- Toronto Socialist Action Presents - Friday, September 27 – 7 p.m. Mumia, Long Distance Revolutionary, 120 minutes, 2013. Before he was falsely convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist…
It's an old story with a twist. Even amongst the wealthy, the extremely rich are doing best of all. So says the World Wealth Report, the noted annual study of the world's millionaires, issued in June by RBC Wealth…
Read More The Ultra-Rich and gross Inequality, Rise in Tandem
Chronic job insecurity, uneven growth and declining living standards mark the so-called recovery from the Great Recession that killed so many jobs in 2008-09. Statistics Canada reported in mid-August that, while the private sector gained 34,600 jobs, the public…
On August 19 the federal Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared its plan to prorogue the Canadian Parliament -- for the fourth time. Harper used prorogation in 2007, but subsequent moves to prorogue in 2008 and 2010…
Bowing to enormous public pressure, the Special Investigations Unit of the Toronto Police Service on August 20 charged Constable James Forcillo with second degree murder in the death of 18-year old Sammy Yatim, three weeks after the shooting on…
By ANN MONTAGUE - Socialist Action USA U.S. Army whistleblower Pfc. Chelsea (Bradley) Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. The military judge, Col. Denise…
by Barry Weisleder And the downbeat goes on. In sector after sector, from auto to steel to forestry to railways to the Ontario and Federal Public Service, to the federal postal service, bosses usually get the concessions they demand…
Read More Labour Day 2013 marred by unions bowing to austerity
by Barry Weisleder Lac-Mégantic fell victim to a deadly combination of greed, deregulation, and a mad rush for energy profits that devalued the environment and human life. Five years ago the small Quebec town was not even on the route…
Read More Corporate Greed, Gov’t Collusion fueled train disaster
Less than 1 per cent of the environmental violations arising out of Alberta's tar sands have been penalized. So says a survey by Kevin Timoney, a biologist and environmental consultant, and Peter Lee of Global Forest Watch. The authors of…
by Carrie Lester In July, old news became new again. The commercial media published stories about medical and nutrition experiments conducted in Canada’s Indian Residential Schools during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Why call it ‘old’ news? Because an article on…
Read More Demand the Truth about Experiments on Aboriginal children
Youth for Socialist Action - presents a public forum - DISARM THE COPS! The July 27 police killing of 18-year old Sammy Yatim, another in a long string of unarmed victims shot to death by Toronto cops, raises questions: What…
by Bruce Allen At the end of August 2013 a new union, called Unifor, will be launched in Canada with a membership of over 300,000 workers. At a convention in Toronto, the Canadian Autoworkers (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and…
The obvious lesson from the May 27 British Columbia provincial election is 'don't trust opinion polls'. But what can we learn from the NDP campaign, besides the fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs is not the only team capable of…
Read More BC election, Ontario budget show failure of NDP ‘moderation’
The crusading pro-choice doctor, Henry Morgentaler, died in Toronto, May 29, 2013 at the age of 90. His death came three months after the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Supreme Court decision striking down Canada`s federal abortion law. That victory…
Read More Henry Morgentaler and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom in the Canadian State
Right wing governments in Canada seem to be on the ropes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's regime is mired in scandals, the latest centred on a $90,000 payoff by his former chief of staff to cover-up misappropriation of funds by Conservative…
