If you’ll win the wars at home,There’ll be no fighting anymore– Phil Ochs By Doug Nesbitt Remembrance Day is one of the few times each year we all agree upon the importance of learning history. However, the vested interests of certain Canadians have led to some very dangerous myths being built around Remembrance Day. If Continue readingIf we win the wars at home
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By David Bush Last fall the Facebook page North99 exploded onto the social media scene. It went from nothing in the Fall of 2017 to one of the largest progressive social media accounts in the country almost overnight. It currently has 40,000 likes on Facebook, not quite half as many as Press Progress, a similiar social Continue readingNavigating Ontario’s online political front groups
The federal Liberal retreat from their big flashy promise of electoral reform has definitely killed the Trudeau honeymoon. Meanwhile, Prince Edward Islanders narrowly voted for electoral reform but Premier MacLauchlan has decided to ignore the results, leading to an angry protest of hundreds in Charlottetown. The PEI fiasco is just the latest modern electoral reform mess that Continue readingElectoral reform and labour
by Doug Nesbitt But the hardest thing I’ll ask you, if you will only try Is take your children by their hands and look into their eyes And there you’ll see the answer you should have seen before If you’ll win the wars at home, there’ll be no fighting anymore – final verse of Phil Continue readingIf we win the wars at home…
In these two reports from American media outlet Democracy Now!, hear Flint residents and autoworkers tell the real story of what has happened to this majority African-American city, and home of the 1936-37 Flint sit-down strike that defeated General Motors, the largest corporation in the world. The poisoning of Flint’s water isn’t just a health Continue readingWeekend Video: The Poisoning of Flint, Michigan
by Tara Ehrcke Just one year ago, BC teachers returned to class from what was the longest teacher strike in Canadian history. Teachers, upset with over a decade of deteriorating funding and particularly with large and complex classrooms, were unwilling to accept a contract offer which simply maintained the status quo. In one of the Continue readingThe rise and fall (?) of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
Nora Loreto First published on Rabble.ca I don’t anticipate removing my Save Canada Post sign from our front door before Oct. 19. The campaign is far from over and I deeply believe that home mail delivery is an issue of social importance. When I saw a debate on Facebook about whether or not new election Continue readingNavigating Elections Canada’s New (and unclear) Third Party Spending Rules
OFL to launch “Dump Harper” campaign | Stephen Harper has worst economic record of any Prime Minister | Unifor and the NDP at odds over NAFTA | Miniature gardens sprout up where community mail boxes are planned in London | Ottawa cleaners reach tentative deal | Staff cuts affecting food safety | Claims of BC Continue readingR&F Labour News Update – August 3 2015
By Chris Gosse Canada’s biggest construction union, the Laborer’s International Union of North America (LiUNA) recently held their Canadian Conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland. There, the union decided to endorse Liberal candidate Seamus O’Regan in the next federal election. O’Regan presented on his party’s labour policies and their intention to campaign against the Harper government’s Continue readingLiUNA endorses Liberals at Canadian Conference
By Sonia Singh How do you organize and build unity among workers who don’t speak the same language? As members of the Street Vendor Project trickle into their monthly meeting, leaders greet new arrivals in multiple languages: Bienvenido! Ni hao! Meetings often run in Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Bengali, and Tibetan simultaneously—reflecting the diverse backgrounds of Continue readingBuilding power in many languages
By Nora Loreto Ten tips for bringing new workers into the union Regardless of the age on our birth certificates, the divide that exists between new and less new members of a union can be difficult to bridge. Considering how important solidarity among members is in a union, we’ve come up with our top ten Continue readingTop ten ways to better include new union members
By Toby Moorsom On Aug. 16, 2012, the South African Police Force (SAPF) gunned down a group of striking miners. Following the first hail of bullets, they hunted down the remaining workers in commando fashion, shooting many in the back. In total, 34 were killed and scores of others injured in what’s been dubbed the Marikana Continue readingCanadian Labour Must Change its South African Alliances