What is the NEW SOCIALIST GROUP (NSG)?

We are an organization of socialist activists. We publish NEW SOCIALIST, a magazine offering radical analysis of politics, social movements and culture. Our website and magazine are forums for people who want to strengthen today's activism and for those who wish to replace global capitalism with a genuinely democratic socialism. We believe that the liberation of the working class and oppressed peoples can be won only through their own struggles. We invite you to find out more and to work with or join us.

NSG Activities/Information

TORONTO: 21st Century Socialism: The Future of the Left - Sept. 28-29

A conference with panels on Socialism for the 21st Century, Imperialism and Resistance, and Future of the Left in Canada, plus launch of a new issue of "New Socialist" on ecosocialism.more...

TORONTO: Ernest Mandel, DVD Launch - Oct 5

North American launch of "A life for the revolution" -- a documentary by Belgian film-maker Chris Den Hond on the life and politics of Ernest Mandel. more...

The New Socialist Group: How to Get Involved

Description of the New Socialist Group, our politics, our activities and how to join.more...

Farewell to a Comrade: Dave Brophy

Dave Brophy, member of the Winnipeg Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement, member of the New Socialist Group, and dear friend, has died. more...

Summer Issue of New Socialist Magazine

New Socialist #61 has a special focus on the Future of the Left. more...

Unions in Canada. Which Way Forward for the Union Movement?

Spring 2007 issue of New Socialist magazine. more...

Latin America Resurgent!

The Winter 2006-07 issue of New Socialist magazine. more...

Indigenous Resurgence

The Fall 2006 issue of New Socialist is a guest-edited edition on the struggles of indigenous peoples in North America. more...

The New Right in Canada

July to August 2006 issue of New Socialist magazine. more...

Racism in Canada

April to June 2006 issue of New Socialist magazine. more...

Resisting Imperialism

February to March 2006 issue of New Socialist magazine. more...

Canada and Empire

November 2005 to January 2006 issue of New Socialist Magazine. more...

Capitalism, Violence and Women's Lives

September to October 2005 Issue of New Socialist magazine. more...

Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future

July to August 2005 issue of New Socialist Magazine. more...

Solidarity Events/Actions

TORONTO: Bring Them Home Now - Sept 23

US and Canadian military families speak out against war more...

TORONTO: March against Poverty - Sept 26

A broad coalition of community organizations, trade unions, health providers and low income people will march to and rally at Queen's Park. more...

VANCOUVER: Legacy of Bhagat Singh - Sept 28

Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birth right of all. – Bhagat Singh more...

INTERNATIONAL: Workers Solidarity

Solidarity campaigns for workers in Panama (shot dead and wounded), Albania (police raid) and Korea (occupation of workplaces and arrests).more...

Hands Off Haiti CD release

The Canada Haiti Action Network is proud to announce the release of the “Hands Off Haiti” musical compilation CD featuring top performing artists from both Haiti and Canada. more...

Boycott Chapters & Indigo Bookstores

The campaign demands an end to the financial support offered by the majority owners of Chapters and Indigo to Heseg - the Foundation for Lone Soldiers. This is a program of financial support for former “lone soldiers” in the Israeli military. more...

NORTH AMERICA: Labor Notes Conference - April 11-13

For almost three decades, Labor Notes conferences have brought together thousands of rank-and-file union members, elected leaders, and workplace and worker center activists committed to strengthening the labor movement one worker at a time. more...

International News/Analysis

USA: Strike at General Motors

Views on the strike and the issues from US union militants. more...

CANADA: Rich Canadians Get Richer

Fresh Statistics Canada figures show "the rich are getting richer," several economists interviewed yesterday said, yet most of their good fortune hasn't found its way to vast numbers of working Canadians.more...

AFGHANISTAN: Accounts of a Fact-Finding Mission

An Interview with two members of a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in the late spring/summer of 2007 investigating how the Canadian and International mission is affecting Afghan civilian life.more...

INTERNATIONAL: Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights

New worldwide report reveals catalogue of murder, violence and intimidation against Trade Unionists. more...

LATIN AMERICA/INDIA: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad

Aijaz Ahmad, based in New Delhi, reflects on the political situation in Latin America and India.more...

VENEZUELA: Workers to Join Chávez’s PSUV

‘There is no contradiction between organising in the PSUV to support the revolution, and also having independent unions. Both are part of the same fight towards socialism in Venezuela.’more...

HARRY POTTER: Immigrant Rights

Aviva Chomsky writes, "HARRY POTTER as a parable of immigrants’ rights? Both my kids thought I was crazy when I first suggested this notion, half-way through the book on a recent Saturday afternoon. The more I read, though, the more sense the idea made."more...

