During last year’s Federal election Justin Trudeau made lots of speeches about changing the relationship with First Nations and protecting the environment. The Liberal election platform promised “a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, based on recognition, rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership.” They stated that they “will provide national leadership and join with the provinces […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s climate is in crisis due to global warming. And time is running out. Environmental scientists caution that warming be held to 1.50C to avoid catastrophic changes. This year, each month has been at least 10C hotter than the baseline of the 1.50C limit. July was the hottest month on record. Each of the […]
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British Columbia is the centre of several vital struggles against the continued expansion of fossil fuel exports, and mounting global warming and environmental destruction. The battle against the two proposed pipelines from the Alberta tar sands to the coast, Kinder Morgan to Vancouver and Enbridge to Kitimat, continues. The port of Vancouver is still pushing […]
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On the evening of May 3 the entire population of the city of Fort McMurray was ordered to leave as the ‘beast’ of an out-of-control wildfire swept towards it. 94,000 people fled their homes in a few short hours, from Fort McMurray and other nearby northern Alberta communities. Most people had a terrifying drive through […]
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Ben Robinson is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). For 25 years, establishment politicians have talked about tackling global warming – since discussions held in the run-up to the Earth summit of 1992. Most of them now agree that human action is driving potentially catastrophic climate change. But, they have […]
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Jess Spear is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Human beings have radically altered the Earth, adapting nature in the struggle to survive and thrive. The pace of change accelerated rapidly with the development of agriculture and class-based society. It hit breakneck speed in the industrial revolution, and with post-war scientific and technological […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). Marxism is often mistakenly accused of taking the environment for granted – in the pursuit of the economic growth needed to alleviate poverty and want. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Drawing on the works of Marx and Engels, and the experience […]
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Canada Needs a Raise! Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Aboriginal Women Deserve Justice Strikers Rock Quebec Canada After the Election Trans-Pacific Partnership US Politics Shifts Left … and more form Canada and abroad For printed copies, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a donation to help with our costs and […]
Continue ReadingSocialist Alternative Canada produced a broadsheet for the November 29 Climate Change Demos across Canada, and around the world. The main article is an edited translation of a statement by Gauche Révolutionnaire (our sister organization in France) that was distributed in France and around the world. A pdf of the broadsheet is here
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