiest Citizens
| January 6, 2021
Inheritance and wealth taxes alone, levied only on the top 1 per cent of the population, would be $196-billion and finance a welfare state in India. Keep reading »
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Failure to Protect Essential Prisoner Workers Undermines Public Safety
| January 5, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading through federal prisons. As of December 30, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has reported 1093 positive cases and three deaths among federal prisoners. The … Keep reading »
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Lower Fares, More Service!: Public Transit Struggles In and After the Pandemic
| January 3, 2021
A second wave of the pandemic is raging across the country, and Toronto and other cities are again in lockdown. Austerity for social provisioning including public transit is high on the agenda for city governments across North America. Watch video »
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Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing Out the Promise of Democracy in the Middle East
| January 2, 2021
Ten years ago, a hawker in Tunisia set himself on fire, which spurred on people along the entire Mediterranean Sea – from Morocco to Spain – to rise up in … Keep reading »
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2020: Beard in Review
| January 1, 2021
In this episode we explore Politico’s obsession with how Trudeau the Politics Dad grew a quarantine beard. Touching on news topics throughout the year like the Wet’suwet’en protests, CERB rollout, and the BLM uprising, this episode serves as our review of the dumpster fire that has been 2020. Listen to audio »
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For Leo: the Teacher, the Friend, the Comrade
| December 31, 2020
The news of his hospitalization came unexpectedly just a few weeks ago. When things became more difficult for him, Skype became the tool to carry out his “commitments.” You see, … Keep reading »
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When They Say Jump: The ATU and the TTC
| December 30, 2020
On Thursday, December 17, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU Local 113), the union that represents the majority of Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) workers, provided an example of how not to organize … Keep reading »
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Transit Policy and COVID-19
| December 29, 2020
Public transit is an essential service. In the midst of a pandemic it is also a particularly dangerous one for transit workers and transit users. The City of Ottawa has … Keep reading »
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Millions of India’s Farmers Are in a Fight for Their Economic Lives
| December 28, 2020
India’s Hindu fundamentalist government has pushed through a deregulatory agenda for years. Now it has taken on farmers who have nothing left to lose and who are refusing to back down. Keep reading »
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Challenges Ahead: The US Left and Labour After Trump
| December 27, 2020
With the results of the presidential and congressional elections in the US, a series of questions have come to the fore for the North American left. How far – or how little – will Biden overturn the policies of Trump? With Nicole Aschoff, Chris Maisano, and Jonathan Rosenblum. Watch video »
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