About one hundred people rallied to the call of the Toronto Coalition Against NATO at the corner of Bloor and Spadina, just meters from the office of Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, on Sunday, October 1. The…
Sept. 02, 2023 | by Barry Weisleder | Socialist Action The Toronto Region Socialist Action Annual End-of-Summer Picnic took place at Withrow Park on September 2, 2023 with dozens of folks in attendance. The gathering featured live music, with HOTCHA!,…
Read More SA Toronto Picnic Celebrates last long weekend of summer 2023
Now that Olivia Chow, former MP and City Councilor, is running for Toronto mayor, again, it is useful to recall her 2014 campaign. Chow's vague slogans and vacuous themes today, sadly, are reminiscent of her failed past effort. Fortunately, there…
by Barry Weisleder A bevy of bourgeois councilors and wannabees flocked to Toronto City Hall early on April 3 to register as candidates for the municipality's top job in a hastily called by-election. An exception to the Dishonor Roll of…
Read More MSA candidate for Toronto mayor speaks to mass media
Last Monday, Socialist Action took part in the 150th Labour Day Parade. Organized by the Toronto and York Region Labour Council. Socialist Action was joined by members of the Municipal Socialist Alliance and over 20,000 union members from both the public and private sectors. Comrades and allies marched from Queen and University to the entrance of the CNE. Chanting, singing, waving flags and banners, and even posing for pictures along the way.
Mitchell Shore On May 30, 2020 Socialist Action members marched in solidarity with thousands to protest the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. The demonstration, organized by Not Another Black Life, was held in response to the suspicious death of Regis, a…
Read More Socialist Action Marches in Solidarity Against Police Brutality
by John Wilson Well, Toronto Pride has done it again. On October 16 it held a news conference to announce that uniformed police will again march in the Pride parade. The decision was made solely by its Board, not presented…
by Barry Weisleder Voter turnout in the Toronto municipal election on October 22 was an abysmal 41 per cent, nearly 20 per cent lower than four years earlier. A big factor was gross interference, in campaign mid-stream, by the Conservative…
Read More Progress Toronto fails to make a difference. Round One goes to Doug Ford.
by Peter D’Gama I am the Socialist Action candidate in the October 22 municipal election in Toronto because I want to bring a Workers’ Agenda to City Hall. For the past decade I have seen inequality grow while corporate profits,…
Dear Friends, Fellow Workers, and Residents of Ward 1, I begin by acknowledging that the land on which we are standing is the traditional territory of many First Nations, including the Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa,…
