Beyond the socialist impasse: Remembering Leo Panitch
In this webinar, leading figures from the left in Canada and the United States reflect on the legacy of Leo Panitch, Professor Emeritus of Politics at York University and editor…
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Moving Beyond Ford: The Transportation We Want
Image from Spacing Toronto In Toronto and beyond, campaigns are underway to confront the Ford government’s initiative to take the Toronto subway system from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in…
Corbynism and the Labour Party
Photo by Sophie Brown The leadership of the UK Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn continues to enjoy enormous popularity across the UK. This even despite continual attacks from the corporate…
Rebuild Public Hospitals and Long-Term Care
Photo from Public Domain After touring Ontario in recent weeks, Ontario Health Coalition spokeswoman Natalie Mehra returned to Toronto on 16 May 2018 at a press conference outside the Emergency…
May Day: Workers’ Struggles, International Solidarity, Political Aspirations
Photo by Soman For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer…
Climate Change and the Struggle Against the Kinder Morgan Pipeline
Photo by Lu Iz Thousands have been pouring onto Vancouver streets, as well as protesting across Canada, against the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been attempting…
International Women’s Day 2018 (#IWD2018)
Inspired by the struggles of working class women and led by the early socialist movement, a strategy formed to hold an annual day to demand equal rights, suffrage, an end…
Red Skin, White Masks: Glen Coulthard
Glen Coulthard Glen Coulthard spoke on issues arising from his celebrated recent work and from subsequent developments in academe, activism and the links between the two. Glen Coulthard is Yellowknives…
UNsettling Canada 150
Image by Idle No More Idle No More & Defenders of the Land call to action: In the spirit of Arthur Manuel, we want to make July 1st a National…
Building a National Solidarity Coalition
Käthe Kollwitz – “Solidarity” (1932) Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) hosted a panel discussion during the Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress. The panelists discussed their experiences working with…
150 Years of Marx’s Capital
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann This is a collection of videos dealing with Karl Marx’s Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. This playlist starts with an audio recording of Capital Volume…
What’s the Matter with America?
Photo by Seth Anderson Thomas Frank is the founder of The Baffler magazine, author of What’s the Matter With Kansas? and Listen Liberal, and past columnist for The Wall Street…
Bursting at the Seams
Photo by Matthew Gray A short video on the crisis of brutal overcrowding in Toronto’s homeless shelters and a call to action. This video had it’s premiere outside the building…
The Building Storm Against the TPP
Image by Julianita Qué Tal The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the one of the most recent of the neoliberal trade agreements being proposed. The final proposal was signed off in…
Canadian Mining Corporations in Latin America: Solidarity Rally
Photo by Martin St-Amant Trade agreements are a weapon against communities! Community consent over corporate bullying! La lucha sigue; the struggle continues! In 2008, after years of violence, conflict, environmental…
Canadian Mining and Popular Resistance
Photo by Rafael Retamal Canada is one of the world’s centres of the mining and extractive sector. Toronto is the centre of the trade in mining stocks and in financing…