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
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Swedish Dockworkers Vote to Block Military Shipments to and from Israel
The following is from Labor Notes (January 14, 2025,Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah) (https://labornotes.org/blogs/2025/01/swedish-dockworkers-vote-block-military-shipments-and-israel?fbclid=IwY2xjawH198RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYBqKDOzrnyPWhG71A02_ZzzcEEBTBYmXRnIvI7KawSOgIbXYB0MjLfU3A_aem_KVJWpcV5T6JiIC6owJG-2Q),I stated a long time ago that only a coordinated effort to stop arming Israel (in various ways) could stop the genocide. Had this and other efforts occurred much earlier, in a coordinated international effort, then the genocide may have halted in … Continue reading Swedish Dockworkers Vote to Block Military Shipments to and from Israel
Palestinian Trade Unions Call for Immediate Action Against the Ongoing Genocide
The Socialist Project posted the following recently on its website ( https://socialistproject.ca/2024/10/one-year-on-workers-everywhere-stop-genocide/): One Year On: Our Call to Workers Everywhere – Stop the Genocide Labour, War/Peace • October 16, 2024 Palestinian Trade Unions Call for Immediate Action Against the Ongoing Genocide One year ago, Palestinian trade unions made an urgent global call to action, imploring workers across the world … Continue reading Palestinian Trade Unions Call for Immediate Action Against the Ongoing Genocide
Hundreds of unions, NGOs in Spain call for general strike in solidarity with Palestine
The following was posted on the Socialist Project's website ( https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/hundreds-of-unions-ngos-in-spain-call-for-general-strike-in-solidarity-with-palestine/3343327): Nationwide protests demand action against Israel’s actions in Gaza Senhan Bolelli |27.09.2024 - Update : 30.09.2024 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stage a demonstration at Plaza Mayor in Madrid, where they filed their fourth complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel, condemning the killing … Continue reading Hundreds of unions, NGOs in Spain call for general strike in solidarity with Palestine
A Radical’s Exaggeration of the Crisis of Legitimacy of the World Social Order
Activists tend to exaggerate the extent to which there is a crisis of legitimacy of the class power of employers and the associated economic, political and social structures. Thus, John Clarke, a former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), wrote the following on August 21, 2024: John Clarke · There is … Continue reading A Radical’s Exaggeration of the Crisis of Legitimacy of the World Social Order
The Real World of Law and Union Rhetoric: The Case of the Court Order for the People’s Circle to Abandon its Encampment at the University of Toronto
Introduction Below is an article written by Harry Glasbeek (a former Marxist law professor at Osgood Law School of York University in Toronto) on the court order imposed by ; it is posted on the Socialist Project website (https://socialistproject.ca/2024/07/whose-side-is-law-always-on/). Before providing a copy of the article, I will make a couple of comments about union … Continue reading The Real World of Law and Union Rhetoric: The Case of the Court Order for the People’s Circle to Abandon its Encampment at the University of Toronto
An Aspect of the Real World of Canadian Democracy and the Rule of Law: The Influence of a Secret Government Committee to Persecute Opposition to Genocide in Palestine
The following was recently (June 27, 2024) published from The Breach. Socialists should consider how this reflects on the nature of Canadian democracy and the rule of law: Secretive committee in Ontario ministry pushed crackdown on pro-Palestine activism A group marked by pro-Israel bias within the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General pushed for more severe charges … Continue reading An Aspect of the Real World of Canadian Democracy and the Rule of Law: The Influence of a Secret Government Committee to Persecute Opposition to Genocide in Palestine
Analysis of the Importance of Israel to U.S. Interests and the Strategy of Israel and the U.S. in the Area
The following was posted on the Socialist Project's website ( https://socialistproject.ca/2024/06/framing-palestine/). I have already had occasion to refer to the author of the post (Adam Hanieh) in two earlier posts (see The Rate of Exploitation of Palestinian Workers at PADICO Holding, a Palestinian Capitalist Company and The Rate of Exploitation of Bank of Palestine Workers, … Continue reading Analysis of the Importance of Israel to U.S. Interests and the Strategy of Israel and the U.S. in the Area
The Need to Develop Connections Between the Critique of Daily Life and International Affairs, Part Two
John Clarke, former organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, posted the following recently without comment: John Clarke · "This goes well beyond the question of Palestine and Israel to the fundamental ability of a university to foster free inquiry and debate." From Dawn. I Was a Target of Academic Censorship Over My Work on … Continue reading The Need to Develop Connections Between the Critique of Daily Life and International Affairs, Part Two
Direct action confronts Canada-Israel arms trade–but the Idealization of International Law Limits Its Effectiveness
The above title is taken from the following article published in the Canadian social-democratic magazine Canadian Dimension ( https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/direct-action-confronts-canada-israel-arms-trade ). Although its tactics of direct action against arms manufacturers that produce arms for Israel is, in general, a better tactic than merely protesting against the genocide occurring in Gaza and the West Bank, it, like much … Continue reading Direct action confronts Canada-Israel arms trade–but the Idealization of International Law Limits Its Effectiveness
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