Workers’ action shows the way forward Update October1: As the Israeli regime intercepted boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, mass protests erupted in cities across Europe and Middle East. Italian trade unionists have called another general strike for Friday, October 3. Under the slogans “24 hour general strike” and “Block everything,” the […]
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Times are tough for working-class people in Canada. The cost of living keeps going up, including the cost of housing, debt, transportation, and groceries. Wages aren’t keeping up with inflation. People are struggling to pay rent in inadequate or poor-quality housing, and welfare rates are insufficient to keep recipients above the poverty line. Youth face […]
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Far-right activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 11 at Utah Valley University. Kirk spearheaded the right-wing youth movement in recent years, using his platform and organization Turning Point USA to spread anti-trans, misogynist, racist, and anti-worker ideas. Kirk’s last words were, literally, a racist dog whistle about “gang violence.” […]
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The struggle against Israel’s war is a struggle against imperialism and capitalism With the attack on the Hamas headquarters in Doha, Qatar, the Israeli government further escalated its regional war. It was an unprecedented attack in a country closely allied to the US, the location of the largest US military base in the Middle East. […]
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Corrupt and arrogant capitalist politicians hide behind deadly state violence Since the end of August, Indonesia has been shaken by the largest protest movement since the fall of Suharto’s 32-year dictatorship in 1998. So far, the protests have left 10 people dead, more than 1,000 injured and over 3,000 arrested in a vicious police and […]
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Flight Attendants Decisively Reject Air Canada’s Offer In a stunning show of determination, the flight attendants of Air Canada voted by 99.1 percent to reject the wage offer. The turnout was 94.6 percent. Virtually all the CUPE members voted no. This is a testament to the workers’ grassroots organizing and iron will. The flight attendants, […]
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Trump’s dystopian Gaza ‘plan’ revealed as dock workers defend aid flotilla While starvation and bombs claim new victims in Gaza, the political elite around the world either stand passively by or, like Trump, encourage the Israeli state’s historic crimes. The only hope in this bleak scenario comes from resistance, in particular from workers’ solidarity and […]
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Air Canada and Government Defeated Flight attendants working for Air Canada have won a victory for themselves and the entire the labour movement. In addition to winning important gains for themselves, their determination to defy the Labour Board’s return-to-work order has reinforced workers’ right to strike. The 10,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public […]
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Governments across Canada have once again proven whose interests they serve — and it’s not those of working people, Indigenous communities or the environment. The federal Bill C-5, Ontario’s Bill 5 and BC’s C-15 are all assaults on democracy, land rights, and ecological protection in favour of corporate profit and unchecked development. The Carney Liberals, […]
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