Socialist Project - In The News

The faulty premise for the Drummond Commission

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0500

Since the Ontario government's appointment of the Commission on Broader Public Sector Reform in the March 2011 budget, Ontarians have been told repeatedly that the province's deficit and debt must be reduced through public sector spending cuts.

Statement in solidarity with the Greek people by Synaspismos London

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500

Even though we will not meet on the same streets, we, the Greek young people from abroad, unite our voices with the millions of unemployed, students, and strikers who are engaged in a life-and-death battle to overthrow the Greek government and the outrageous austerity measures it imposes.

Now is the time for workers to fight for socialism

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0500

The sixth presidential council of the World Federation of Trade Unions is meeting in Johannesburg from February 9 to 12 at a time when billions of the wretched of the Earth are going through the blast furnace of the deepest and widest global capitalist crisis in generations.

Ontario First Nation wins injunction to stop gold drilling

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0500

When members of Wahgoshig First Nation spotted a drilling crew on what they say is a sacred burial site, they demanded to know who the strangers were and what they were doing.

The right wing's holy warrior

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500

Nicole Colson documents the appalling beliefs of the darling of the Christian Right.

An in-depth look at the fight to save social housing in Toronto

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0500

The Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) voted in October to sell more than 700 of its most valuable housing units. The TCHC is the second largest provider of social housing in North America.

In Athens, Tahrir

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:00:00 -0500

It is estimated that one in six Athenians were protesting today, with the trade union march constituting the largest component of it.

Ontario's Pitiful Mining Tax

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 -0500

This table displays the mining taxes and royalties paid for minerals - including coal, but excluding oil and gas - to Canada's major mining jurisdictions in 2010.

Caterpillar and the Investment Canada Act

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:30:00 -0500

There's been some good public debate about the need for changes to the Investment Canada process in light of Caterpillar's incredible actions in London.

How can we Stop Harper's Foreign Policy?

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0500

Debating 'Canada on the World Stage'

'Nobody cared! Nobody helped! Nobody did anything!'

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0500

On February 14, demonstrations commemorating hundreds of missing Indigenous women will take place in cities across Canada.