Protesters picket MPP Donna Skelly’s office over the government’s planned changes to social assistance programs. Photo by John Rennison/Hamilton Spectator. Discussions of Canada’s network of sub-poverty social assistance systems very…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Cartoon by Chris Chuckry. There’s some doubt over who first suggested that if elections could change anything they’d be made illegal. While it is certainly an…
Photo by Andrei Tselichtchev/Dreamstime As we purportedly emerge from the pandemic, one of the immediate challenges that confronts us is a global cost of living crisis. There has been a…
A protester waves an anti-Trudeau flag during the Freedom Convoy occupation in downtown Ottawa, February 2022. Photo courtesy Caroline Marsh/The Rover. As state power is reluctantly and belatedly deployed against…
Pickets at the Moncton Hospital during the New Brunswick public sector general strike in June 1992. Photo from Provincial Solidarities: A History of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour by…
Anti-vax sticker in Vienna during a rally against vaccine mandates, November 20, 2021. Photo by Ivan Radic/Flickr. As the pandemic has spread across the globe, the far-right has been at…
Flooding in British Columbia last week caused extensive damage in the Lower Mainland of the province, including along major roadways like Highway 11, pictured here. Photo courtesy BC Ministry of…
A billboard featuring the portrait of People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier and its message “Say NO to Mass Immigration” in Toronto, August 25, 2019. Photo from Twitter.…
Toronto Police assemble to confront protesters guarding homeless encampments in Trinity-Bellwoods Park in the west end of the city, June 22, 2021. Photo by Martin Reis/Twitter. Recently, we have seen…
If coercive measures are taken by the state to try and increase levels of vaccination, what approach should the left take, asks CD columnist John Clarke. Photo from Shutterstock. As…
A post-pandemic austerity regime, coupled with the intensifying climate crisis, will demand new and bold forms of organizing, writes CD columnist John Clarke. Photo by Santiago Sito/Flickr. In my April…
A homeless camp in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park was cleared out by police on June 22, 2021, after protestors and residents were removed from the area. Photo by Hector Vasquez.…
At least 10,000 people rallied in Melbourne, Australia to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of ongoing attacks and aggression from the Israeli government, May 15,…
A MakePovertyHistory march attended by an estimated 200,000 people before a G8 Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2, 2005. Photo by Bruno Vincent. Canadian Dimension recently ran two important contributions…
There is no golden age of reciprocity ahead, writes John Clarke. The capitalist system is in crisis and a capacity to rebound and broker peace deals is lacking. Still image…
If we are to develop a clear and consistent form of international solidarity, we must be ready to face the contradictions and complications of the global context in which working…
NHS workers march for fair pay, London, August 2020. Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash. After nearly three decades as an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), I now…
Members of the Proud Boys rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 28, 2020. Photo by Anthony Crider/Flickr. The federal NDP has called for the far-right Proud Boys to be banned…
Blockade at 1492 Land Back Lane in Caledonia, Ontario. Photo courtesy of One Dish One Mic. About a year ago, I chanced upon a remarkable piece of Indigenous history right…
Mural depicting Bernie Sanders in Philadelphia. Photo by Tyger Williams/Philadelphia Inquirer. With the American election looming, it appeared that a resounding defeat might be in the works for Trump and…
