The following was posted on the Socialist Project website: `Statement on Morning Encampment Raid at York University ANTI-RACISM, PUBLIC GOODS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS • June 6, 2024 • York Federation of Students [Content Warning: The following statement references police violence and racism, colonialism, imperialism, and anti-Indigenous racism. — YFS] On June 5, 2024, York University students launched the York Popular University … Continue reading Further Oppression of Protesting University Students by University Administration and the Police: The Case of York University in Toronto
Month: June 2024
Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Two, The Case of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Preliminaries There may be a strike by members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents around 11,000 frontline workers out of a total of 25,000 workers very soon (June 7). There has been some movement by management today, but whether that will suffice for the union bargaining team to recommend ratification remains to be seen … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Two, The Case of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
A Series of Strikes by California University Workers in Solidarity with Student Protesters of the Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and in Opposition to Their Oppression by University Authorities and the Capitalist State
The following was posted on the Socialist Project website (https://socialistproject.ca/2024/06/next-front-in-palestine-solidarity-worker-strikes/): Although such efforts should be supported, it is still unlikely that there will be a wave of real support from organized labour; it is one thing to pay lipservice to such support and another to actually showing practical support in various ways: The Next Front … Continue reading A Series of Strikes by California University Workers in Solidarity with Student Protesters of the Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and in Opposition to Their Oppression by University Authorities and the Capitalist State
A Protest Held in Toronto on May 30, 2024, to Oppose the Ontario Conservative Party’s Continued Privatization of Health Care
Introduction Thousands of protesters attended a protest rally or demonstration in Toronto on May 30, 2024, starting at Nathan Phillips Square and ending in front of the Ontario Legislative Building, where Conservative leader, among others, was holding a session. A similar protest rally or demonstration was held in September, 2023. It is difficult to determine … Continue reading A Protest Held in Toronto on May 30, 2024, to Oppose the Ontario Conservative Party’s Continued Privatization of Health Care
The Abolitionary 