Canada

Ontario: education workers’ struggle at crossroads

The Canadian Tories have been forced to retreat on anti-union laws, but now teachers need to press home their advantage, argues John Clarke
Social democracy sides with fossil fuels: British Columbia’s NDP blocks green leadership challenger

The pattern of vicious attacks on left challenges to social-democratic leaderships continues in British Columbia, Canada, argues John Clarke
Canada’s Tories: an attack dog at the ready

Canada’s new hard-right Conservative leader is dangerous due to the vacuum on the parliamentary centre and left, argues John Clarke
Saskatchewan killings and the role of the police

John Clarke on the horrific murders of Indigenous people in Saskatchewan and the track record of the RCMP in failing these communities
The Pope’s sorry excuse for an apology for the Church's colonial crimes in Canada

The Pope’s apology to Indigenous people may be a sham but the challenge to colonial dispossession that made it necessary will continue until there is real justice, writes John Clarke
Crisis of conservatism: The hard-right trajectory of Canada’s Tories

The Canadian Tory party is moving further to the right and shoring up a reactionary base as political polarisation deepens, writes John Clarke
Canada’s brutal and dangerous ‘pipeline police’

The existence of a tailor-made security service to protect the interests of polluting companies shows clearly just who the police are there to serve and protect in this society, writes John Clarke
‘None of the above’ wins the Ontario election

Social democrats fighting for the centre sees workers stay at home and the Tories maintain power, argues John Clarke
Global predators: Canada’s brutal mining companies

The destructive greed and predatory role of Canada’s mining companies has led to horrific events in the Perkoa Mine, writes John Clarke.
Poverty in the Centres of Wealth

Austerity, the commodification of housing and chronic social inequality lead to death on the streets of Toronto, reports John Clarke
Canada’s ‘Trucker’ convoy leaves its mark

John Clarke on the removal of the Freedom Convoy, repressive state powers and how the left should respond
Freedom Convoy: The far right is on a roll in Canada

The Freedom Convoy is being driven by the far right and must be opposed, but the state’s draconian Emergency Powers Act is not the answer, argues John Clarke
Incarcerating the abused: women imprisoned for defending themselves

The imprisonment of women who kill abusive partners in self-defence is a sickening injustice that must be challenged, argues John Clarke
Freedom Convoy: the right driving legitimate concerns away from real solutions

Canada's far right are capitalising on the government's botched Covid response that is impacting millions of workers, but an active and campaigning left can build unity and action on the real issues, argues David Bush
The false promises of Canadian official multiculturalism

Leaders like Trudeau offer only empty words about multiculturalism while presiding over a deeply racist state that continues to oppress minorities, argues John Clarke
Quebec's Bill 21: Islamophobia dressed up as secularism

Following the removal of a teacher from her job for wearing a hijab, John Clarke dissects the overt Islamophobia of Quebec's Bill 21 and argues that it must be defeated
Social democracy doesn't deliver

Canadian social democracy, in the form of the NDP government of British Columbia, has sided with business against the environment and indigenous rights, reports John Clarke
Bubbling over: Canada's housing market on the edge

Canada’s inflated housing market is a testimony to the greed and irrationality of capitalism, argues John Clarke
Build back better? A post-pandemic attack on social benefits

The empty rhetoric of ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ are thinly veiled attacks on welfare for working-class people, argues John Clarke
Trudeau, the truth, and the luxury trip

John Clarke reports from Canada on the government’s efforts to escape accountability for historical abuse against indigenous people
The role of the Police

Police organisation has historically been created in order to control exploited and oppressed communities, and this remains the case, argues John Clarke.
A dangerous opening for the right in Canada

The racist, anti-vaxx People's Party of Canada being the only party to have made significant gains in the recent election is a warning for the left, argues John Clarke
Canadian election deepens Trudeau's crisis of legitimacy

John Clarke analyses Justin Trudeau's cynical election gamble in which he fell short of securing a parliamentary majority
Climate and Class Struggle

Climate chaos will hit the poor and the working class the hardest. A fighting movement is needed to demand climate justice, argues John Clarke
Trudeau in trouble: election gamble is backfiring on the Liberals

Trudeau’s duplicity as Canadian Prime Minister is costing him in the polls and may open the way for a dangerous right wing resurgence, writes John Clarke
Canada's role as a global exploiter

John Clarke assesses Canada's destructive role in the world
Trudeau’s ‘fourth wave’ election gamble

The Canadian federal election is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cynical attempt to delay a crisis of legitimacy for the neoliberal centre, argues John Clarke.
Capitalism vs life: Alberta’s ‘just give up’ approach to the pandemic

Alberta’s provincial government abandoning all mitigating policies while infections soar is criminally reckless, argues John Clarke
Killer capitalism: climate change and the North American heat wave

