Cuts of up to 15 per cent simply cannot be achieved without mass layoffs and a sharp decline in the quality of public services.

On July 3, 1979, Saint John’s dockworkers, backed by unions around the country, carried out an illegal strike that halted the transport of nuclear materials to the then military regime in Argentina.

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There is no lesser evil here.

The magnitude and intensity of the mass movement could escalate further should Vučić attempt to resort to repression.

The inevitable result is clear for all to see: fewer teachers, fewer classes, fewer aides and tutors, cuts in food assistance and a general deterioration of the education system.

The lesser evil is, and always has been, the same evil.

The trial of Ehsan Ali and other leaders of AAC is a mockery of justice.

Canada’s ruling class previously conciliated with indigenous leaders to avoid a social explosion. But now they are no longer able to maintain this balancing act.

There is a growing layer of workers and youth in the Prairies and across Canada that are sick of the system and want to end it.