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There's a race... to the bottom with the low-wage agenda, which involves pitting workers against each other. How can we challenge this and forge connections rather than divisions? Labour reporter H.G. Watson takes up these questions and more in a four-part series on precarious work. Start reading the series here!
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This week's top news
Anti-nuclear advocates, Federal Court trouble Ontario Liberal and PC energy plans
Nuclear proponents got the one-two punch on May 14 when the Federal Court nullified the approval of up to four new reactors at Darlington Station. Most called it "common sense," others, not so much.
By Steve Cornwell
Indigenous protests at Mt. Klappan show respect for the land
Tahltans continue to protest the proposed mining project in the Klappan region. Though they're not opposed to development, they are opposed to rapid development that does not respect their land.
By Thomas McIlwraith
Left hooks thrown between NDP and Liberals in Davenport riding
The Davenport riding has become a battleground. The Liberals want the riding back from the NDP and are fighting tooth and nail to get it, throwing all the left hooks they can.
By Mick Sweetman
Organizing precarious workers: Workers' centres open their doors
There is a race to the bottom with the low-wage agenda, which involves pitting workers against each other. We need to challenge this and look to how we have connections not divisions.
By H.G. Watson
UP! Dinosaurs in search of an ice age: The state of labour discourse in Canada
You might have heard that the labour movement is in decline, but you might be surprised by how little the numbers have dropped.
By Mark Rowlinson
Canadian jobs vs. Jobs in Canada: Dangerous discourse in the TFW debate
Media keep asking who is to blame for the Temporary Foreign Workers Program and what it means for Canadian jobs. But this discourse is misleading and obscuring the real problem, and solution.
By Julia Smith
The Rockefeller files: Jim Prentice and the oil industry
The Harper Cabinet will make its decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline project any day now, and this decision is deeply linked to the fact that Jim Prentice is now in the Alberta leadership race.
By Joyce Nelson
This week's top blogs
It's time to reject politics as usual in Ontario
With 14 days left in the election campaign, can the ONDP change its course and campaign on progressive values?
By Nora Loreto
'15$ and a union!': The international campaign for fast food workers
Strikes of fast food workers in the U.S. on May 15 for a $15 minimum wage were part of a deepening international campaign to improve conditions of fast food and service industry workers.
By Mike Treen
Mainstreaming misogyny: Canada's new charitable hate movement, CAFE
The Canadian wing of the North American Men's Rights Movement, the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE), has, rather improbably, been granted charitable status in Canada.
By Michael Laxer, Natalie Lochwin
Yet another tuition fee hike at UOttawa: Enough is enough
It's that time of year again at the University of Ottawa; most students have left campus for the summer, presenting an opportune time for President Allan Rock and the Board to hike tuition fees.
By Anne-Marie Roy
It's our right to know: Rail safety matters
Why is it so difficult to find any real information and data on rail safety as crude-by-rail transport becomes more and more common?
By Michael Butler
Revolution 101: How to be a settler ally
A basic roundup of accessible tools for being a non-Indigenous ally and decolonizing activist organizing.
By Steffanie Pinch
This week's top columns
Hassan Yussuff: A new voice for labour at the CLC
New CLC President Hassan Yussuff is asking whether unions can recapture issues of dignity, standing up and having a voice for both traditional workforces and the new "precariat."
By Rick Salutin
Moving forward with the abortion debate
Abortion is a constitutional right that must not be infringed, and indeed must be protected and enhanced, both here and around the world. Let the "forwards abortion debate" begin!
By Joyce Arthur
Does the right to housing belong in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal is hearing an appeal of a 2013 court decision on the right to housing, which raises the question of whether housing rights are embodied in the Charter.
By Pro Bono, Shelina Ali
Maya Angelou's commitment to justice lives on
In remembering Maya Angelou, it is important to recall her commitment to the struggle for equality, not just for herself, or for women, or for African-Americans, but for all.
By Amy Goodman
Why science isn't a buffet
Science isn't a buffet. You either apply its principles consistently or you don't. And, when you don't, then you're just passing on belief and opinion.
By Wayne MacPhail
The Putin pivot: A new era in global politics
A $400-billion agreement between China and Russia last week changed the global geopolitical landscape, signalling a new closeness between two major powers that have been distanced for decades.
By Duncan Cameron
Major numerical problems in Tim Hudak's jobs plan
The million jobs plan has a gaping 200,000 job hole in it, resulting from an obvious arithmetic error that throws into question the very competence of Tim Hudak's policy team.
By Jim Stanford
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This week's top podcasts
Soraya Chemaly on Elliot Rodger, PUAHate and #YesAllWomen
Meghan Murphy speaks with writer and feminist critic, Soraya Chemaly, about the Isla Vista shooting, the "Not all men" meme, and the impacts of a misogynistic culture on women.
By Meghan Murphy
Against gentrification in Vancouver
On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, Jean Swanson and Phoenix talk about their work against the gentrification of the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood in Vancouver.
By Scott Neigh
Episode 155 - The more we get together: Talking intersectionality in activism
In this podcast activists across North America talk about intersectionality. Let's bring together gender justice, socialism, feminism, economics. What will you add to the mix?
By Meagan Perry
Lawyering on the Margins
Lawyers who work with people on the margins of society -- drug users, homeless people and sex workers -- are themselves marginalized within their own professions.
By Redeye Collective
This week's top rabbletv
#YesAllWomen: Rebecca Solnit discusses misogynist violence and Santa Barbara Massacre
After the Santa Barbara Massacre, the hashtag #YesAllWomen went viral with women placing the shooting inside a broader context of misogynist violence. Rebecca Solnit adds her voice to the discussion.
By Democracy Now!
This week's top books
Idle No More, Indigenous resistance and the larger movement
Idle No More was a renewed declaration of refusal and provided a new hub to organize the collective struggle. 'The Winter We Danced' is a tribute to the movement and its future.
By Lindsey Cornum
In this issue
Upcoming events
VancouverSpring Bazaar - South Granville Seniors Centre
Come out for vintage and contemporary browsing and raise money for a good cause.
By South Granville Seniors Centre
HalifaxCelebrating Oceans Day
Take part in a series of events to celebrate Oceans Day and protect the world's water, including yoga by the sea, an Oceans film screening, exhibits and outdoor activities.
By Ecology Action Centre
TorontoWorld Pride 2014 Author Talk at Parkdale Library - Debra Anderson
Join writer, playwright and filmmaker Debra Anderson for an engaging talk and Q & A about her debut novel, Code White.
By Toronto Public Library - Parkdale Branch
This week's top in cahoots
What's missing in election commitments to stoke Ontario's Ring of Fire?
Ontario's political leaders have been circling the potential mining developments known as the Ring of Fire during the 2014 election campaign. Here's a breakdown of the different platforms.
By Mining Watch
Defence fund launched for workers charged in Lac-Mégantic tragedy
A legal defence fund has been launched to help pay costs to be incurred by railway workers charged in connection with last year's tragedy in Lac-Mégantic.
By United Steelworkers
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