The record-breaking heatwave in the US and Canada is the latest example of the deadly consequences of climate change and the urgent need for systemic change, argues John Clarke
Ontario murders: another part of the pattern of Islamophobic hatred in Canada

The horrific murders of Muslims in Ontario are only the latest atrocity in an Islamophobic climate cultivated by the Canadian establishment, writes John Clarke
Canada’s murderous residential schools: the enduring legacy of colonialism

Following the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children, John Clarke examines Canada’s colonial past and its racist legacy
Slanders against Corbyn echo in Canada

Weaponised charges of antisemitism are being rolled out against the left wing Canadian MP Niki Ashton and must be resisted, argues John Clarke.
False hopes: the crisis will not be solved by slightly nicer capitalism

Promises of enlightened policies by the likes of Trudeau and Biden fly in the face of the harsh reality of a system in deep crisis, argues John Clarke
Antisemitism is weaponised in Ontario

As the IHRA definition becomes law in Ontario, and attacks on our ability to fight for Palestine and criticise Israel intensify, the left mustn't give an inch, argues John Clarke
Justice for Joyce: Canada’s racist healthcare system

The racist abuse faced by dying Indegenous woman Joyce Echaquan is symptomatic of systemic racism in Canada, writes John Clarke
Business as usual for police brutality

Black Lives Matter has put racist police brutality in the spotlight, but the police continue to operate with impunity, writes John Clarke
The racist brutality of Canada’s police

Police brutality and wider societal marginalisation of people will be challenged as the BLM movement gathers pace, says John Clarke
The imperialism pandemic

Imperialism is part and parcel of global capitalism and it can be seen very clearly in the coronavirus crisis, writes David Bush in this repost from Spring Magazine
To the slaughter: back to work in a pandemic

The reopening of workplaces with no regard for the safety of workers shows the deadly determination of capitalism to protect profits, argues John Clarke
Coronavirus, climate, and capital: capitalism's destructive irrationality

Capitalism is subjecting itself to great strain and we must be prepared to help it on its way, writes John Clarke
Rail blockade: indigenous resistance shakes the Canadian state

Indigenous groups resisting a destructive gas pipeline have blockaded one of Canada's busiest rail lines bringing business as usual to a grinding halt, reports John Clarke
The weaponisation of antisemitism in Canada continues

If we are to confront the reality Israeli apartheid, false charges of antisemitism cannot go unchallenged, writes John Clarke
Capitalism and colonialism: hiding the past on stolen land

John Clarke reflects on the legacy of capitalism and the genocidal dispossession of indigenous peoples in Canada
Western Canada's right-wing 'Wexit'

As fascist and mainstream right-wing forces in Western Canada coalesce, Trudeau's flashy brand of Neoliberalism will be powerless against the rise of violent reactionary forces, argues John Clarke
Trudeau clings to power

With Canadian neoliberalism safe in parliament, real progress must come from the streets, writes John Clarke
Blackface scandal threatens Trudeau's progressive act

The blackface scandal Justin Trudeau is embroiled in threatens to tear apart his thin veneer of progressivism, argues John Clarke
Attack on Palestine solidarity turned back in Vancouver

When the left steps up and organises against the attacks, it can win, as shown in Vancouver, reports John Clarke
Canada joins campaign to stifle criticism of Israel

Canada becomes the next major player in the international drive to weaponise false allegations of antisemitism to protect Israel, writes John Clarke
A Canadian genocide

Challenging Canadian colonialism means challenging Canadian capitalism, argues John Clarke
The Picture of Dorian Trudeau

The neoliberal centre's cover boy cannot protect Canadians from hard edged austerity or the racist right, argues John Clarke
‘Progressive’ Trudeau government attacks Venezuela

With neoliberalism's sights set on Venezuela, John Clarke examines the imperialism of a superficially progressive Canada
A tale of two austerities

The UK’s brutal austerity regime is acting as a template for similar programmes across the Atlantic in Canada, reports John Clarke
The homelessness crisis deepens across North America

Homelessness is spiralling out of control across the US and Canada as laws are enacted to criminalise rough sleepers, reports John Clarke
Ontario becomes a testing ground for hyper austerity

Creative organising and resistance are urgently needed as a rampant, austerity-bent Tory government carves its way through Ontario, reports John Clarke
Toronto rally confronts Zionist slanders

As the Toronto community stands firm against Zionist attacks, John Clarke reminds us that our solidarity with the Palestinian cause mustn't be apologised for
We’ve seen the largest rise in poverty since Thatcher: resistance is a necessity

The latest figures on living standards tell us austerity’s class warfare is more dangerous than ever. Mass struggle is an urgent requirement, argues John Clarke
Populism and polarisation in Ontario: election analysis

