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AI Chatbots: Hype Meets Reality
| April 28, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere. Companies use powerful AI chatbots on their webpages or phone systems to handle customer questions. Newsrooms and magazines use them to write stories. … Keep reading »
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The Budget and the Canadian Housing Market: Another Ruined Dinner Party
| April 26, 2024
Chrystia Freeland put on her best smile to introduce two new bonbons she hopes will sweeten the lives of Canada’s first-time home buyers. On 11 April, Canada’s deputy prime minister … Keep reading »
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From South Africa to Palestine: Labour solidarity against apartheid
April 27 marks the 30th anniversary of Freedom Day in South Africa, when the first free and fair elections took place in 1994. That victory continues to inspire the ongoing … Keep reading »
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From World War II to Gaza: U.S. Labour Opposition to War and Fascism
| April 25, 2024
At a labor press conference/rally on December 14 in front of the White House, Brandon Mancilla – child of Guatemalan immigrants and director of United Auto Workers (UAW) District 9 … Keep reading »
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Medical Care in Ontario’s Private Clinics: Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical
| April 24, 2024
A new report Illegal, Unlawful and Unethical: Case Studies of Patients Charged for Medical Care in Ontario’s Private Clinics, featured evidence from more than a hundred patients about user fees … Keep reading »
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How KingSett Capital Hijacked Toronto’s Revitalization Plans
| April 23, 2024
In March of 2021, Toronto’s City Council directed staff to find funding sources for the purchase or expropriation of 214-230 Sherbourne Street to build “deeply affordable and supportive housing” as … Keep reading »
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Protecting the Right to Protest and Picket
| April 22, 2024
In Toronto and York Region, we are witnessing an alarming rise in anti-democratic, anti-worker motions being introduced by municipal Councillors. Using various pretexts, members of council in Toronto and York … Keep reading »
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Automating Creativity? Questioning AI’s Impact on the Arts
| April 21, 2024
Dr. Tanner Mirrlees’s keynote for Hot Docs Teachers’ Conference on the topic of generative AI and automation in the creative industries and higher education. The keynote focuses on the disruption … Watch video »
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Book launch: Law at Work
Please join the book launch of Harry Glasbeek’s Law at Work: The Coercion and Co-option of the Working Class, in Toronto. Author and renowned legal scholar Harry Glasbeek will unpack … Keep reading »
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Ecuador is Not For Sale
| April 19, 2024
A coalition of eco-activist, civil society, and indigenous groups are facing increased repression and violence in the struggle to halt extractivism and to hold the Noboa administration accountable to Ecuador’s laws enshrining the rights of nature. Keep reading »
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April 7: Six Months of Genocide in Gaza
| April 17, 2024
The world has watched for six months as Palestinians are murdered, injured and displaced en masse by the Israeli occupation. Canada has aided and abetted this atrocity. Canadian arms deals … Keep reading »
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The Power of Finance Is Inherent to Capitalism
| April 14, 2024
Analysts of financialization often present it as a sign of capitalist decline, yet the rise of finance has actually strengthened capitalist domination. The only way to challenge this power is by converting finance into a public utility. Keep reading »
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