by Barry WeislederTouted as the Canadian state's best chance for a lasting legacy in Afghanistan, the $50 million Dahla Dam irrigation project in Kandahar is all but dead in the water.The Canadian engineering giant SNC Lavalin is losing the battle…
Changeons le systeme! pas le climat!
S’il ne s’agissait que d’une séance de photo des chefs d’État des vingt plus grands pays capitalistes du monde, assortie d’une facture obscène de plus de un milliard de dollars pour la sécurité, ça serait déjà gros. Mais le sommet…
!Cambio del sistema, no cambio del clima!
Si no estuviera mas que un "photo op" para los veinte politicos capitalistas de la primera linea, con un precio indecente de mas de un million de millones de dolares para "seguridad," esto sera ya bastante malo. Pero la reunion…
World Economic Disorder & G8/G20 Summit
(The following is the text of a presentation by Barry W. to a Socialist Action public forum at the People's Summit, Ryerson University, on June 20, 2010.)The G20 Summit is a festival of the oppressors. It's not just a $1.2…
Security trumps Humanity at G20 Summit
by Barry WeislederOver $1 Billion will be spent to 'protect' the top guns of global capitalism at the G8 meeting on June 25 in Huntsville, Ontario and at the G20 Summit on June 26-27 in Toronto. The security tab was…
Eco-Socialism featured at Toronto conference
The economic crises of capitalism are cyclical, but the current environmental crisis could be final. Only by means of public ownership under workers' and community control can society address both man-made ills, and be empowered to save life and civilization.That…
Gay Bureaucrats ban anti-Zionism from Pride
by John WilsonOn the morning of May 26 about 150 people demonstrated at Toronto Pride's offices against the decision to ban any reference to Israeli apartheid at this year's annual Pride Parade, dyke march and trans march. The parade, one…
Socialism 2010: Socialism or Barbarism / Eco-socialism or Extinction
an International Educational Conference May 20, 21, 22, 23, 2010 at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, U of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street Westco-sponsored by: Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste – Canadian state, Socialist Action – USA, and…
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May Day Celebrated in Toronto
by Christian WhittallThe Free Times Cafe was packed to the gills on the evening of Saturday, May 1, for Toronto’s 24th Annual Socialist May Day Celebration. The lively, convivial atmosphere may have seemed in sharp contrast to the rather dire-sounding…
War Crimes & Scandals Aplenty
by Barry WeislederAt the risk of being found in contempt of Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative minority government still refuses to release documents pertaining to the torture of detainees handed over by Canadian forces to Afghan authorities. If House…