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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After six years of BC’s public health emergency due to poison drugs things are much worse. The health emergency was declared following 474 deaths in 2015, yet in 2021 there were at least 2,232 drug fatalities. In contrast, there were 1,522 COVID deaths for all of 2021. After six years deaths are nearly five times […]
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Adam N. Lee is a contributor to chinaworker.info. A video of a chained-up mother of eight children was posted on Douyin (China’s TikTok) in late January — within days it was viewed over 3 billion times drawing ten times more online traffic than the Beijing Winter Olympics. The short video posted on 28 January, and […]
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Growing militarism is a major threat to the stability of the world, endangering everyone’s safety, but especially the safety of people living in countries dominated by imperialist powers — and the statistics show that growing military budgets contribute significantly to climate change. Increasing Military Budgets In the new cold war with China, there is increased […]
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Greyson Van Arsdale is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Millions of households across America that rely on a vehicle to get around are spending much more on gas this month, as Biden’s ban on the import of Russian oil worsens the global supply crunch. The average price of gas in the U.S. […]
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It would be a grave mistake for the NDP and union leaders to assume that everything is back to normal now that the convoy has ended. It isn’t. The convoy provoked a decisive change in Canadian politics, with the alt-right pumped after the successful encampment and US border blockades. But more importantly, these actions have […]
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Capitalism’s overriding imperative is to extract wealth from the land and labour in order to enrich the elite. Workers struggle to survive or eke out a living as profits flow into the pockets of the wealthy. As capitalism replaced feudalism, the exploitation of both land and labour played out in countries around the world. As […]
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Eric Byl is a member of ISA’s International Executive. The Latest Phase of the Global Crisis Even before the outbreak of the Omicron variant, euphoric expectations of a strong post-pandemic recovery based on the release of pent-up consumer spending and corporate investments, gave way to major worries. In many countries, consumers are confronted with the […]
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