Just a few months away from the next Québec election, the polls are indicating a possible majority government for François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), with 37 per cent of…
Photo by No One Is Illegal Ottawa “How do you avoid the feeling that you should be working ALL THE TIME given the urgency of the state of the world?”…
Photo from Public Domain This is the third and final piece in a three-part blog series. In the first post, I provided an overview of Manitoba’s activist left. In the…
Photo by Terence Faircloth, This is the second piece in a three-part blog series. In the first post, I provided an overview of Manitoba’s activist left. In this second piece,…
Transit is a critical issue for many people in Toronto, as in all major urban areas. More is at stake than reducing traffic congestion and gridlock. Transit and general mobility…
Photo by Xvex7 Much is and will be written comparing the student uprisings in the late 1960s in the United States and the current turmoil in some French universities. Like…
Political theorist and activist Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) In 1923 the radical socialist and feminist Clara Zetkin gave a report at the Communist International about the emergence of a political movement…
Photo by Cancillería del Ecuador Noam Chomsky has criticised the anti-fascist movement and argued its actions are wrong in principle and it is a “major gift to the right”. The…
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…
Some critics argue that the neo-liberal policies advanced by powerful non-governmental organizations, NGOs, limit states’ influence and sovereignty while benefiting NGOs. In Africa, NGOs also place Africans at the mercy…
Photo by Fibonacci Blue NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA AND WHITE SUPREMACY We are tired. The war waged against Muslims and refugees worldwide has reached its boiling point with…
Photo by Raphaël Canet It all began right here in Porto Alegre in 2001 when this city in the south of Brazil became a major site of popular mobilization. Influenced…
Photo by Kheel Center The profound defeat of the U.S. labour movement over the past three to four decades is usually measured by the loss of things that workers once…
Matteo Renzi’s recent attempt to constitutionally embed neoliberalism and simultaneously legitimize and secure his tenure as Prime Minister via a refe Source: Referendums and Social Movements in Italy and Europe…
Photo by McGill Daily Winnipeg, October 18, 2016: The decision taken by Green Party of Canada convention delegates to approve a resolution supporting the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign…
Photo by Derek Hatfield April 9, 2017 will mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge. From April 3-9, the Canadian government, with other organizations, will attempt to…
Photo by Guillaume Paumier Thousands of people from over 95 countries are expected to gather in Montreal on August 9-14 for a social movement summit called the World Social Forum…
Photo by Johnny Silvercloud Dr. Cornel West has said, “The future of the United States depends in part on how it responds to the legacy of Frances Fox Piven.” Frances…
We invite social movements from around the world to make the next World Social Forum (WSF) a meeting essential for sharing our mobilizations and our resistance and for strengthening our…
Around the world, movements led by women are challenging "growing corporate power, land grabs, economic injustice, and climate change, women's movements offer a paradigm shift," writes San Francisco-based photojournalist and…
