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  • Challenges for Public Sector Unions: Thinking Big to Win Sam Gindin | October 21, 2009

    How did we get to this economic crisis? — It’s common to point the finger at greedy bankers, irresponsible speculators and regulators who let the financial system spiral out of control. Each of them certainly deserves blame but we need to look deeper. The crisis wasn’t just about the excesses of our economic system; it was rooted in what had become the normal, everyday functioning of our economic system. Keep reading »

  • The Caribbean and Latin America at the Rendezvous of History Melanie Newton | October 20, 2009

    In 2004 two events sent shock waves across the Caribbean Sea, presenting us with two radically different blueprints for future hemispheric relations. In February a combined force of American, Canadian … Keep reading »

  • Ford Canada Concessions: Could it Signal the End of an Era? Herman Rosenfeld and Euan Gibb | October 19, 2009

    While the CAW and Ford enter into another round of concessions bargaining – in the wake of concessions in the UAW – there is an argument to be made that … Keep reading »

  • The Canadian Media Oligopoly Against Media Democracy Tanner Mirrlees | October 16, 2009

    To observe that the North American media is dominated by corporate oligopolies serving commercial interests and squeezing out critical voices is to state the obvious. Media concentration in Canada is … Keep reading »

  • ALBA: Dawn of Solidarity in Latin America Paul Kellogg and Alissa Trotz | October 14, 2009

    Toronto, September 30, 2009 Facilitator: Melanie Newton. Co-sponsored: Venezuela We Are With You, Center for Social Justice, Latin American Solidarity Network, Toronto Haiti Action, Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle/Hands Off Venezuela. … Watch video »

  • What’s Wrong with Ontario’s Health Ministry and How to Fix It Natalie Mehra | October 14, 2009

    Health Minister David Caplan’s resignation is the right thing in the wake of scathing Provincial Auditor’s reports and repeated exorbitant salary revelations at the Ministry of Health (MOH). Undoubtedly in … Keep reading »

  • Is Canada More pro-Israel than the U.S.? Yves Engler | October 12, 2009

    In June, Israel began barring some North Americans with Palestinian-sounding names entry through Ben Gurion Airport. Forced to reroute through a land-border crossing that connects the West Bank with Jordan, … Keep reading »

  • Organizing Working Class Communities Steve Williams | October 8, 2009

    Toronto, October 2, 2009 – Steve Williams is co-director of the California based group POWER: People Organized to win Employment Rights, which since the late 1990s has been one of … Watch video »

  • Growing Concerns, Coming Battles No One Is Illegal – Toronto | October 7, 2009

    Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Policies The Canadian government has recently been signalling that it is going to introduce changes to Canada’s refugee determination system. For some time the Conservative government of … Keep reading »

  • Financial Meltdown

    Canada, the Economic Crisis and Political Struggle Over the last quarter century, the left in most of the developed world has been marginalized as a social force. The ‘culture of possibilities’ … Keep reading »

  • Hand-Washing Is Not Enough Steven Kennedy | October 6, 2009

    Fighting the Spread of H1N1 And Other Deadly Infections Requires Permanent and Highly-Trained Workers The view of a former hospital cleaner With the worldwide emergence of H1N1 influenza and the World … Keep reading »

  • Against Concessions: CAW – UAW Rank and File Solidarity Lindsay Hinshelwood | October 2, 2009

    In the spring of 2008, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, opened contract talks early to negotiate a concessionary contract in order to give the Detroit Three auto makers (Chrysler, … Keep reading »

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