Three Canadian banks now own twice the GDP of AfricaIndeed, the banks are doing well precisely because the rest of us are not.
“A landlord can ask for whatever they want in a lease”As capitalism faces a crisis, paying rent is becoming increasingly difficult, while tenants’ rights have been eroded over the years.
Reprimanded for discussing wagesThey said that now they have people asking why they weren’t offered the same $2 raise, and that I was “creating chaos” in the workplace.
If there’s a will, where’s the way?A relatively clean-cut gentleman from New Brunswick asked me for a spare cigarette outside a train platform. He said that he came here for work in construction, but “…now that all the homes are built for the summer, I’m out of a job.” In his home town, he’d often wait inside Tim Hortons in the […]
Getting cancer to pay rentBy the end of my shift I looked like a coal miner, covered head to toe in black ash.
Forging links with the working classThis sort of leadership is what let me establish a political relationship with my coworker. But this shouldn’t just be an isolated incident.
Alberta: International students organize a sit in to protest government crackdownInternational students pay on average five times more than domestic students. The government has justified this crackdown as targeting “diploma mills,” but they long knew about this problem.
Selling the paper enthusiasticallyWhat should comrades expect when selling the paper enthusiastically? You will meet enthusiastic people! At our latest sale, we sold over a dozen copies and made several promising contacts. One of them was particularly enthusiastic, and I asked if they’d like to join us selling the paper. They replied, “Why the hell not?” And then […]
The power of internationalism: Building the forces of communism in FinlandThis summer, I had the opportunity to experience what it really means to be part of a revolutionary international firsthand. On internship in Finland I was able to connect with the comrades there who are well on their way to establishing the Finnish section of the Revolutionary Communist International. I’ve been a member of the […]
The rich are now gatekeeping natural historyNot content with hoarding artistic masterpieces, the rich are now hoarding irreplaceable pieces recording the history of life on earth.