Inside Toronto’s growing tenant revolt
Tenants are showing a greater inclination to band together, organize, and take direct, collective action in confronting their landlords. Photo courtesy the Toronto Tenant Union/X. ...
Ken Theobald
Class struggle unionism, auto workers, Reds, and the 1930s
A large crowd gathers outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa, April 9, 1937. The strike was a key moment in the fight for industrial unionism in Canada and a…
The ‘pandemic of greed’ still divides the world
Protesters at Moderna’s headquarters call for vaccine patent waivers and expanded global access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Philip Blenkinsop. The COVID-19 pandemic was ...
Remembering the ‘year of the Irish’
Statues placed at Toronto’s Ireland Park to represent the arrival of the Irish famine migrants on the city’s waterfront in 1847. Designed by Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie, they were modelled…
Gaza and Canada’s refugee double standard
Jihan Qunoo holding a press conference in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ottawa, December 19, 2023. Photo courtesy the Rural Rights Refugee Network. Nearly 50,000 Palestinians live in Canada.…
No shelter from the storm
Protest against Vancouver’s removal of a homeless encampment on the sidewalks in the Downtown Eastside, August 16, 2022. Photo courtesy PHS Community Services Society. Mass homelessness has persisted in Canada…
Beyond an emergency
Protesters gather outside a downtown Toronto intake centre to support refugees forced to sleep on the streets due to a lack of resources within the city’s shelter system. Photo courtesy…