by Barry Weisleder It is a pleasure to participate in this discussion tonight with author Hadas Thier. I am a political organizer, a history teacher, and a writer -- not an economist. Still, I hope to contribute something useful. I…
Socialist Action joins Toronto demonstration in solidarity with India's farmers on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The demonstrators marched from Yonge-Dundas to the Indian consulate.
Watch footage which was broadcast on OMNI News here: https://youtu.be/E-7lEHbX3Ag
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…
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, 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…
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…
Read More Will 2030 be the year of poverty eradication, or the year of more widespread poverty?
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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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,…
Socialist Action - Canada presents an internationalEducation for Activists Conference“Revolution or Ruin” An online gathering to address the multiple crises of world capitalism WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/nuLDI5rZ_xE Saturday, November 21, 2020 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time “The Change We Need”Kathy McDonald, Trustee on the…
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Thursday, October 29, 7 p.m. EST, 4p.m. PT How to Build a Revolutionary Party Today, with Henry Heller, professor of history at the University of Manitoba, Gary Porter, Socialist Action organizer in British Columbia, and Suzanne Weiss, author of “Holocaust to Resistance”…
Originally published at socialistaction.org Here we reprint key sections of Socialist Action’s (United States) 2020 Draft Political Resolution now under discussion in the party’s ranks as it approaches its December 2-6, 2020 National Convention. The complete will be published soon…
Read More The Power of United Front Mass Action vs. Anarchist Pretensions
Thursday, October 8, 7 p.m. EST, 4 p.m PT The Relevance of the French Revolution, and the Paris Commune of 1871, with Cliff Conner, author of “Jean-Paul Marat: Tribune of the French Revolution”, and discussant Barry Weisleder, federal secretary, Socialist Action…
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Dear Dimitri Lascaris, You waged an amazing campaign that rallied thousands of people to Eco-socialist ideas. That is a testament to your consummate skills as a superb organizer and an articulate proponent of radical socio-economic change. In the end, the…
The advocacy organization, Justice for Migrant Workers, on June 29 called for an immediate shutdown of Ontario's entire agricultural industry until every workplace is fully sterilized to stop the spread of COVID-19 among its workers. From the start of the…
Celebrate Labour Day in Toronto Fight for a Workers’ Agenda LABOUR DAY RALLY (9) Rally at Toronto's Christie Park, at the corner of Bloor Street and Christie, near the entrance to the Christie Subway Station https://www.facebook.com/events/953358485147961/ Monday, September 7,…
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by John Clarke (July 23, 2020) Two recent developments in the United States seem to capture just how the destructive profit-driven irrationality of capitalism renders it incapable of effectively containing the present global pandemic. On July 10, the US recorded…