The Tory victory shows a missed opportunity for Ontario's labour party, but the left must organise now and fight en masse against Doug Ford's ugly party of the bosses, write activists Doug Nesbitt, Gerard Di Trolio and David Bush ('Fight for $15' campaign)
Justin Trudeau's dirty deeds for dirty oil

He reps for poisonous pipelines whilst claiming climate piety; Trudeau’s slick cynicism springs protest from London to British Colombia, reports John Clarke
Basic Income: progressive cloak and neoliberal dagger

BI is not an answer to inequality under neoliberalism. Social transformation will come through collective struggle, argues John Clarke
Justin Trudeau: The photogenic face of neoliberalism

Behind its enlightened and progressive posturing, Trudeau’s Liberal government plays a reactionary role in Canadian society and the world, argues Ontario-based John Clarke
The Fight for $15 and Fairness in Ontario

The campaign for a fair wage just won a big victory
Quebec Mosque shooting: terrorist attack leaves multiple dead

Six people have been killed and a number more injured in an Islamophobic attack on a local Mosque in Quebec city.
Montreal Massacre, feminism and hate crimes against women

Those who accuse feminists of 'hijacking' the memory of the Montreal Massacre, in which 14 women were killed, couldn't be more wrong, argues Canadian writer and broadcaster Toula Drimonis
Canada: after Ottawa shooting, dissent is more critical than ever

Since Wednesday’s shooting, the notion that 'Canada will never be the same again' has picked up steam. This cliche carries with it potentially dangerous implications argues Derrick O'Keefe
Canada: the latest recruits to Obama's new 'Coalition of the Killing'?

As the Canadian Parliament votes to join the US-led war in Iraq and Syria, this editorial from the new left-wing website 'Ricochet' argues that big questions remain unexamined

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The Canadian Tories have been forced to retreat on anti-union laws, but now teachers need to press home their advantage, argues John Clarke

The pattern of vicious attacks on left challenges to social-democratic leaderships continues in British Columbia, Canada, argues John Clarke

Canada’s new hard-right Conservative leader is dangerous due to the vacuum on the parliamentary centre and left, argues John Clarke

John Clarke on the horrific murders of Indigenous people in Saskatchewan and the track record of the RCMP in failing these communities

The Pope’s apology to Indigenous people may be a sham but the challenge to colonial dispossession that made it necessary will continue until there is real justice, writes John Clarke

The Canadian Tory party is moving further to the right and shoring up a reactionary base as political polarisation deepens, writes John Clarke

The existence of a tailor-made security service to protect the interests of polluting companies shows clearly just who the police are there to serve and protect in this society, writes John Clarke

Social democrats fighting for the centre sees workers stay at home and the Tories maintain power, argues John Clarke

The destructive greed and predatory role of Canada’s mining companies has led to horrific events in the Perkoa Mine, writes John Clarke.

Austerity, the commodification of housing and chronic social inequality lead to death on the streets of Toronto, reports John Clarke

John Clarke on the removal of the Freedom Convoy, repressive state powers and how the left should respond

The Freedom Convoy is being driven by the far right and must be opposed, but the state’s draconian Emergency Powers Act is not the answer, argues John Clarke

The imprisonment of women who kill abusive partners in self-defence is a sickening injustice that must be challenged, argues John Clarke

Canada's far right are capitalising on the government's botched Covid response that is impacting millions of workers, but an active and campaigning left can build unity and action on the real issues, argues David Bush

Leaders like Trudeau offer only empty words about multiculturalism while presiding over a deeply racist state that continues to oppress minorities, argues John Clarke

Following the removal of a teacher from her job for wearing a hijab, John Clarke dissects the overt Islamophobia of Quebec's Bill 21 and argues that it must be defeated

Canadian social democracy, in the form of the NDP government of British Columbia, has sided with business against the environment and indigenous rights, reports John Clarke

Canada’s inflated housing market is a testimony to the greed and irrationality of capitalism, argues John Clarke

The empty rhetoric of ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ are thinly veiled attacks on welfare for working-class people, argues John Clarke

John Clarke reports from Canada on the government’s efforts to escape accountability for historical abuse against indigenous people

Police organisation has historically been created in order to control exploited and oppressed communities, and this remains the case, argues John Clarke.

The racist, anti-vaxx People's Party of Canada being the only party to have made significant gains in the recent election is a warning for the left, argues John Clarke

John Clarke analyses Justin Trudeau's cynical election gamble in which he fell short of securing a parliamentary majority

Climate chaos will hit the poor and the working class the hardest. A fighting movement is needed to demand climate justice, argues John Clarke

Trudeau’s duplicity as Canadian Prime Minister is costing him in the polls and may open the way for a dangerous right wing resurgence, writes John Clarke

John Clarke assesses Canada's destructive role in the world

The Canadian federal election is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cynical attempt to delay a crisis of legitimacy for the neoliberal centre, argues John Clarke.

