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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
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…
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.
The fragmentation of global capitalism into two competing blocs, one led by the US and the other by China, is characterized by three major trends: Rising military expenditures, increasing protectionist economic policies, and declining levels of productivity, investment, and profitability. Here are the implications for Canada:
report by Barry Weisleder Palestinian residents, refugees, and their allies rallied to mark Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Toronto on April 15, 2023. The Ramadan holiday gathering in front of the Ontario Superior Court on University Avenue, across from the U.S.…
Read More Justice for Palestine rally April 15 in Toronto draws hundreds
By Jeff Mackler Friday, March 31, 2023 What the corporate media ban from their coverage of the unfolding and ever massive French protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to add two years to the French retirement age, from 62 to…
Read More Mass French strikes and mobilizations challenge Macron’s pension reform
Discontent with the capitalist status quo is spreading rapidly. At the forefront are mobilizations in France against President Emanuel Macron's reform of the country's retirement law. Under Socialist Party President Francois Mitterrand and up to the 1990s the legal retirement age with full pension was 60 years. Since then, right wing governments have pushed it up to 62 years. Macron announced a move to raise it to 65 years, but backed down. He now proposes age 64. Mass action involving strikes and demonstrations, one day at a time, usually once or twice a week, have followed the parliamentary calendar. More militant sectors in the union movement have been calling for renewable strikes from one day to the next, towards a general strike.