The battery industry in general, and the Northvolt fiasco in particular, are perfect examples of capitalist parasitism.

The decline of the “natural governing party” of the country represents the last gasp of the untenable status quo. 

Taking a struggle to court means taking it out of the hands of the workers and into a channel that’s safe for the bosses. The courts are part of the bourgeois state apparatus, and ultimately serve the interests of employers.

With the system decaying, the bottom of society is falling out as many struggle to make ends meet. The response of capitalist governments all over the world is to increase military and police spending to defend the present order.

Statistics Canada estimates that nearly one-quarter—23 per cent—of Canadians will turn to food banks this fall.

Despite its unpolished character, the capitalists have chosen the Conservatives as the party of capital in the province.

On Saturday, at a peaceful rally for Palestine held in Tomkins Park, Calgary police officers arrested three people, including lead organizer Wesam Khaled, charged with obstruction and “assaulting” a police officer. We demand that these ridiculous fines be annulled and the charges dropped against Wesam and his comrades!

At campuses across the country, students are enthusiastically taking up the campaign for a student strike for Palestine!

“The whole history of the Canadian labour movement is a struggle against these banks, against these bosses, against these governments that today support genocide […] The cause of the Palestinians is the cause of the world working class.”

We need to learn the lessons of 2012 if we want to build a student strike for Palestine today.