PERU: Epic Struggle of Indigenous Andean-Amazonian Culture

Hugo Blanco writes, "Indigenous, collectivist mentality is strong enough to have endured solidly through 500 years of invasion and the dictatorship of individualism."more...

NEW YORK: Taxi Workers Strike

It was a good day to ride your bike in the Big Apple. New York City cabbies launched a two-day strike on September 6, leaving the city's streets quiet and would-be passengers scrambling.more...

CANADA: Reviving the Labour Movement Through Reviving Class Solidarity

Statement from the Socialist Project's Labour Committee. more...

Savage Capitalism -- the Ecosocialist Alternative

A discussion document from "Socialist Resistance" in England.more...

CANADA/US/PALESTINE: In Defence of the BDS Campaign

A response to arguments from US union officials against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel. more...

QUEBEC: Quebec Social Forum

Over 5000 people attended the Quebec Social Forum, making it the largest such event in Quebec history, reports Judy Rebick. more...

BOLIVIA: Constituent Assembly Suspended, Sharp Polarization in the Country

The Constituent Assembly process in Sucre has entered a state of indefinite suspension. The country is dramatically polarized.more...

CUBA: On Castro's Political Testament

Cuban-born US socialist Sam Farber assesses Castro's book-length interview with the editor of "Le Monde Diplomatique." more...

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Reflections on the Current Crisis

Doug Henwood reports on the turmoil in the financial markets.more...

Refusing to be Silent: Economic Disruption in Indian Country

Sue Collis on the incarceration of her husband Shawn Brant, a member of the Mohawk Nation, from the community of Tyendinaga. more...

IRAQ: Workers Oppose Proposed Oil Law

David Bacon explains why there is mass opposition to the oil law pushed by the US-backed government. more...

CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: Harper's New Spin

Derrick O'Keefe looks at Harper's rhetoric: a "preview of a change in course, or merely a hint of a new PR campaign to prolong Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan"? more...

AFRICA: Darfur: A New Cold War Over Oil

Vijay Prashad writes on US-China rivalry in Africa today.more...

PALESTINE: Symptoms of Decay

Bashir Abu-Manneh asks "How did the Palestinians come to a situation where even the Saudi king, head of the most authoritarian and reactionary Arab regime in the Middle East, sounds more progressive than their own President?" more...

CANADA: Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement (SPP)

No One Is Illegal-Vancouver provides a detailed analysis of the implications of the SPP.more...

IRAQ:The American Military's Lose-Lose Dilemma

Michael Schwartz reports on the latest in the occupation of Iraq.more...

IRAQ: Four Million Iraqis on the Run

Patrick Cockburn reports on the plight of Iraqi refugees.more...

BOLIVIA: Transition on Hold

Jeff Webber examines the "new nationalist-populism" of Evo Morales's MAS government, the hard right-wing opposition to it, and social movements in Bolivia today.more...

FRANCE: How to Resist Sarkozy?

Peter Drucker discusses the rise of Sarkozy and the state of the Left in France.more...

PERU: Nationwide Protests against Neoliberalism

Benjamin Dangl reports, "National protests rock Peru as President Alan Garcia navigates through an increasingly tumultuous labor and teacher uprising."more...

AUSTRALIA: Troops Occupy the Outback

Rick Kuhn reports on Prime Minister John Howard's racist assault on Aboriginal communities.more...

CANADA: 12 Reasons Not to Celebrate Canada Day

Don Weitz, host of "Antipsychiatry Radio" on CKLN in Toronto gives 12 reasons for why he did not celebrate Canada Day.more...

COLOMBIA: The Democratic Pole and the FARC

Garry Leech interviews leading figures in the Democratic Pole and the FARC on their strategies and visions in contemporary Colombia. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is currently in Colombia promoting a free trade deal between Canada and that country.more...

PAKISTAN: Judges and Jihadis Torment Regime

Tariq Ali writes, "It is worth noting that there has been no mass mobilisation to support either the Judges or the jihadis. The multitudes remain silent and passive, seeing neither struggle as being fought in their interests."more...

JAPAN: Precarious Workers Organizing

"Precariat" is a new Japanese word combining the English words "precarious," referring to the insecurity of part-time and contract work, and "proletariat."more...

GUATEMALA: Gender Savagery

"Nightmarish crimes against women have been occurring with horrifying frequency in Guatemala."more...

CANADA: Anti-Canada Day Actions

Reports on actions for indigenous freedom on July 1st. more...

