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‘Climate Justice in So-Called Canada’
Indigenous rights and sovereignty must be at the centre of our collective efforts to rescue a habitable planet.
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Venezuela’s Seed Law should be a global model
For peasant farmers, the battle over seed rights is critical to their livelihoods.
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Dismantling the cult of Churchill
Tariq Ali’s new book examines the disconnect between Churchill’s popular image and the larger context of his life and times.
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The lesson we should have learned from ‘Silent Spring’
We have to address the way that corporations create, shape, and control demand, leveraging the state as a tool.
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“If there is to be a livable future, it will be a future offline”
Jonathan Crary’s new book excoriates the digital world of late capitalism.
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Biden and the Progressive Caucus smash labour strike on behalf of railway barons
By rejecting paid sick leave for rail workers, Congress put profits over people.
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What is the future of Venezuela’s communes?
The challenges facing the communes intensified after Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013.
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As Ukraine war escalates, the climate movement goes AWOL
Lascaris: This is no time to prioritize political expediency and serenity over the reputational perils of anti-war activism.
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BC NDP shreds its credibility again with Appadurai disqualification
Appadurai’s leadership run crystallized into a grassroots challenge to the party establishment. The party struck back.
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Disruptive action on the climate deserves our support
We can learn from past movements and we can and should study the results of the many tactics activists are employing.
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Double standards on full display with Western Sahara occupation
Numerous countries, including Canada, profit from the illegal exploitation of Sahrawi resources.
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Thomas Sankara remains a global icon
His vision of a socialist, pan-Africanist model of development was not buried with him
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Cuba’s families code a bold step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in the hemisphere
Passed in a referendum with 67% of the vote, the law expands women’s, children’s, and gay and lesbian legal rights.
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New documents reveal callousness of fossil fuel execs—and Canada’s complicity
If your climate policy is supported by the oil and gas industry, it’s not climate policy at all
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Uprising targets Canada’s man in Haiti
A popular uprising has paralyzed life in much of Haiti. While police are violently suppressing protesters, don’t expect Canadian officials to criticize security forces they fund.
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Degrowth is the only path to a sustainable future
It is incumbent upon us as a species to seriously consider radical alternative, anti-capitalist and ecological futures
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Sweatships on troubled waters
Luxury cruises are an expression of capitalism’s worst instincts.
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Canada could learn from Cuba’s sustainable agriculture
Cuba has more than 380,000 urban farms producing 1.5 million tons of vegetables each year.
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Why progressives need to abandon means-testing and embrace universality
Universality must be at the core of any progressive electoral platform.
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Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada
It’s because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.