The Next Four Years: An Opportunity for the New Democratic Party
The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed the NDP should not be…
Social Movements
The Next Four Years: An Opportunity for the New Democratic Party
The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed the NDP should not be…
Political policing in Canada
In 2023, peaceful activists involved in the pro-Palestine movement pasted posters and splashed red paint on the windows of an Indigo bookstore in downtown Toronto. Screenshot courtesy CP24/YouTube. ...
The 3.5% Rule
One of the persistent reactions to Breaking Free of Neoliberalism has been doubt that big change – the kind of change the book clearly hopes for – is possible, in…
Greenwash, Lithium & Eco-Fascism
Proved: Greenwash Is Ecoterrorism, Eco-Fascism – and High-Tech, Neo-Feudal “Green” Imperialism Indigenous cultures in the “lithium triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia are being robbed, subjugated, poisoned and plundered, to…
Closing with care
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) rally in downtown Toronto. Photo courtesy Global Labour Research Centre/York University. The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) has announced its formal end. On May 13,…
Is It Time For The NDP To Rebirth Itself
The North American right wing has been overtaken by a vile hateful Donald Trump inspired populist MAGA movement that has spawned the Freedumb Convoy types and infected the Canadian Conservative…
Orienting toward organizing
An activist holds an “Antifa” flag above a crowd of marchers, Berlin, June 27, 2009. Photo by Sam Chills/Flickr. The last few decades have seen regular debates on the left…
The Peace and Justice Project with Jeremy Corbyn and Paul Rogers
Habibti Please interviewed Jeremy Corbyn and Paul Rogers in advance of ‘Selling Death: Why the International Arms Trade Must be Controlled,’ an upcoming event hosted by Egypt Watch and Jeremy…
Researching the right
Members of the Proud Boys march in Washington, DC, December 12, 2020. Photo by Elvert Barnes/Flickr. The last few years have seen a sharp uptick in discussions on the North…
More than ever, let’s imagine a possible new world
The World Social Forum believes another world is possible. Photo by judygr/Flickr. We have succeeded in translating meetings, conferences, and even celebrations to virtual. However, how can we move international…
Building, not branding
Women’s Liberation group marches in support of the Black Panther Party, New Haven, 1969. Photo by David Fenton. People whose names we will never know propelled liberatory struggles of the…
‘Caremongering’ groups show what social movements can accomplish in a pandemic
There’s nothing like a crisis to shine a light on the cracks in our socioeconomic systems. As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, people in Canada and around the world are being…
Bottom-Up Strategizing for Social Change
New Zealand children join a protest against nuclear power in 1982. Photo by John Miller/ABC News. Increasingly, activists and organizers are discussing the question, “What’s your theory of change?” For…
Protesting the Israel Defense Forces is not anti-Semitic
Student protesters gather in York University’s Vari Hall to denounce an event that brought members of the Israel Defence Forces to campus, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Photo from Twitter. On…
1919: Recovering a Legacy
Illustration from 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike by the Graphic History Collective and David Lester (Between the Lines 2019). When the world watched Winnipeg Alexander Bittelman,…
Training for movements
Photo by The Charlatan Many activist spaces these days spend time developing critical analysis through events, writing, and discussion. But as much as we might wish otherwise, sharp analysis doesn’t…
Resistance Is the Supreme Act of Faith
Illustration by Gord Hill (The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book) The struggle against the monstrous radical evil that dominates our lives—an evil that is swiftly despoiling the earth and driving the…
The Psychology of Fascism
Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected…
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Cover of booklet to accompany a new sculpture commemorating the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Courtesy of Bernie Miller and Noam Gonick. The General Strike of 1919 was not only Winnipeg’s…