Warehouse Workers at the Chokepoint: A Christmas Crisis is Labour’s Opportunity
Essential Workers One of the core lessons of the pandemic has been that workers make society run. It certainly wasn’t billionaires, CEOs, landlords and bosses who were categorized as ‘essential workers’. That label was awarded to nurses, hospitality staff, couriers, bus drivers, and truckers. Workers are the ones who keep everyone healthy, fed. Workers are […]
Canada’s Close Election
Canada’s election was supposed to be a cakewalk for Justin Trudeau. It’s turned into a dogfight. On August 15, Canada’s ruling Liberal Party called a federal election for September 20, over two years ahead of schedule, in an attempt to transform a minority government into a majority. This is in spite of the fact that […]
Decriminalization of Abortion in the Supreme Court: Important Victory in an Ongoing Battle
On Tuesday September 7, in the midst of a series of demonstrations by the Mexican ultra-right — a staunch enemy of women’s rights — the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation took a historic step with the ruling that declared the criminalization of abortion unconstitutional under the state of Coahuila’s penal code. What significance […]
Elections with No Choice — UPDATED WITH RESULTS
The Russian regime used to describe the country’s political system as ‘managed democracy’. There is now little democracy left. And the only thing that saves the regime from complete disaster is the lack of an organised opposition with a viable left alternative. UPDATE — RESULTS (STILL PROVISIONAL) Massive falsification and new mobilisation methods have ensured […]