The end of carbon pricing isn’t a climate win
Daily traffic on the 401 in Toronto. Photo from Flickr. After six years of carbon pricing in Canada, the signature—and highly controversial—climate policy of the Justin Trudeau-led Liberals is o...
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Winnipeg plant one of largest F-35 parts producers in Canada
A graphic showing Canadian contributions to the production of F-35 jets. Image courtesy Lockheed Martin. Of the more than 100 companies in Canada that produce components for the F-35 com...
‘The green transition is a myth’: Adam Hanieh on the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism
A forest of oil derricks at the Signal Hill oilfield in southern California, 1937. Many vital left-wing books about global oil politics have been published over the last 15 or…
Brett Christophers on our growing ‘asset-manager society’
Brookfield Place, Toronto. Photo by Matt Wiebe/Flickr. First published in early 2023, Verso Books just released a new paperback version of Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asse...
Manitoba NDP doubles down on failed ‘tough-on-crime’ agenda
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announces a bail reform plan for the province on February 29, 2024. Photo courtesy Government of Manitoba. As the one-year anniversary of the Manitoba NDP’s October…
LCBO strike is also about public health
Photo by Douglas Sprott/Flickr More than 9,000 unionized workers of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) have been on strike for almost two weeks against Premier Doug Ford’s privatization…
The Manitoba NDP’s quiet privatization reversals
The growing risk of privatization in Manitoba must be countered with strong organizing to defend what remains of the province’s already deteriorating public services, writes James Wilt. Photo courtesy Wab…
Governments are to blame for the Winnipeg landfill blockade
Protesters at the Brady Road landfill south of Winnipeg. Photo by Anne-Charlotte Carignan/SRC. The City of Winnipeg is poised to secure an injunction enabling police to remove the families and…
Imperialism is inscribed in the very DNA of capitalism
Labourers at a garment factory in Bac Giang province, Vietnam, 2015. Photo by Nguyen Huy Kham. Contemporary imperialism can be a difficult concept to grasp. Part of this is undoubtedly…
Yes, city councils can cut the police budget
A Winnipeg police cruiser sits parked near a church on Cumberland Street. Photo by Dave Shaver/Flickr. Winnipeg is in the midst of another uninspiring municipal election. But unlike previous rounds,…
Making the invisible visible: an interview with Megan Linton about the harms of the institutional system, COVID-19, and disability justice
A ward at the Manitoba School for Mental Defectives, later named the Manitoba Developmental Centre. In the 1960s and 1970s, children as young as six were admitted to the centre.…
The case for smashing Big Alcohol and reclaiming working class joy
The monopolized nature of the global alcohol industry is a public health nightmare, writes James Wilt in his new book about the links between the booze industry and capitalism. Photo…
Fighting for a world beyond war
Anti-war activists protest outside of CANSEC, North America’s largest weapons fair, in Ottawa on June 1, 2022. Photo courtesy of World Beyond War. World Beyond War is a vital force…
Paris Marx: Improving the world is a political project, not a technological one
Paris Marx is a socialist writer and host of the left wing tech podcast Tech Won’t Save Us. Photo supplied. Paris Marx is one of the leading authorities on all…
Transcending the ‘imperial mode of living’
The ‘Imperial Mode of Living’ implies that “people’s everyday practices, including individual and societal orientations, as well as identities, rely heavily on the unlimited appropriation of resources.” Photo from Flickr.…
Transit is the new frontline of the war on the unhoused
People sleep with their belongings in the City Hall bus shelter at the corner of Main Street and William Avenue in Winnipeg. Photo by Lyle Stafford. On June 9, Winnipeg’s…
Filibustering death-dealing ableism
ACORN Ottawa members protest changes to the definition of disability under the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), July 2019. Photo by Juwairiya Kembo. Disability Filibuster was created by Catherine Frazee…
In an era of climate collapse, Canada is doubling down on military spending
Canada is earmarking billions for defence over the next five years as part of its newly announced budget. This will cause annual military spending to double by the late-2020s. Photo…
Property destruction: a legitimate response to colonialism and climate chaos?
Damaged heavy equipment following an alleged attack on the Coastal GasLink pipeline facility on Wet’suwet’en territory near Houston, British Columbia, February 17, 2022. Handout photo courtesy BC RCMP. In the…
Fighting for transit in a world on fire
Vincent Puhakka, a supporter of the transit advocacy group TTCriders, canvassing commuters at Warden Station, calling for better funding of the TTC. Photo by Justin Greaves/Metroland. Canadian leaders have been…