Most parents today take for granted benefits such as paid maternity and parental leave. But, like many of the benefits we enjoy today, paid maternity leave was won only through struggle. In August 1981, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) won paid maternity leave after a 42-day strike. CUPW was the first national union […]
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Demonstrative Assassinations Deepen and Expand the Bloodbath The provocative assassinations by the right-wing Israeli government in the last 24 hours have aggressively swung the regional pendulum from the possibility of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, towards a wide-scale “multi-front” escalation in the direction of regional war. The danger inherent in this development and its destructive […]
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Movement for a Socialist Alternative, Nigeria The current economic challenges in Nigeria, caused by the anti-people policies of the APC-led Tinubu government, have left many Nigerians in severe hardship and prompted the call for the End Hunger protest. President Tinubu’s announcement on the day of his inauguration to increase the price of petrol from Naira […]
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The town of Jasper has been consumed by fire, with 30 percent of its buildings (homes, hotels, and businesses) destroyed. Parts of this majestic park are now ash. The conditions were terrifying. A wall of flames up to 100 metres high ripped through the town. Emergency responders without breathing apparatus had to withdraw as the […]
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One year ago, after the defeat of the NDP in the Alberta general election, Socialist Alternative warned about the Alberta NDP’s fatal strategy of trying to appeal to conservatives or “to be a party for all Albertans.” This strategy failed in the 2023 general election and Danielle Smith, despite her controversial policies, became the premier. […]
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Germany’s Defense Minister Pistorius gets serious about “war readiness.” Claus Ludwig, SAV, Germany Pressure is to be exerted on young people to increase the size of the German army (Bundeswehr). From 2025, 18-year-old males are to be obliged to complete a “questionnaire”. The “Ministry of Defense ‘’ writes in its FAQ: “Will there be sanctions […]
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LCBO Update, July 24 The strike at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is over. The workers in the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) ratified the new agreement. Premier Doug Ford’s odd response to the end of the strike: “We learned many things with this strike — people were still able to get […]
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T, Shop steward at Tel Aviv University and Socialist Struggle, Israel/Palestine In April, before the start of the murderous invasion of Rafah, the international solidarity movement with the Palestinians in Gaza and beyond intensified and gained momentum. Students at Columbia University in New York set up the first encampment, in the belly of the beast […]
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We Need Mass Struggle Against the Threat of Trump 2.0 The assassination attempt on Donald Trump at one of his rallies with thousands attending was utterly shocking, but not necessarily surprising. For the millions who deeply oppose Trump’s increasingly far right politics, desperation is growing as November 5 approaches. This is particularly the case because […]
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Trudeau’s carbon bomb has arrived. At the end of May, the first tankers started shipping diluted bitumen from the Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX). The expanded pipeline will be able to fill 34 tankers every month, compared to the previous capacity of 5 a month. All this extra fuel will add to the CO2 in the […]
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