A wave of anti-eviction demonstrations have recently hit Toronto. They will only continue to gain momentum as the province faces an eviction blitz during the winter and second wave of COVID-19. On Saturday, Dec. 5, more than 150 tenants from across the city alongside community organizers rallied in front of the Metcap Living Management head […]

“This is damage control right now,” said Dr. Darren Markland about the field hospitals. “This is where you send people so that they’re not seen to be dying in the streets. But the next step is refrigerator trucks.”

As COVID-19 cases reach all-time highs across the country, so too are the number of Canadians experiencing homelessness. Families and individuals who were able to pay rent before the pandemic now find themselves homeless. Instead of providing these people with homes during this difficult period, governments across the country have been cracking down on tent […]

Amid Venezuela’s Dec. 6 parliamentary election, Canada’s foreign affairs ministry announced they will not recognize the results. The statement cited no evidence of election fraud or tampering, and came less than two years after Canada helped organize a failed coup to overthrow Venezuela’s democratically elected government. Canada used to consider the National Assembly to be […]

Despite lockdowns in many major cities, COVID-19 cases continue to rise. This is because transmission is occurring in manufacturing and so-called “essential” services. Bosses are putting profits before health with impunity. Governments are hiding the names of businesses with outbreaks. As the infection and death rate rises, conspicuous in their silence are the leaders of […]

Workers at Tropicana Community Services have entered their fourth week of a strike after taking to the picket lines on Nov. 9. After 39 years of providing support for the Scarborough area, the workers at Tropicana voted to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 back in July 2019. Since then negotiations with […]

On October 12, the Cuban Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil Fernández appeared on the television program Mesa Redonda [Round Table] to talk about the economic strategy “to boost the economy and overcome the global crisis caused by COVID-19.” A central part of it is the “monetary reorganization” that has generated so many rumors and uncertainty in Cuba in recent months.

A report published on Nov. 19 revealed that “A toxic culture reigns in the RCMP.” The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) encourages “misogynist, racist and homophobic attitudes.” Thousands of cases of sexual assault, touching, harassment, degradation, and threats, have been reported against RCMP officers. We are not talking about two or three rotten apples. Former […]

Hundreds and thousands of farmers and members from different supporting organisations from different part of India are marching towards Delhi to stage an indefinite sit-in strike. The march ‘Delhi Chalo’ started on 26 November 2020 towards Delhi. Their major demands include the repealing of three Farmers Bills passed by Modi’s government. Currently, farmers are blocking five […]

On Nov. 12, Montreal’s “progressive” mayor, Valérie Plante, revealed the city’s 2021 budget which includes plans to increase police spending by $14 million. Since Plante entertained the notion of defunding the police over the summer, many who fought against police brutality over the last few months now feel disappointed and betrayed. How did this come […]