Walter Chambers is a member of International Socialist Alternative. The war in Ukraine has turned into a war of brutal attrition. Only workers’ solidarity can end it. The Kremlin was hoping for a double celebration on May 9: to mark the Soviet Union’s victory in WW2, and the jubilant return of troops after a short […]
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Gas prices have soared around the world, adding to inflation that is hitting workers’ living standards. Vancouver, like its overinflated housing market, has Canada’s highest gas prices. The price of gas in Vancouver rose from $1.60 a litre in December 2021 to $2 a litre in March and over $2.30 in May. In most of […]
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Liberals Plan to Boost Climate Change The federal Liberals’ decision to give the go-ahead to a major new oil field off the coast of Newfoundland shows their climate change policies are a dangerous fraud. The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states the world faces a “now or never” time […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Article after article in the mainstream corporate media in recent weeks has stated that the war in Ukraine has accelerated a radical realignment in the world economy that is termed “deglobalization.” Martin Wolf, the chief economics editor of the Financial Times stated recently that […]
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Greyson Van Arsdale is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The evening of May 3, thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country to protest the leaked draft decision by the Supreme Court which would strike down Roe v. Wade. The Court is set to rule early this summer, giving the movement […]
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No to War! Build an Anti-War Movement Revolutionary Youth Ontario: Kick out Ford Workers Need a Real Pay Raise Polarization Comes to Canada Quality Childcare Needed … and much more from Canada and abroad! For printed copies, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a donation to help with our costs and […]
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Climate change is the foremost political issue on young people’s minds. We are the ones who will live with the full horrors of climate change and environmental degradation unless the world changes course. Yet, we see nearly everyone in a position of power acknowledges the crisis but does next to nothing to solve it and […]
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The Liberal government’s 2022 budget is a budget for Bay Street, not for working-class Canadians. It’s full of incentives and subsidies for big business, including fossil fuel companies and private developers. It has a housing program that will leave thousands without homes, and a weak and slowly implemented dental program that won’t cover everyone. The […]
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Chris Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Right-Wing Tropes, Gaslighting, and High-Paid Spies Following the historic union victory at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island, Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is gearing up for the next election at LDJ5, the 1,500 worker sort center across the street. Following the historic union […]
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Eddie McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Why We Call for Nationalization & Democratic Public Ownership A socialist economic alternative includes many essential features such as wage rises and reduced hours for workers, taxes on wealth and profits, expanded and free public services etc. But a core demand is for […]
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