A favourite phrase of governments during the pandemic has been, “We’re all in this together.” Given the gross mishandling of the pandemic by governments, that platitude will no longer resonate as it did before.

The overwhelming majority of workers at Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto voted to unionize this week, rejecting the scare tactics of the company owned by billionaire Jim Pattison. On Friday morning, Unifor confirmed about 70 per cent of voting aquarium workers opted in favor of unionizing. That overwhelming mandate comes after months of layoffs, pay cuts, […]

Alan Woods, editor of marxist.com, looks at the tumultuous state of the world at the dawn of 2021. Capitalism is in a profound crisis. While a handful of billionaires enrich themselves, the vast majority are trapped between the coronavirus pandemic and poverty. But Marxists remain optimists. The working class and youth are beginning to stretch […]

2021 has kicked off with a bang. If anyone had any remaining doubts, the events of Jan. 6 exposed the depth of the crisis of US capitalism—and it is only the beginning. Even in the turbulent years before and after the US Civil War, we have never seen the US Capitol building breached by protesters—and […]

As part of his New Year’s list, Doug Ford appointed former premier Mike Harris to the Order of Ontario. Workers are justifiably angry that Harris—remembered primarily for his vicious austerity program—is receiving the highest official honour in the province. While Harris is hardly the first reactionary politician to receive the designation, his appointment was a […]

Unifor Local 444 leaders in Windsor erected a blockade in front of the Walker Road and Vimy Avenue entrance to the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Assembly Plant on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 5. The blockade is a response to FCA Canada’s recently announced plan to lay off 60 Unifor 444 workers employed by a […]

A union drive at Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto is gaining momentum. This is the result of the company’s insistence that its workers pay for the COVID-19 crisis with layoffs, pay cuts and hazardous workplace conditions. Starting Wednesday afternoon, the union drive at the aquarium will be put to a vote, after months of organizing through […]

Joe Biden beating Donald Trump in the race for the White House shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, his opponent was an incompetent reality TV star presiding over a devastated economy and an uncontrolled pandemic. Just a few months earlier, the Commander in Chief had been forced to hide in a bunker in the […]

We have just received the great news that comrade Amar Fayaz was released on January 3. The security agencies dropped him at his village. Amar’s release was made possible through the immense and successful international campaign organised by students, youth and workers from all around the world. We will update our supporters as we get […]

2020 has exposed the horrors of capitalism to more people than ever before. From the inability of governments to manage the pandemic, to murderous racist police, to the chaos of the US election and beyond, the system that most have taken for granted for so long is decaying before our very eyes. In the midst […]