Editorial

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Labour

Teachers’ unions are indeed part of the problem – and not the only one

Editorial September 1, 2020

On August 17, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared that the province’s teachers’ unions were “part of the problem” preventing implementation of his government’s plans for public schools. We couldn’t agree more. In addition to...

3 Minutes

Podcast World

Renew the call to Ban the Bomb!

Editorial August 5, 2020

[buzzsprout episode=’4882484′ player=’true’] On two days, seventy-five years ago, the United States used nuclear weapons in combat for the first and, so far, only time in history. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on...

2 Minutes

Canada

Trudeau’s sleight of knee

Editorial June 17, 2020

The weekend of June 6-7 saw protests in communities across Canada, denouncing systemic racism and police brutality. There were huge turnouts in large centres, but some of the most impressive rallies were in smaller...

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Canada Labour

No, we’re not all in this together

Editorial June 1, 2020

“Do you think that the Russians want war?” So asked Dick Gaughan in his anti-war song, “Think Again.” Cutting through the ideological barrage of the Cold War and the frenzied imperialist drive to militarism,...