Once again, the leadership of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council and of several key union affiliates, is taking workers down the primrose path of liberal, middle class politics towards the October 2014 municipal election. Rather than host a…
Category: Statements
Hands Off SAIA! Defend Free Speech! Support the BDS Campaign!
York University's administration punished Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) for holding a rally on March 27 to demand divestment from Israeli Apartheid. York U Security also asked an alumnus and member of SAIA to leave the protest at Vari Hall…
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Labour Day 2013 marred by unions bowing to austerity
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…
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SA statement on International Women’s Day 2013
On the 102nd Anniversary of IWD For Feminism and Socialism! A Socialist International women's conference in Copenhagen in 1910 launched International Women's Day globally in 1911. Trotskyist parties, including the predecessor organization of Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste…
Solidarity with Idle No More!
A statement by Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste (Canadian state) The 'Idle No More' movement, a campaign for indigenous rights, democracy and environmental justice, spread like wildfire in December in response to Conservative federal government legislation. An unprecedented…
Hands Off Iran! Restore diplomatic relations! Dismantle all nuclear weapons, starting with those of the USA and Israel!
Ottawa's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Iran is a desperate political move to try to sustain a reactionary and unpopular policy. Nothing to do with any Iranian threat to global peace and security, it is designed to counter the…
Propagez la grève québécoise ! Solidarité avec les étudiants !
Au fur et à mesure que le vent des protestations massives et des exigences de changements continu de souffler sur le Québec, le moment est venu pour les étudiants et la classe ouvrière du Canada anglais de descendre dans la…
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