Unifor, the largest private-sector union in Canada, has recently called on the Canadian government to demand the end of the genocide in Palestine and to permit aid to civilians in those areas. From the Unifor website (https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/unifor-letter-prime-minister-carney-re-urgent-canadian-intervention-end-genocide): Unifor letter to Prime Minister Carney Re: Urgent Canadian intervention to end the genocide in Palestine June 25, … Continue reading A Union Calling On a Government to End the Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank Is Much Easier than Organizing Workers to Prevent the Shipment of Material to Israel
Month: June 2025
The Rate of Exploitation of Canada Life Workers
Introduction In another post, I presented twenty-one large employers in Winnipeg (see A List of the Largest Employers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). I have posted similar statistics for other cities and have calculated the degree to which workers are exploited by some of those employers--to what extent workers work for free for the employer by … Continue reading The Rate of Exploitation of Canada Life Workers
European Dockworkers Refuse to Load Weapons Aimed at Palestine
The following was posted on the LaborNotes website (https://labornotes.org/2025/06/european-dockworkers-refuse-load-weapons-aimed-palestine): European Dockworkers Refuse to Load Weapons Aimed at Palestine June 12, 2025 / Rafeef Ziadah and Katy Fox-Hodess French dockworkers hold a banner to support a Swedish dockworker who was fired in retaliation for a six-day boycott of military cargo to Israel. Photo: WIP On June 4, … Continue reading European Dockworkers Refuse to Load Weapons Aimed at Palestine
Cats, Dogs and the Police
John Clarke, former major organizer for the defunct Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted recently the following: "We're not rats either." Jim Devine commented: they don't work for _anyone_
Referring to the Law without Qualification When Criticizing the Ruling Class Is Social-Reformist or Social-Democratic, not Socialist
Here in Toronto, Canada, and elsewhere, social democrats (such as David Bush) criticize actions (such as those of Trump) on the basis of breeches of the law. Although such breeches should be pointed out and criticized in order to expose the hypocrisy of the ruling class, socialists should always point out simultaneously the limitations of … Continue reading Referring to the Law without Qualification When Criticizing the Ruling Class Is Social-Reformist or Social-Democratic, not Socialist
The Social-Democratic Left’s Notion of Democracy: Censorship and No Debate that Contradicts Their Views
David Bush, self-proclaimed leftist, posted a reply on his Facebook page to a comment by Todd Ferguson concerning the following rally held on June 22, 2025: Ferguson made the comment that the rally would be held when the embassy (unsure if he wrote embassy or consulate) was closed that day, implying that he wondered whether … Continue reading The Social-Democratic Left’s Notion of Democracy: Censorship and No Debate that Contradicts Their Views
The Idealization of Law by the Social-Democratic Left Once Again
David Bush, self-proclaimed leftist and radical organizer in Toronto, posted the following on Facebook a few hours ago: International law for thee not for me. The invasion of Iraq was preceded by sustained campaign to at least try to win international and domestic support and justify it legally. This bombing of Iran had no such … Continue reading The Idealization of Law by the Social-Democratic Left Once Again
Ingreso Básico: Una Crítica a los Supuestos y al Análisis de la Izquierda Socialreformista: Segunda Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Esta es una continuación de mi publicación anterior. En esta publicación, abordaré el análisis confuso que hace el Sr. Bush de las relaciones en el trabajo y en el intercambio en una situación dominada por una clase de … Continue reading Ingreso Básico: Una Crítica a los Supuestos y al Análisis de la Izquierda Socialreformista: Segunda Parte
Fair Wages: Another Example of the Ideological Rhetoric of Canadian Unions, Part Three: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Introduction I was surprised to read an article from Kiri Vadivelu (December 31, 2024, "No to Legislative Strikebreaking! Victory to Postal Workers!") in The Red Review, a "Socialist Action journal." [Socialist Action is an allegedly socialist organization]. Vadivelu was a candidate for mayor in the last municipal elections in Toronto--and I voted for him since he … Continue reading Fair Wages: Another Example of the Ideological Rhetoric of Canadian Unions, Part Three: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Ingreso Básico: Una Crítica a los Supuestos y al Análisis de la Izquierda Socialreformista: Primera Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Introducción Dividiré esta publicación en dos partes: la primera se centrará en preocupaciones más concretas, y la segunda abordará cuestiones más teóricas. David Bush, en un artículo del 26 de abril de 2017 publicado en el sitio web … Continue reading Ingreso Básico: Una Crítica a los Supuestos y al Análisis de la Izquierda Socialreformista: Primera Parte
The Abolitionary 