Police Who Harass Other Police With No Consequences Is Indicative of a Public Organization That Stands Above Citizens and Not With Them

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: Cops aren't workers and we should be less concerned with their 'toxic work environment' than the toxic work they perform in our communities. Having said that, the way they treat their own before they get out on … Continue reading Police Who Harass Other Police With No Consequences Is Indicative of a Public Organization That Stands Above Citizens and Not With Them →

Should Radical Leftists Indulge and Idealize Organizations of Unions?

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke · As a body representing an array of unions, it is significant that the Toronto Labour Council is able to take this position. [He then posts a link to a post on the Socialist … Continue reading Should Radical Leftists Indulge and Idealize Organizations of Unions? →

The Rhetoric of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council Concerning Exploitation and Oppression

The Socialist Project recently posted an article by Toronto & York Region Labour Council (T&YRLC) on their defense of the right to strike and the right to protest (civil liberties): Protecting the Right to Protest and Picket LABOUR • April 22, 2024 • Toronto and York Region Labour Council In Toronto and York Region, we are witnessing an … Continue reading The Rhetoric of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council Concerning Exploitation and Oppression →

Union Rhetoric Versus the Reality of Workers’ Lives Subordinated to a Class of Employers: The Price of Human Life, Justice and Dignity–The Day of Mourning for Workers Killed in Canada While Working for an Employer in Canada on April 28

I thought that it would be appropriate to post something relevant to the Day of Mourning for workers killed while working for an employer in Canada. Some Canadian statistics: Official statistics: More than 1000 employees die every year in Canada on the job, and about 630,000 are injured every year. (Bob Barnetson, 2010, The Political … Continue reading Union Rhetoric Versus the Reality of Workers’ Lives Subordinated to a Class of Employers: The Price of Human Life, Justice and Dignity–The Day of Mourning for Workers Killed in Canada While Working for an Employer in Canada on April 28 →

A Poem by A Palestinian Poet Removed from a Display at the Toronto Public Library Due to A Complaint by B’Nai Brith

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke This is the poem that the Toronto Public Library removed at the urging of Zionist organization B'nai Brith. The accusers draw on the standard racist notion that Palestinian resistance is the product of a barbaric … Continue reading A Poem by A Palestinian Poet Removed from a Display at the Toronto Public Library Due to A Complaint by B’Nai Brith →

Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Four: School District No. 57, British Columbia

Introduction At the beginning of writing this blog, I wrote up some posts that focused on the management-rights clause of collective agreements between a union and an employer in order to demonstrate the limitations of collective bargaining and collective agreements. I then integrated the issue of management rights into an anlaysis of the rate of … Continue reading Management Rights and the Lack of Criticism of Such Rights Among the Social Democratic Left, Part Four: School District No. 57, British Columbia →

The Rate of Exploitation of TNB (National Bank of Palestine) Workers, or the Issue of Socialist Strategy and Tactics

Introduction In a previous post I pointed out the limited nature of the criticism of Israeli soldiers robbing $54.29 million from the Bank of Palestine--without criticizing the Bank of Palestine itself for exploiting its workers (see The Rate of Exploitation of Bank of Palestine Workers, or the Issue of Socialist Strategy and Tactics). It is necessary … Continue reading The Rate of Exploitation of TNB (National Bank of Palestine) Workers, or the Issue of Socialist Strategy and Tactics →

The Rule of Law–One Rule for Police Officers, Another Rule for Citizens

John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted an article on the absolute discharge of a police officer who assaulted a handcuffed person. Had this been a citizen doing the same act, the person would likely have been imprisoned. But, as I have often argued in the series The … Continue reading The Rule of Law–One Rule for Police Officers, Another Rule for Citizens →

International law and failure in the context of Gaza

The following (with the above title) is a copy and paste of an article on international law in the context of a capitalist world order (https://criticallegalthinking.com/2024/04/02/international-law-and-failure-in-the-context-of-gaza/). Before I paste the whole article, I will quote some key features that reinforce what I have been saying about the place of international law in socialist strategy. Finally, … Continue reading International law and failure in the context of Gaza →