VENEZUELA: Mobilizing for the Revolution

Veneuzelan socialist Gonzalo Gomez writes on the recent mobilizations against the right-wing "soft coup" campaign around the non-renewal of the RCTV TV station license. more...

VENEZUELA: Interview with Orlando Chirino

An interview with Orlando Chirino, national organizer of Venezuela's National Workers' Union (UNT), on trade unions and socialism in Venezuela.more...

VENEZUELA: The Workers, the UNT and the Future of the Revolution

A socialist activist in the radical UNT union federation writes about how the Chavez loyalists of the FTB current in the UNT are "laying the groundwork to generate a huge crisis in the heart of the Bolivarian workers' movement." more...

AUSTRALIA: Indigenous Communities, Howard's Racism

Peter Robson reports on Australian Prime Minister John Howard's decision to "take control" of 60 to 70 northern indigenous communities.more...

VENEZUELA: Feminism and Socialism

Venezuelan socialist feminist Jessie Blanco asks searching questions about Chávez’s "Socialism of the 21st century." more...

CUBA: Visiting Raul Castro's Cuba

An article by Cuban-born socialist Sam Farber based on a recent visit to the country offers observations about the current situation.more...

BOLIVIA: Evo's New General

Luis A. Gómez turns a critical eye on Evo Morales' new General, César López.more...

CHINA: Capitalist Accumulation and Labour

Martin Hart-Landsberg and Paul Burkett provide a scathing critique of China's growth experience and the economists who celebrate it.more...

SOUTH AFRICA: Class and ideological struggles in the state and economy

SACP analysis of South Africa's biggest and longest public sector strike. more...

PAKISTAN: Socialist released from detention

Farooq Tariq, General Secretary of Labour Party Pakistan, has been freed. more...

PALESTINE: The Crisis in Gaza

Michael Warschawski writes, "The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction."more...

CANADA: Wasáse Communique

"Wasáse calls on AFN to go beyond 'National Day of Action' and support sustained campaign of political confrontation." more...

IRAQ & LEBANON: Analysis of the Situation

An interview with Gilbert Achcar about the US failure in Iraq and the dangerous situation in Lebanon. more...

CANADA: Supreme Court Ruling Protects Union Rights

An article about the surprising important Supreme Court ruling and a summary of the decision. more...

PALESTINE: Nakba One, Two, Three?

The editors of the US magazine Against the Current offer a broader historical perspective on the situation in Palestine. more...

US/ISRAEL: Do Zionists Run America?

Allen Ruff offers a sharp critique of James's Petras's book "The Power of Israel in the United States."more...

IRAQ: Occupation Coming to a Head Over Oil

Oil workers are striking and the parliament has urged an end to the US occupation and refused to act on the oil law the US is demanding. more...

IRAQ: Mainstream New Coverage of Oil Strike

Michael Schwartz criticizes the Reuters coverage of the Iraqi Oil workers' strike.more...

Iraq: Oil Workers on Strike

Workers from the Iraqi Pipelines Company in Basra are on strike today.more...

US: Harvest of Empire: Immigrant Workers in the United States

Read Kim Moody's two-part essay on immigrant workers in the United States.more...

PAKISTAN: 27 Killed and Dozens Wounded

At least 27 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the city of Karachi yesterday as Pakistan's political crisis escalated into fierce gun battles.more...

EGYPT: Strikes Spread

Joel Beinin and Hossam el-Hamalawy report on the growing wave of strikes and intensifying class struggle in Egypt. more...

SCOTLAND: The Scottish Elections and the SSP

Murray Smith analyzes the Scottish elections.more...

WORLD: Imperial Sunset?

Aijaz Ahmad argues that, "For the first time since its rise as a superpower the United States is facing a serious threat to its hegemony across the globe."more...

FRANCE: LCR's Olivier Besancenot on Sarkozy's Election

The Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) proposes a united front of all the social and democratic forces is immediately built to organise a response faced to the extreme neoliberal and repressive programme of Sarkozy. more...

MEXICO: Atenco Leaders Sentenced to 67 Years

Phil Hearse reports on the sentencing of leaders of the Peoples Front for the Defense of the Land in Atenco, Mexico.more...

USA: Marching for Immigrants Rights on May Day

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in actions around the US on May Day 2007. more...

PERSIAN GULF: Warships Everywhere

Michael T. Klare reports that as the USS Nimitz warship rapidly approaches the Persian Gulf, "For a time, at least, the United States will have three carrier battle groups in the region."more...

Venezuela: Withdrawal from the World Bank and IMF

Economist Mark Weisbrot discusses Venezuela's decision to pull out of the World Bank and the IMF.more...

