James Fleming is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Capitalism’s “solutions” to climate change are unfair or unworkable, when not outright disastrous. Using reusable coffee cups or paper straws won’t avert climate change. Telling ordinary people to buy expensive new electric cars as a way of saving the environment is today’s equivalent […]
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Rob Rooke is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This is the tale of a US worker. It reminds us how important public health is and why the push from Conservatives, some greedy doctors and big business to privatize Canada’s health needs to be resisted. In fact, public health needs to be expanded […]
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Greyson Van Arsdale is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Starbucks Workers United Fight for Fair Union Elections With more than 30 stores fighting to unionize nationwide, the Starbucks stores in Buffalo are no longer an outlier — they’re the spark to a growing flame. Starbucks workers from Buffalo, who have won their […]
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After years of hard campaigning by tenants, the SRO Collaborative and Vancouver City Councillor Jean Swanson, a victory! In mid-November 2021, Vancouver City Council approved real rent control for the private single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels that house many of the city’s most vulnerable people in the Downtown Eastside. SROs are usually small single rooms, about […]
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Aislinn O’Keeffe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Spoilt British ‘Royal’ Prince Andrew, who would scream and shout if his collection of teddy bears was disturbed, is now facing civil action in the US, after his friend, the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, has been found guilty of soliciting and trafficking under-age girls. […]
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Keishia Taylor is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland) and ROSA. An unprecedented wave of grief and anger has gripped the country following the devastating murder of 23 year-old Ashling Murphy in Tullamore. Tens of thousands have participated in countless vigils in every city, town and village in Ireland, North and South, […]
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Alberta’s largest unions have released a joint statement calling for an immediate circuit-breaker lockdown in order to deal with the Omicron wave of the COVID pandemic. The province is presently setting records of between 4,700 and 6,800 new cases every day. On the second day back to school in Edmonton, schools were short 737 teachers […]
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Hugh Caffrey is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Socialist Alternative welcomes the news that former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn may be considering establishing a new left party, on behalf of which he would stand at the next general election as Labour will stand against him. There is no shortage of support […]
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Lucius Cassius was an ancient Roman judge who got a reputation for wisdom and fairness in court by repeatedly asking in cases, “Cui Bono?” or “Who Benefits?” Starting the third year of the COVID pandemic, the answer to old Lucius’ question seems pretty obvious: Canadian Banks once again posted record profits and bonuses, while at […]
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Call for action from ROSA & Ruth Coppinger after the brutal killing of Ashling Murphy, who was killed on Wednesday afternoon while on a run in Dublin. We cannot begin to find the words to express our devastation for Ashling Murphy of Tullamore, and all those who knew and loved her. A primary school teacher, […]
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