Canadian governments want to produce more fossil fuels, even while the country burns. The 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst disasters spurred by climate change. In just nine years, 2024, that benchmark was broken. Around the world heatwaves, fires, floods, […]
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This new bubble underscores the extremely parasitic nature of capitalism and the need for a socialist alternative. Stock markets in the US are reaching record levels led by the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants, with hundreds of billions being invested in new energy and water-hungry datacenters, and trillions more planned. At the same time however, voices […]
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The second of two articles on the ongoing trade standoff between the two biggest imperialist powers, China and the US (part 1) The TikTok deal – if there will be a deal – is an important element in the wider conflict between Donald Trump’s government and the Chinese regime. Using a military analogy, we can […]
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While ISA welcomes the pause in the slaughter, we do not support the ceasefire “deal itself” in any way After two years of genocidal slaughter in Gaza, the first pause in the fighting for more than six months has come into effect on 10 October. Before the agreed start time for the ceasefire approached, the […]
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The working class and poor people in Nepal can’t afford another rotten government of the rich It is one month since Nepal was shaken by a short-lived but intense protest movement that came to be known as the “Generation Z protests.” Five days of struggle, protests and riots succeeded in literally chasing the government out […]
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Mark Carney’s Liberal government launched a surprise assault on Canada’s 55,000 postal workers on September 25. This intensifies the battle for the future of Canada Post. In November 2024, the 33-day strike of CUPW members was stopped by then-Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon’s invocation of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, forcing the posties back […]
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A new phase of the struggle against genocide – the working class must #blockeverything In the still of night on 1 October, a cowardly attack by Israeli state terrorists intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla. However, even though the flotilla was stopped, its journey will still be remembered as a crucial turning point, showing a path […]
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The first of two articles on the ongoing trade standoff between the two biggest imperialist powers, China and the US (part 2) A popular meme of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is doing the rounds. Trump tells Xi, “I hold the cards”, and Xi replies, “The cards were made in China”. According to some media […]
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The voters of Newfoundland and Labrador will have plenty of chance to express their voices in October. But the politicians on offer in two sets of elections are covering their ears to those voices. It’s only big business whose words count. Municipal elections will take place in cities and towns across the province on October […]
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Calling the government’s push toward resource extraction without genuine engagement short-sighted, Temagami First Nation Chief Shelly Moore-Frappier said, “This is not economic reconciliation. This is economic coercion.” The federal government, provincial governments and industry are increasingly using the mantra of “economic reconciliation” but what they really mean is development in the interests of big business, […]
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