After Taser International, Inc., issued a bulletin from its U.S. headquarters instructing users not to aim the weapon at the chest of a suspect to avoid impact to the heart, police in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg, plus the Royal…
Oil baron T. Boone Pickens told the U.S. Congress in Washington on October 21 that U.S. energy companies are “entitled” to some of Iraq's crude oil because of the large number of U.S. troops that lost their lives fighting in…
Education for Activists Conference2nd annual Toronto Socialist Action Trotsky SchoolNovember 20-21, 2009 at OISE, U of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. W.just above the St. George Subway StationFriday, November 20, 7 p.m.Rosa Luxemburg – a revolutionary for the 21st Century The…
Fear that a Fall Canadian federal election would decimate the ranks of New Democratic Party MPs drove Leader Jack Layton to a self-inflicted act of desperation – voting for a rotten Tory budget.Months of failing to advance socialist policies to…
The mayor of Canada's biggest city, David Miller, betrayed labour, disappointed his business allies, and was so low in the polls that he announced on September 25 that he will not seek a third term in office. Although the next…
For once, the corporate media felt compelled to feature an opinion critical of the Canadian military intervention in Afghanistan. It is a view shared by over 60 per cent of the population, but it took the expressed grief of a…
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While the average person is coping with lost income, a vanishing pension, shrinking benefits, inaccessible unemployment insurance and double-digit joblessness, the Big Five Canadian banks are flush with capital, thank you very much.And you know what? They're preparing to go…
Health, as well as wealth, is taking a beating in the current economic crisis. A Canadian Medical Association survey, reported on August 17, shows that while 57 per cent of Canadians are worried about their financial security, nearly an equal…
In solidarity with the Inco strikersA Concert to Celebratethe music of Phil Ochsfeaturing Zachary Stevensonsponsored by: Socialist ActionFriday, September 25 8 p.m.(doors open at 7 p.m.)OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West@ St. George Subway Stationtickets at door: $20 waged; $10…
No new name, No new policiesby Barry WeislederLabour unionists, traditional social democrats and radical socialists held off a drive by a wing of the federal New Democratic Party establishment to propel the NDP faster and farther to the right. The…