Alberta’s provincial government abandoning all mitigating policies while infections soar is criminally reckless, argues John Clarke

The record-breaking heatwave in the US and Canada is the latest example of the deadly consequences of climate change and the urgent need for systemic change, argues John Clarke

The horrific murders of Muslims in Ontario are only the latest atrocity in an Islamophobic climate cultivated by the Canadian establishment, writes John Clarke

Following the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children, John Clarke examines Canada’s colonial past and its racist legacy

Weaponised charges of antisemitism are being rolled out against the left wing Canadian MP Niki Ashton and must be resisted, argues John Clarke.

Promises of enlightened policies by the likes of Trudeau and Biden fly in the face of the harsh reality of a system in deep crisis, argues John Clarke

As the IHRA definition becomes law in Ontario, and attacks on our ability to fight for Palestine and criticise Israel intensify, the left mustn't give an inch, argues John Clarke

The racist abuse faced by dying Indegenous woman Joyce Echaquan is symptomatic of systemic racism in Canada, writes John Clarke

Black Lives Matter has put racist police brutality in the spotlight, but the police continue to operate with impunity, writes John Clarke

Police brutality and wider societal marginalisation of people will be challenged as the BLM movement gathers pace, says John Clarke

Imperialism is part and parcel of global capitalism and it can be seen very clearly in the coronavirus crisis, writes David Bush in this repost from Spring Magazine

The reopening of workplaces with no regard for the safety of workers shows the deadly determination of capitalism to protect profits, argues John Clarke

Capitalism is subjecting itself to great strain and we must be prepared to help it on its way, writes John Clarke

Indigenous groups resisting a destructive gas pipeline have blockaded one of Canada's busiest rail lines bringing business as usual to a grinding halt, reports John Clarke

If we are to confront the reality Israeli apartheid, false charges of antisemitism cannot go unchallenged, writes John Clarke

John Clarke reflects on the legacy of capitalism and the genocidal dispossession of indigenous peoples in Canada

As fascist and mainstream right-wing forces in Western Canada coalesce, Trudeau's flashy brand of Neoliberalism will be powerless against the rise of violent reactionary forces, argues John Clarke

With Canadian neoliberalism safe in parliament, real progress must come from the streets, writes John Clarke

The blackface scandal Justin Trudeau is embroiled in threatens to tear apart his thin veneer of progressivism, argues John Clarke

When the left steps up and organises against the attacks, it can win, as shown in Vancouver, reports John Clarke

Canada becomes the next major player in the international drive to weaponise false allegations of antisemitism to protect Israel, writes John Clarke

Challenging Canadian colonialism means challenging Canadian capitalism, argues John Clarke

The neoliberal centre's cover boy cannot protect Canadians from hard edged austerity or the racist right, argues John Clarke

With neoliberalism's sights set on Venezuela, John Clarke examines the imperialism of a superficially progressive Canada

The UK’s brutal austerity regime is acting as a template for similar programmes across the Atlantic in Canada, reports John Clarke

Homelessness is spiralling out of control across the US and Canada as laws are enacted to criminalise rough sleepers, reports John Clarke

Creative organising and resistance are urgently needed as a rampant, austerity-bent Tory government carves its way through Ontario, reports John Clarke

As the Toronto community stands firm against Zionist attacks, John Clarke reminds us that our solidarity with the Palestinian cause mustn't be apologised for

The latest figures on living standards tell us austerity’s class warfare is more dangerous than ever. Mass struggle is an urgent requirement, argues John Clarke

The Tory victory shows a missed opportunity for Ontario's labour party, but the left must organise now and fight en masse against Doug Ford's ugly party of the bosses, write activists Doug Nesbitt, Gerard Di Trolio and David Bush ('Fight for $15' campaign)

He reps for poisonous pipelines whilst claiming climate piety; Trudeau’s slick cynicism springs protest from London to British Colombia, reports John Clarke

BI is not an answer to inequality under neoliberalism. Social transformation will come through collective struggle, argues John Clarke

Behind its enlightened and progressive posturing, Trudeau’s Liberal government plays a reactionary role in Canadian society and the world, argues Ontario-based John Clarke

The campaign for a fair wage just won a big victory

Six people have been killed and a number more injured in an Islamophobic attack on a local Mosque in Quebec city.

Those who accuse feminists of 'hijacking' the memory of the Montreal Massacre, in which 14 women were killed, couldn't be more wrong, argues Canadian writer and broadcaster Toula Drimonis

Since Wednesday’s shooting, the notion that 'Canada will never be the same again' has picked up steam. This cliche carries with it potentially dangerous implications argues Derrick O'Keefe

As the Canadian Parliament votes to join the US-led war in Iraq and Syria, this editorial from the new left-wing website 'Ricochet' argues that big questions remain unexamined