The BC Supreme Court made news in September by deciding not to extend an injunction against old-growth logging protesters at the Fair Creek watershed. This would have ended the ongoing RCMP enforcement of the injunction, had the BC Court of Appeal not granted a temporary injunction about a week later. Protesters have been in the […]
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Lucy Redler is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). Lucy Redler ran for office as a direct candidate for the Left Party in the Neukölln electoral district of Berlin. She is a member of the Left Party, the Anticapitalist Left movement within the Left Party (Antikapitalistische Linke or AKL in German), and the […]
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Per Olsson is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The latest batch of Pandora papers published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal a sickening saga of corruption, fraud and outright greed by the world’s elite, that make pale by comparison all the disease, misery and death that spilled out when the […]
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Socialism for a green future Youth: The Soundtrack of Late Capitalism Ontario Alberta: Drive Kenny Out! Protect Indigenous Land COVID Vaccine Nationalism = Misery Interview with Kshama Sawant Canada’s Role in Haiti’s Misery Socialism Needed … and more from Canada and the World! For printed copy(ies) send an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a […]
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Nina Wurz is a union Carpenter in Seattle. “We Need a Good Contract AND Rent Control” Below is the text of a speech delivered by union carpenter Nina Wurz at the Sept. 18, 2021 “Rent Control Now” rally! I’m a 33 year old queer journeyman carpenter out of Local 30, but my number one title […]
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Important Victory in an Ongoing Battle On Tuesday September 7, in the midst of a series of demonstrations by the Mexican ultra-right – a staunch enemy of women’s rights – the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation took a historic step with the ruling that declared the criminalization of abortion unconstitutional under the state […]
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“The twenty year occupation of Afghanistan by US and allied forces has been a disaster for those living in the country. At least a quarter of a million people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed, probably many more. Corruption is rife from the head of government down through the police, the army and courts. […]
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Nicolas Croes is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). “Life on Earth can recover from a drastic climate shift by evolving into new species and creating new ecosystems. (…) Humans cannot.” The verdict is hard. It is in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) interim summary, […]
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Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Free, Safe, and Legal Abortion Now! Virtually overnight, abortion is banned in Texas. Every one of the already-scarce clinics in the state has halted abortion services. Neighboring states like Louisiana and Arkansas are already seeing an increase in abortion patients from Texas. Millions of women are […]
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Renovictions, when landlords feign the need for renovations to evict tenants and jack up the rent, are a fundamental part of why housing is so unaffordable in Canada. Regulations governing rent increases vary from province to province, and the pandemic has brought some temporary rent freezes. In non-pandemic times, BC, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia […]
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