by Garv Taneja On October 2, 2020, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the resting place of one of India’s most popular reformist leaders and its second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. There, Modi repeated Shastri’s now iconic phrase ‘Jai…
Corey David, Socialist Action candidate for City Councillor for Scarborough Agincourt speaks at solidarity picket with Tropicana Community Services workers. https://youtu.be/76ve_FQQX2s Sisters, brothers, comrades and friends, my name is Corey David. I'm here to express genuine and militant solidarity with…
Thursday, December 10, 7 p.m. Eastern Time Capitalism: A Crime Story, featuring Harry Glasbeek, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, plus discussant Stephen Ellis, an activist and lawyer specializing in employment and human rights law. Watch…
By Yves Engler Paranoia, disregard for evidence and over-the-top rhetoric to encourage hate. And I’m not talking about Donald Trump’s Republicans. Progressive Canadian should counter a wave of McCarthyite Sinophobia sweeping this country’s politics. The over-the-top reaction to a recent…
Protesters gathered outside the Toronto constituency office of Deputy Prime Minister and University-Rosedale M.P. Chrystia Freeland to demand "Free Meng Wanzhou. Normalize relations with China" on Tuesday, December 1.The organizers seek to end Ottawa's complicity with illegal United States' trade…
My name is Lisa and I am a member of Socialist Action USA, from its Minneapolis branch. I thank SA Canada for inviting me to speak (to the “Revolution or Ruin” conference, November 21). I look forward to hearing your…
Thursday, December 3, 7 p.m. Eastern Time Unions and the Bosses’ Agenda in Auto, Public Services and Beyond – Rebecca Keetch, an auto worker in Oshawa, Ontario examines the Unifor deals with GM, Ford and Chrysler; Sandra Griffith-Bonaparte looks at the PSAC settlement with…
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https://youtu.be/DvfmBtR2sx0 Yesterday I officially registered to run for city council for Ward 22 Scarborough Agincourt in the byelection that will be decided on Jan 15 2021. I'm committed to run as a Socialist Action candidate that looks to create a…
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Thursday, November 26, 7 p.m. Eastern Time The Road to a Mass Eco-Socialist Party, with former British Labour Party activist Alan Freeman, past Manitoba NDP MLA Marianne Cerilli, and Socialist Action B.C. organizer Gary Porter. Link: https://youtu.be/Vs7WAPOUtcE For more information, including links to past…
The following speech was presented by Julius Arscott, leading member of Socialist Action at the recent Revolution or Ruin conference held online on November 21, 2020 following the panel 'What We Need' in the session titled 'How to Get It'.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sizIx-ByTvM Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m. Will the Pandemic Ever End? With leading SA member Daniel Tarade, a PhD candidate in laboratory medicine and pathobiology at the University of Toronto, Siobhan O’Brien, a senior PhD candidate at the U of…
This year the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was celebrated by the United Nations, governments and non-governmental organizations around the world. In Afghanistan this day was commemorated by civil society organizations through gatherings and dissemination of statements. The…
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On November 3, 2020, the United Steel Workers’ Union issued the following statement: “Late on Friday, October 30, the Canadian Labour Congress, without consulting any union affiliate, announced a joint endorsement with the business lobby group, the Canadian Chamber of…
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For a General Strike to Kick Out Jason Kenny and the UCP! On October 18 the United Conservative Party adopted a plan for a privately-funded, privately-managed health care system to operate alongside the public Alberta Health Services (AHS). The decision…
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by Gary Porter, The October 24 provincial election in British Columbia was called by New Democratic Party Premier John Horgan after 3 years of a 4-year “supply and confidence agreement” with the Green Party of BC. John Horgan’s calculation was…
by Barry Weisleder Is the Green Party doomed to remain a fringe capitalist party in Canada? Despite business media hype for Annamie Paul, the party’s new federal leader, the GPC failed to break through in the electoral district of Toronto…
by Sarah Armstrong (October 26, 2020) PART 1: PREAMBLE I am writing to you from what is known as the Town of Antigonish, located on the unceded territory of Mi'kma'ki - which comprises what is now called Nova Scotia, Cape…
The Labour Party originated in the late 19th century. It responded to the demand for a new political party to represent the interests of the urban working class, many of whose male members gained the right to vote with the…
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https://youtu.be/10GeHqSUSmc From Yuri muckraker: 'In this episode of 1+1, I had the great luxury to speak to Daniel Tarade a university student, and activist part of Socialist Action Canada and NDP Socialist Caucus. We talk about the global Mental Health…
Thursday, November 5, 7 p.m. Is Democracy in America Over? Featuring Jeff Mackler, Socialist Action candidate for President of the United States, a leading member of the United National Anti-war Coalition and the campaign to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal.View here: https://youtu.be/uwOdkL0UIk4 For more information,…
