The Rate of Exploitation of Sonatrach Workers in Africa

Introduction I have tried to calculate the rate of exploitation of workers in various Canadian capitalist companies (see for example The Rate of Exploitation of Workers at Magna International Inc., One of the Largest Private Employers in Toronto, Part One or The Rate of Exploitation of the Workers of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), One … Continue reading The Rate of Exploitation of Sonatrach Workers in Africa →

Derechos de gestión y la crisis en Oshawa, Ontario, Canadá: Limitaciones de la izquierda reformista, Primera Parte

Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] El Comité Directivo del Proyecto Socialista escribió lo siguiente en su sitio web (Tomando el cierre de GM: Unifor, Oshawa y control comunitario): El plan de General Motors para terminar la producción en su planta de Oshawa a … Continue reading Derechos de gestión y la crisis en Oshawa, Ontario, Canadá: Limitaciones de la izquierda reformista, Primera Parte →

Fair Wages: Another Example of the Ideological Rhetoric of Canadian Unions, Part Five: The Toronto & York Region Labour Council (TYRLC)

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 Five: The Toronto & York Region Labour Council (TYRLC) →

Un ejemplo de la insuficiencia de la izquierda canadiense, o cómo la izquierda canadiense contribuye al surgimiento de la derecha canadiense

Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] En Facebook, un izquierdista social-reformista publicó el hecho de que el gobierno conservador de Ontario, encabezado por el millonario de derecha Doug Ford, había eliminado la posición de la Oficina del Defensor del Niño de Ontario, integrándola con … Continue reading Un ejemplo de la insuficiencia de la izquierda canadiense, o cómo la izquierda canadiense contribuye al surgimiento de la derecha canadiense →

Review of Socialist Action’s Spring Education Conference 2024: What Socialists Do in Unions, Part Two

Introduction As I indicated in an earlier post, I attended the second session spring 2024 education conference of Socialist Action (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA-mVbaSSOc&t=4354s) since the issue of what socialists should do in unions is of prime importance- but was excluded from it after I asked a couple of questions in the chat and responded to Barry Weisleder's … Continue reading Review of Socialist Action’s Spring Education Conference 2024: What Socialists Do in Unions, Part Two →

Derechos de gestión y la crisis en Oshawa, Ontario, Canadá: Limitaciones de la izquierda reformista, Primera Parte

Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] El Comité Directivo del Socialist Project escribió lo siguiente en su sitio web (Taking on the GM Shutdown: Unifor, Oshawa and Community Control): El plan de General Motors de poner fin a la producción en su planta de … Continue reading Derechos de gestión y la crisis en Oshawa, Ontario, Canadá: Limitaciones de la izquierda reformista, Primera Parte →

Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Ten, The Case of Bank of Montreal Workers

One of the few things that I agree with the academic leftist Jeff Noonan, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor, Ontario, is that leftists must start where workers are at: Political engagement begins from trying to understand where people are coming from. But where people are coming from can be interpreted in at … Continue reading Should Not the Radical Left Take into Account the Attitude of Workers Towards Their Own Jobs? Part Ten, The Case of Bank of Montreal Workers →

Cliches of the Radical Left

John Clarke, former major organizer of the defunct Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), wrote the following recently (October 6, 2025): The unresolvable contradiction within capitalist society is that they need us but we don't need them. I beg to differ. Of course, in an absolute sense and in the long term, workers do … Continue reading Cliches of the Radical Left →

The Dogma Of Some Trade-Union Activists: The Cliche of a Fair Contract”

Tracy MacMaster is a member of the Ontario Public Service Employee Union (OPSEU). They are out on strike. I have outlined some of the reasons for the strike in another post. Recently, MacMaster posted the following on her Facebook page: What do we want t? A fair contract! If we don't get it, SHUT IT … Continue reading The Dogma Of Some Trade-Union Activists: The Cliche of a Fair Contract” →

A Radical Leftist’s Exaggeration of the Ease of Characterizing the Exploitation of Workers

I waited two weeks for a response by John Clarke, a radical leftist here in Toronto, to reply to my criticism of certain aspects of his analysis of the strike of the Air Canada flight attendants' strike (see his article https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/taking-stock-of-the-air-canada-strike). He never responded, so I am copying my critique on the Canadian Dimension page. Radical … Continue reading A Radical Leftist’s Exaggeration of the Ease of Characterizing the Exploitation of Workers →