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 29-year-old Black woman who fell to her death from her 24th floor west-end Toronto apartment […]
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Pride (Inc.) Capitulates to the Cops, Betrays BLM
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 to Pride’s membership for either discussion or vote. The news conference was a joint project […]
Progress Toronto fails to make a difference. Round One goes to Doug Ford.
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 Doug Ford Ontario government. It reduced the number of seats on Toronto City Council from […]
Why I am running for Toronto City Council
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, particularly those of the financial sector, rise astronomically. Life for workers has become more precarious […]
Socialist challenges Ford-supporter in Ward 1
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, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse Indigenous, Inuit […]
