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Building Labour Solidarity with Palestine
| May 20, 2008
In July 2005, over 170 Palestinian organizations urged the world to adopt a campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel in the manner of South Africa Apartheid. This … Keep reading »
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Food Crisis II – Capitalism, Agribusiness, and the Food Sovereignty Alternative
| May 12, 2008
When food riots broke out in Haiti last month, the first country to respond was Venezuela. Within days, planes were on their way from Caracas, carrying 364 tons of badly … Keep reading »
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Race and Policing: Inquiry into Police Killing of Frank Paul Shows Power of Protest
| May 7, 2008
On December 5, 1998 a Vancouver police officer dragged Frank Paul, a 47-year-old Mik’maq man, soaking wet and unconscious, from the downtown holding cells and dumped him in an alley … Keep reading »
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The CAW and Panic Bargaining: Early Opening at the Big Three
| May 6, 2008
In the face of a deteriorating economic climate and concerns about the ‘investment competitiveness’ of Canadian plants, the CAW leadership made a startling move this spring. It had an air … Keep reading »
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What Emergency? An Assessment of Toronto’s 2008 Transit Strike
| May 5, 2008
Last weekend’s two-day transit strike in Toronto raises anew and in starker terms two issues of longstanding concern to the labour movement in this city and throughout the province. First, … Keep reading »
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Socialist Project Labour Movement Platform
As workers, we are today confronted with the challenge of defending what we have and making gains in the face of an ever-expanding and relentless employer offensive. The employers’ drive … Keep reading »
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Justice for Migrant Workers: Why We Will March
| May 1, 2008
Global migration has been increasing rapidly over the last decades within and between states. A disquieting aspect of this has been the growth of migrant workers who are non-citizens and … Keep reading »
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Food Crisis I
| April 28, 2008
In Haiti, where most people get 22% fewer calories than the minimum needed for good health, some are staving off their hunger pangs by eating “mud biscuits” made by mixing … Keep reading »
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The Capitalist Workday, The Socialist Workday
| April 26, 2008
As May Day approaches, there are four things that are worth remembering: For workers, May Day does not celebrate a state holiday or gifts from the state but commemorates the … Keep reading »
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Countering Palestine Solidarity Work in Canada
| April 25, 2008
“Words wreak havoc when they find a name for what had up to then been lived namelessly” – Jean Paul Sartre Over the past several months of 2008, Israel advocacy … Keep reading »
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The Mexican Crisis and the Oaxaca Commune
| April 23, 2008
The Oaxaca Commune was an extraordinary experience of popular insurgency and democratic self-governance. Though its rise and fall was conditioned by the particularities of the Mexican political crisis of 2006, … Keep reading »
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The Ontario Mining Act, Political Prisoners and the Right to Say “NO”
| April 16, 2008
In February 2008, the leadership of the Ardoch Algonquins were sentenced for contempt because of their unwavering opposition to uranium exploration on their traditional territory in eastern Ontario. Bob Lovelace, … Keep reading »
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