When the NDP swept to power in Alberta in 2015, many people were in shock. For 44 years, the Progressive Conservatives ruled the province, the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history. But the NDP’s rule has proved to be a temporary interruption in a long line of […]
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On April 4, 100,000 to 200,000 school students walked out of 700 schools in protest against the Ford government’s plan to increase class size increases and other attacks on their education. The mood was energetic and enthusiastic. The students knew why they were protesting – to protect their education. Laughingly, Ford’s petulant comment even before […]
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Before the by-elections on February 26, the NDP had held two of the three seats being contested. By the end of the night they only had one seat — yet they were celebrating. This is a worrying sign of how low the party’s sights are set. The NDP are celebrating that their leader, Jagmeet Singh, […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members in Ontario. Doug Ford, Ontario’s new Premier, moved rapidly following his populism-fuelled election victory in which he vowed to be “The Premier for the People.” Worker’s rights have been attacked. Cancelling the agreed $15 an hour minimum wage increase has cost low-paid workers $1,000 a year. Yet, the province’s highest […]
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Vancouver voters made history on Saturday, October 20, 2018 by electing veteran organizer and community campaigner Jean Swanson to city council in the city’s most important electoral victory in decades. She with one school board and two parks board candidates were all elected under the rejuvenated Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) banner. The campaign’s centrepiece […]
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This is not the apocalypse . . . yet. But, the recent raging fires, droughts, hurricanes, floods, storms and melting ice feel like it. And these are only the impacts of a 1°C increase in global temperatures. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated with “high confidence,” that human activities have already increased […]
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Vanessa Wirth, from Berkeley Tower, was interviewed by Simon Schweitzer of Socialist Alternative Vancouver Berkeley Tower, overlooking English Bay in Vancouver, when it opened in 1959 was one of West End’s first high-rise apartments. Vanessa has lived in Berkeley Tower for five years and is active in the campaign to resist renoviction from the new […]
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“This is not a property management company, these are thugs!” exclaimed Carol Anne, a tenant living on Yew Street. Carol Anne was one of several tenants speaking at a rally on November 9 in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) called the rally, drawing over 150 people to protest the renovictions that have contributed […]
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Jean Swanson’s election to Vancouver City Council is a step toward a political revolution in this city. News of this historic victory is already rippling around the world. Swanson came fourth highest in the ballot. But it is not just one of 10 seats on Council. Jean’s seat is the movement’s seat on City Council. […]
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