Sept. 15, 2023 | by Susan Rosenthal In late July, 3,700 workers organized in Unifor Local 414 struck Metro grocery stores across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for five weeks. Did they win or lose? Unifor’s press release crowed, “Metro…
Sept. 15, 2023 | by Riley Joannah | Socialist Action The institutions which codify the binary view of gender harbour profound contradictions. When faced with the people they seek to regulate, these systems become torn in twain. On the one…
Read More My Body is a Battleground; The Trans Fight for Liberation
Sept. 02, 2023 | by Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action The Toronto Region Socialist Action Annual End-of-Summer Picnic took place at Withrow Park on September 2, 2023 with dozens of folks in attendance. The gathering featured live music, with HOTCHA!,…
Read More SA Toronto Picnic Celebrates last long weekend of summer 2023
Sep. 04, 2023 | by Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action The contingent led by Socialist Action, the NDP Socialist Caucus and the Workers' Action Movement helped to set the tone by chanting the slogan "Dump Thug Ford with a General…
Read More Socialists march with 20,000+ union members in Toronto’s annual Labour Day Parade
par Barry Weisleder | Secrétaire fédéral de l'Action socialiste SA/LAS Canada a 26 ans. Mais SA/LAS n'est pas apparue soudainement. Elle n'a pas surgi de la tête de Zeus. Elle a émergé organiquement à partir de conditions concrètes. Pour comprendre…
Read More L’histoire et la pratique de Socialist Action/Ligue pour l’Action Socialiste Canada
Par Barry Weisleder, secrétaire fédéral Socialist Action Canada/Ligue pour l'Action socialiste Ce jour-là, le 26 juillet 2023, des millions de personnes ont célébré la Journée de la rébellion à Cuba. Il y a soixante-dix ans, Fidel Castro a dirigé l'expédition…
Read More Malheurs du Milieu de l’été : Climat, Guerre et Itinérance
Incorporant des écrits d'Ernest Mandel et Robbie Mahood, édités par Barry Weisleder pour une présentation le 4 mai 2022 L'oppression nationale et le racisme sont des caractéristiques fondamentales des États capitalistes dans le monde d'aujourd'hui. Dans peu d'entre eux, la…
Aug. 13, 2023 | By Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action Representatives of several organizations gathered on August 13 to celebrate the 97th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz on August 13 at a banquet hall in Mississauga,…
Read More 97th Anniversary of Fidel Castro’s Birthday Marked in Toronto/Mississauga
by Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action Canada On this day, July 26, 2023 millions celebrated Rebellion Day in Cuba. Seventy years ago, Fidel Castro led the Granma expedition that launched the Cuban Revolution. Socialist Action is a member of the…
By Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action Canada Members of the Workers' Action Movement and Socialist Action joined striking Metro workers at the 89 Gould Street store in Toronto on August 3. Two dozen members of AMAPCEO, came to the Unifor…
Read More On the Picket Line with Metro Grocery Workers at 89 Gould Street
July 5, 2023| by Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action Five Indigenous First Nations formed an historic alliance to protect their lands and waters in the face of mounting concerns about encroachment on their territories by mining exploration companies who have…
July 9, 2023 | By Alanna Johnston, Rubina Chowdhury | Socialist Action Socialist Action joined dozens of people at an anti-war rally across from the U.S. Consulate in Toronto on July 9, 2023. The gathering was part of a country-wide…
Read More Anti-war Rally Across from the U.S. Consulate in Toronto
July 11, 2023 | by Barry Weisleder, Federal Secretary | Socialist Action First, I warmly welcome all the new and returning members of the SA Central Committee, and other party bodies elected at the June 11 SA convention. Together we will…
Read More Wild Fires, a Troubling Mutiny, and Class Struggle Politics
June 25, 2023 | By Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action On Pride Day in Toronto, while over a million walked or watched the big commercial parade on Yonge Street, over a thousand rallied and marched to oppose police harassment of…
Read More No Pride in Policing Coalition march on June 25 in Toronto
by Rubina Chowdhury | Socialist Action Canada Homelessness is a situation in which an individual, family or community lacks safe, proper, and stable housing. The reasons behind homelessness are: systematic or societal barriers, financial instability, lack of employment opportunities, lack…
Read More Impact of Homelessness on Gender-Based Violence in Toronto
by Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action Canada Among the 102 candidates in the June 26 Toronto mayor by-election, former city councilor and MP Olivia Chow is certainly not the worst. Among the establishment contenders, she appears slightly to the left…
Read More Olivia Chow, a vote for mediocrity, evasion and capitalist rule
By Alan Benjamin | Socialist Organizer On June 16, Esteban “Seva” Volkov Bronstein, Leon Trotsky’s grandson and last remaining witness to the brutal assassination of Trotsky at the hands of a Stalinist agent, died in Mexico City. He was 97 years…
Read More Esteban “Seva” Volkov (Trotsky’s Grandson): 1926-2023
Foreign Political Interference is in the Eye of the Beholder Why are the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the federal government obsessing about Chinese political influence in Canada. The United States is pushing Canada to buy their second…
The Workers Action Movement had a booth at the Canadian Labour Congress, where we interacted with delegates from various unions across Canada.
Socialist Action participated in the annual Nakba rally and march in Toronto, commemorating 75 years of the Zionist occupation in Palestine. Click on the link to view photos from the event.