VENEZUELA: May Day Initiatives

Increase in minimum wage, reduction of work week by 2010, and withdrawal from the IMF and World Bank in Venezuela.more...

FRANCE: The Elections and Our Strategic Project

Daniel Bensaïd discusses the French elections.more...

TORONTO: Regularisation from the Ground Up: The Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Campaign

We need to build a regularization program for ourselves, from the ground up. We need to take back our community centres, schools, health centres and neighbourhoods by declaring them as sanctuary zones free of immigration controls. We need to take up the fight to demand justice and status for all not just nationally, but locally as well. more...

CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: The Torture Scandal

Derrick O'Keefe writes on the reports documenting that what Stephen Harper claimed were "allegations of the Taliban" are true. more...

A Native Perspective on Virginia Tech Headlines

May we always remember the precious humanity of these students, but may we also never forget the humanity of those who lost their lives simply for being born people Native to this country. more...

MIDDLE EAST: Building an Alliance with the Left

An edited version of a talk by Gilbert Achcar on how socialists in the West should relate to anti-imperialists in the Middle East. more...

FRANCE: Statement on the Election Outcome

Statement from Olivier Besancenot of France's Revolutionary Communist League/Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (LCR). more...

EUROPE: The Radical Left Today

LINK FIXED: "New political formations on the left" are emerging in Western Europe, argues Murray Smith in an article that examines what the new radical Left is, why it is appearing now and how revolutionary socialists should participate in it.more...

GLOBE: Post-Kyoto is Likely to be Very Liberal

Daniel Tanuro discusses the politics of Kyoto and the ecological crisis.more...

US: Immigrant Workers

Kim Moody offers the first part of a two-part analysis of the contemporary situation and struggles of immigrant workers in the US.more...

BOLIVIA: Gas Problems

Aaron Luoma reports from Cochabamba on the delays in implementing the moderate reforms introduced by the Evo Morales government to the hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas) industry in Bolivia.more...

CANADA: Radical Natives Targeted As Potential Military Opponents

Radical natives are listed in the army's counterinsurgency manual as a potential military opponent. The manual outlines a host of measures the military might use including ambushes, deception and killing.more...

CANADA: Auto Workers Occupy Scarborough Plant

Auto workers occupied a plant in Scarborough and say they won’t leave until the company agrees to pay severance to 200 laid off workers. more...

FRANCE: Clashes with Police, Presidential Elections

Clashes with police in Paris yesterday reignite struggles around racism, class exploitation, unemployment and anti-immigrant nationalism as the French Presidential election campaign proceeds. Reports from The Guardian and International Herald Tribune.more...

ARGENTINA: LGBTTI Organizing Under Kirchner

Alejandra Sardá, a sexual rights activist, discusses the challenges facing the LGBTTTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, travesti, transgender, transsexual and intersex) movement under the Kirchner government.more...

EGYPT: Rank-and-File Textile Workers Lead Resistance

Joel Beinin and Hossam el-Hamalawy survey the activism of rank-and-file workers in Egypt and point to possibilities of strengthening, politicizing and broadening the movement across different sectors of the economy.more...

ECUADOR: Taking on the Rightwing

Roger Burbach examines the most recent shifts in the Correa administration in Ecuador.more...

BOLIVIA: Between Insurrection and Reaction

James Petras offers a critical analysis of the first 15 months of Evo Morales' government in Bolivia.more...

US: Domestic American Politics in Historical Context

Mike Davis and Robert Brenner offer their perspectives on American politics today in the context of longer term historical developments.more...

HAITI: A Call for Solidarity

Argentinian leftist Raul Zibechi writes against the UN military mission in Haiti: "This is a war against the poor led by governments that are supposedly most sympathetic to the poor." more...

US: Globalization and Struggle for Immigrant Rights

William Robinson explains the dynamics of class exploitation and racial oppression of immigrant populations within the context of global capitalism.more...

BRAZIL: Bush Told To Get Out

The people of Brazil say "Fora Bush" as thousands protest his visit. more...

VANCOUVER: Native Warriors Claim Olympic Flag

Communique and photo from the Native Warrior Society.Information about Harriet Nahanee. more...

Why Feminism Isn't for Everybody

Becky Ellis asks, "is feminism being stripped of its challenging and confrontational aspects in favour of a new, de-politicized feminist identity that is incapable of addressing ongoing inequalities?"more...

Women, Work and Migration

The fight for gender equality demands that as feminists and socialists, we have a global outlook that is in solidarity with women wherever they may live or work.more...

CANADA: The Rich and the Rest of Us

A recent study finds Canada’s income gap between the rich and poor is growing, largely because the lion’s share of Canada’s economic growth is going to the richest 10% of families. more...

