In one fell swoop, the workers that had just been supposedly lifted out of poverty have had their livelihoods decimated.

Governments everywhere are pumping money into the world economy to keep it on life support. Followers of Keynesian ideas – of government stimulus and demand-side management – feel vindicated. But only Marxism offers a solution.

On April 15 three of the largest owners and operators of long-term care homes, Chartwell Retirement Residences, Extendicare and Sienna Senior Living, all declared their dividends for April and paid out their dividend for March. This was in spite of the fact that these companies have all had deadly outbreaks of COVID-19 in multiple residences […]

Since the pandemic hit, TTC management have proven ineffective at implementing necessary safety measures and have utterly failed to protect both workers and passengers.

The meat packing plants of Cargill in High River and JBS in Brooks butcher two products: cattle, and workers.

The “reopening” of Canada’s economy is now underway—and a lot sooner than many would like it to. Quebec was among the first to announce a detailed lift on lockdown restrictions. Half a million workers are being asked to return to work by May 11, while elementary schools are slated to reopen in the coming weeks—this […]

Labour leaders and socialist activists across the country came together on Friday, May 1 to celebrate International Workers’ Day, or May Day. Originally planned as a street rally, COVID-19 restrictions forced the rally to go online. This did not dampen the mood at all, however. As the experience of this pandemic crisis continues to expose […]

With health care workers at the end of their rope, seniors dying in long-term care facilities and medical equipment in short supply, Quebec Premier François Legault has decided that now is the best time to end the confinement of the population.  For weeks, Legault and Dr. Horacio Arruda, national director of public health in Quebec, […]

Fightback editor Alex Grant provides us with a Marxist analysis of the COVID-19 crisis in Canada and what we, as working class people can do about it.

In a shameful act of union-busting, Foodora announced it will be ending its Canadian operations as of May 11. The announcement came two months after the company lost a fierce unionization battle with Foodsters United, CUPW Courier Local 104. If the union had received certification, it would have set a precedent for gig economy workers […]