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Oct 16, 2024 · Committed to the development of a more free, democratic, humane and sustainable society than the one we live in, the SP is one of the many organizations building 21st century socialism. Learn more about the Socialist Project ». Popular Struggles. Trump’s Second Term – Now is the time for a global fightback. November 7, 2024.
Fifty Years Ago: The Birth of Black Power in Canada
January 29, 1969: Montreal students occupy computer lab to protest campus racism. January 29 this year marks half a century since Black students at Sir George Williams University in Montreal led a bold occupation of the campus computer centre. Their two-week action marked the dramatic arrival in Canada of Black Power, a term used to describe ...
Capitalism, Colonialism, Canada: How the Past is Before Us
Jan 3, 2023 · The 1500-1790 years were ones of capital cravings and the coming of colonialism. The next 100 years, 1790-1890, witnessed capitalism’s consolidation, the founding of the Canadian nation state, and a tightening of colonial constrictions on indigenous peoples. These processes accelerated and intensified over the course of 1890-1960, as modern ...
The Tightrope of Socialist Politics and Governance in Canada
«—The State and Socialist Strategy 9 —» The Tightrope of Socialist Politics and Governance in Canada. Theory • February 9, 2020 • Marcel Nelson. Obstacles, Dilemmas, Strategy. One of the more persistent irritants amongst supporters of the New Democratic Party (NDP) has been its longstanding inability to replace the Liberal Party of Canada …
The Bullet – Socialist Project
Oct 27, 2024 · Leonard Cohen, poet laureate of Canada’s 1960s, offered a closing anthem to the twentieth century in his 1992 lament “Democracy.”. In an earlier year of revolt, 1968, Cohen had refused …. Keep reading ». USA • November 3, 2024 • Bryan Palmer.
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The SP is a Toronto-based organization that supports the rebuilding of the socialist Left in Canada and around the world. Committed to the development of a more free, democratic, humane and sustainable society than the one we live in, the SP opposes capitalism out of necessity and supports the struggles of others out of solidarity. We support ...
Renewing BDS in Canada and the US – Socialist Project
May 2, 2020 · Renewing BDS in Canada and the US. Anti-Racism • May 2, 2020 • Niko Block. Since 2005, when a coalition of Palestinian groups issued the call for an international campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the North American public has become significantly more cognizant of the racist atrocities committed daily by the Israeli state – indeed, these are hard to ...
The Strange Workings of Identity and Adolph Reed Jr.’s Thought
May 11, 2019 · The Strange Workings of Identity and Adolph Reed Jr.’s Thought. Theory • May 11, 2019 • Umair Muhammad. The Oats for Breakfast podcast recently featured an interview with the American political scientist Adolph Reed Jr. A longstanding member of the American left, Reed has produced a large amount of writing – both scholarly and popular – while also partaking in numerous organizing ...
Basic Income: Progressive Cloak and Neoliberal Dagger
Apr 4, 2018 · Ontario’s Basic Income Experiment. A pilot project is now up and running in three areas of Ontario and the intention is to recruit 4,000 test subjects. It offers a veritable checklist for how a neoliberal version of basic income might be fashioned. The Government promotional material says that it offers a “minimum income level.”.
Where Are the Riots of Yesteryear? Remembering May 1968
May 4, 2018 · The first lesson of the May ’68 rebellion in France is that you never know when a sudden “breech” will open in the seamless wall of capitalist society. The explosion caught everyone by surprise. As Mitchell Abidor points out in the introduction to his fascinating May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France, the newspaper ...