DARFUR: The Politics of Naming

Mahmood Mamdani explains, "The worst thing in Darfur would be an Iraq-style intervention." more...

IRAQ: What is Going on With Bush's Surge

Michael Schwartz examines developments in the occupation of Iraq.more...

AFGHANISTAN: The Case for Withdrawal

Tariq Ali writes, "The Taliban is growing and creating new alliances not because its sectarian religious practices have become popular, but because it is the only available umbrella for national liberation. As the British and Russians discovered to their cost in the preceding two centuries, Afghans never liked being occupied."more...

CANADA: Racist Fear-Mongering

Jakeet Singh exposes the racism in The Globe and Mail's reportage on multiculturalism.more...

OAXACA: APPO Comes Back Strong

Nancy Davies reports on developments in Oaxaca.more...

9/11 Conspiracy Theories: A Coward's Cult

A hard-hitting critique of 9/11 conspiracy theorists by British left-wing journalist George Monbiot. more...

WORLD: Global Warming Report Too Conservative?

Brett Clark and John Bellamy Foster weigh in on the alarming threats of global warming and their relationship to capitalism.more...

BOLIVIA: Nationalization Blues

April Howard addresses some of the debates around nationalization in Bolivia.more...

TORONTO: the $10 Minimum Wage Campaign

The Toronto & York Region Labour Council, representing 195,000 unionized workers in the Greater Toronto Area, is throwing it's weight behind the campaign to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour which has ebbed and flowed over the last six years.more...

IRAN: Washington Targetting Tehran

Patrick Cockburn explains how the US is moving closer to war with Iran.more...

The Rise of China: Parts I and II

Au Loong-Yu traces China's rise and the implications for labour strategy both within China and internationally.more...

Multimedia Audio/Video

DOCUMENTARY: Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land

A striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. more...

VIDEO: Blackwater Shadow Army

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill describes the rise of Blackwater USA, the world's most powerful mercenary army. more...

VIDEO: Student Assaulted and Arrested for Asking John Kerry a Question

Video of Student's Arrest and Assault at Florida University. more...

Isaac Deutscher: Audio of Mike Davis on Deutscher's Significance

Mike Davis discusses the legacy of Isaac Deutscher.more...

VIDEO: Police Provocateurs Exposed

Video footage of police provocateurs being exposed in Montebello. more...

VIDEO: Resist the Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement.

Resist the Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement. Continental Day of Action August 20th. more...

MUSIC VIDEO: War Pigs Iraq

Black Sabbath's anti-war song "War Pigs" set to Iraq war footage. more...

MUSIC VIDEOS: The Coup

Streaming music videos from political hip-hop artists the Coup.more...

DOCUMENTARY: Dispatches: Iraq the Women's Story

A compelling account of a life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins: stories of ordinary women whose struggle to survive has only worsened since the war.more...

VIDEO: Police Attack May Day Immigration Reform Demo in LA

Police attack May Day immigrant rights demo in California. more...

VIDEO: Middle East - War, Imperialism and Ecology

Gilbert Achcar: Imperialism and resistance in the Middle East / the left and the Middle East, Phil Hearse: US imperialism today, Les Levidow: Why do the imperialists support the Israeli state?, Chadi Khalil: Lebanese Communist Party, and Eva Jasiewicz: the struggle for Iraq's oil. more...

DOCUMENTARY: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

A documentary about the April 2002 failed coup attempt which briefly deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Two independent filmmakers were present when he was forcibly removed from office and 48 later when he returned to power. more...

VIDEO: Planet of the Arabs

A trailer-esque montage of Hollywood's vilification and dehumanization of Arabs and Muslims.more...

VIDEO and MP3: A Really Inconvenient Truth, The Left After Kyoto

Joel Kovel on Eco-Socialism. MP3 file and streaming video.more...

MUSIC VIDEO: Born Here

Palestinian hip-hop video in Arabic/Hebrew with english subtitles. more...

MP3: Overcoming Zionism

MP3 of booklaunch of Joel Kovel's "Overcoming Zionism". Kovel makes the argument for a single secular democratic state in Israel/Palestine. more...

MUSIC VIDEO: Faithless - Bombs

This music video, Bombs by the band Faithless, was banned from MTV due to its anti-war theme. more...

ANIMATION: Global Politics in 30 Seconds

A short and humorous look at US imperialism. more...

DOCUMENTARY: Breaking the Silence

John Pilger 2003 documentary on the "Truth and Lies of the War on Terror". more...

ANIMATION: Manifestoon

The Communist Manifesto illustrated by classic cartoons. more...