By Fathima Cader and Sumayya Kassamali
The high-profile Shafia quadruple-murder trial and the media coverage of the trial and its verdict make this article very timely. They only confirm the authors’ argument that the Islamophobic outlook sees Muslims as uniquely sexist and violent. — NSW
By Maryann Abbs
Review of Eric Mann, Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer (Boston: Beacon Press, 2011).
Over 25 000 unionized workers at the City of Toronto, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals 79 and 416, along with Toronto Public Library workers in CUPE Local 4948, are under attack by right-wing mayor Rob Ford. A lockout seems likely and will be a “historic test for labour.” In late December 2011, David Camfield discussed the situation with two members of CUPE 79, Julia Barnett and Peter Lynch.
“The contours of a new left are taking shape in
By Ben Powless
Climate change: you can’t get away from it these days.
Will the protests “change the political climate by making corporate
By Harsha Walia
The very same grassroots community of women who have been advocating for a public inquiry into the deaths and disappearances of women in the Downtown Eastside for over two decades are now denouncing the BC Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry as an insult to the women of this Vancouver community.
By Murray Cooke
With the death of Jack Layton, the federal NDP has been thrust into an unexpected leadership race, its future in question.
By Dave Vasey
From August 30 to September 3, a Tar Sands Action took place at the White House in Washington, DC, with solidarity actions in a number of places across North America, and at Canadian and US embassies in a number of places around the world.
“This first decade of the 21st century has seen the
By Maryann Abbs
Review of David Camfield, Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers’ Movement
(Winnipeg: Fernwood, 2011).
The last of a three part series exploring Canada’s role in the war in Afghanistan and wider Global War on Terror after ten years. Part one can be read here, and part two here.
As always, we welcome any feedback you may have on this important and timely discussion.
By Michael Skinner
What happened to the antiwar movement? Where do we go from here?
On 20 September 2001, George Bush announced his intention to launch a Global War on Terror. In the weeks before the invasion of Afghanistan, antiwar activists throughout the world poured into the streets to protest the impending global war. Again, when the Bush administration began to beat the war drums before invading Iraq, even greater numbers hit the streets.
This article is the first of a three part in-depth series exploring Canada’s role in the war in Afghanistan and wider Global War on Terror after ten years.
By Michael Skinner
After a decade of fighting, what did the Canadian Forces accomplish by joining the Global War on Terror and invading Afghanistan? The answer depends on the objectives of the war.
Alan Sears’s “Notes Towards a Socialism for the Times” is a very good article to get people interested in socialism, or to reinvigorate the passion of those already knowledgeable on the topic. It strives to explain what socialism from below is, how it fell by the wayside and why we need it back.
By Harold Lavender
In the May Federal election, Stephen Harper won a majority government without winning a majority of the vote. Only 39.6 percent of the population voted Conservative while 60 percent voted against. Much discussion has focused on the election results and what to do about the Harper majority. But relatively little of this has focused on the electoral system.
By Dave Zirin
How do we understand the riots that exploded in Vancouver after the beloved Canucks lost the Stanley Cup Finals?
By Maryann Abbs
Review of Augusta Dwyer, Broke But Unbroken: Grassroots Social Movements and Their Radical Solutions to Poverty (Winnipeg: Fernwood, 2011).
This is the third in a series of letters by one of the editors of NS Webzine. The first two are here and here.
Dear A,
You asked me if the people who publish this webzine are Trotskyists. Speaking only for myself here, I don’t consider myself a Trotskyist. I think the best of Trotskyism can contribute to the kind of socialist politics that’s needed today, but that we need to go beyond Trotskyism. Let me try to explain.
By Hamid Sodeifi
Humanity is facing a severe and worsening food crisis. Three billion people, nearly half of the world’s population, are malnourished. Over a billion suffer from “continual and severe hunger” while millions die each year because they lack access to even the most minimal amount of food. Every five seconds a child dies due to hunger or hunger-related diseases.
By Alan Sears and James Cairns
The federal election of 2011 drastically shifted the terrain of parliamentary politics in Canada.
