Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Is it possible to win a better future? The answer to that question is an unequivocal yes, but only if we fight for it. Today’s generation is growing up surrounded by crises. As they come of age, dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and climate destruction […]
Continue Reading
Hospitals in Alberta are experiencing unprecedented demand for intensive care. During the week of September 12 to 18, the average number of COVID-19 intensive care unit admissions has been over 23 per day. Alberta has 10 percent of Canada’s population, but nearly half of all active COVID cases, with Albertans dying at more than three […]
Continue Reading
What’s behind the CCP’s serial crackdowns and talk of “common prosperity”? China’s dictator Xi Jinping has launched no fewer than 14 different crackdowns this year. There is a crackdown on LGBTQ people and a ban on “sissy boy” pop stars and celebrities in the media. LGBTQ online groups and websites are banned and some universities […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
Five weeks and $610 million dollars later, we have ended up more or less right back where we started. While some seats may yet flip as mail in ballots are counted, at time of writing no party has gained or lost more than two seats compared to before parliament was dissolved. Canada has another minority […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
Are you ready to shed a tear? “Champagne problems: Toronto restaurants facing shortage of big-name bubbly” was a headline in a Toronto Star article of September 10. A local restaurateur suggested this reason for the shortage: “people (are) being more celebratory now that things have kind of come back.” A broad range is covered by […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
Canada’s election was supposed to be a cakewalk for Justin Trudeau. It’s turned into a dogfight. On August 15, Canada’s ruling Liberal Party called a federal election for September 20 – over two years ahead of schedule – in an attempt to go from a minority government to a majority. This is in spite of […]
Continue Reading
Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Reply to Pro-Authoritarian ‘Lefts’ In the second of our two-part article on Chinese imperialism, we wrote: “The huge network of concentration camps, disappearances, torture, rape and more in Xinjiang, directed against the Uighur and mostly Muslim population, are not made up, but are the harsh […]
Continue Reading