Arne Johansson is a member of Socialistisk Alternative (ISA in Sweden) At the same time, according to a new UN report, more than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are suffering from extreme hunger after record droughts with widespread crop failures and livestock deaths. While the world’s capitalist rulers focus on war, military […]
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With 2SLGBTQAI+ people under attack in the US, and several provincial governments introducing anti-trans legislation, many queer people were terrified of what a Poilievre prime minister might do. Many surely breathed a sigh of relief when Carney’s Liberals won. But this is just a temporary reprieve. We — queer people — cannot rely on the […]
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NB: this article was written before judge Maria Carroccia acquitted five former junior hockey players of sexual assault on July 24. The film, television, music, and sports industries can catapult individuals into the limelight, exploiting talent and warping individuals into commodities, on which to make a profit. With newfound stardom and the wealth and prestige […]
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The NDP had its worst ever election result. Its decimation is the price the working class will pay for the NDP supporting the Liberals. Serious soul-searching is needed. Some will argue that 2025 was a freak election, with NDP voters temporarily “lending” their votes to the Liberals due to the unique threats of Trump and […]
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On June 28, 200,000 people took to the streets of Budapest in defiance of police orders not to gather. This was the date of Budapest Pride, an event which has taken place every year since 1995 and that Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán’s attempted to ban. Instead, the turnout at this years’ illegal Pride […]
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The negotiations that have taken place since April, and earlier, have been characterized by mafia diplomacy. The Trump administration is becoming increasingly authoritarian and threatening—both at home and on the world stage. At the same time, support for Trump is falling and his new budget is unpopular. A majority believe that it will make things […]
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A small group of Uber drivers, union officials and organizers gathered in Victoria’s inner harbour on the morning of Thursday, July 3, 2025, to drink coffee, pose for pictures, and celebrate the first-ever union certification of gig workers in Canada. This historic moment for the labour movement brings over 500 individual drivers into one, much […]
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Zarah Sultana MP and Jeremy Corbyn have announced they are launching a new party! Over the past few months, the call for a new left party has become deafening. It is clear this is an idea whose time has come, with a surprise announcement from Zarah Sultana that she and Jeremy Corbyn will be launching […]
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Karl Marx thought that capitalism would be overthrown by the working class, and replaced with a socialist society. But some academics are asking: what if Marx got it wrong? What if capitalism has already died — but rather than socialism, it has been replaced by something resembling feudalism. This raises the question: how do Marxists […]
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In a dramatic upset, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Party New York mayoral primary in a blowout, forcing his main rival, former NY governor Andrew Cuomo, to concede. The results of the first round of ranked choice voting, which was expected to favor Cuomo, showed Mamdani leading by eight points. Zohran’s victory […]
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