4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (250+ words) Evoking the fascist anti-immigrant demagogy of the Trump administration, Alberta's far-right Premier Danielle Smith has announced that the province will hold a referendum next fall that is aimed at whipping up animosity to immigrants and providing "popular" sanction for stripping…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (400+ words) Ottawa's limited rapprochement with China is taking place amid a concerted drive on the part of the Carney Liberal government to expand economic and military-strategic ties with the European imperialist powers, as well as Japan, South Korea and India. Despite…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (722+ words) More than 35, 000 primary teachers in public schools across New Zealand have voted against the Ministry of Education's latest pay-cutting offer. The breakdown of votes has not been released but the union NZEI Te Riu Roa described it as a "resounding…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (680+ words) The manner of the bill's passage was only fitting, as it tramples on basic democratic rights. Bill 9 invokes the Canadian constitution's authoritarian "notwithstanding clause'Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedomsto uphold the UCP government's legal crusade against transgender youth....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (628+ words) The Montreal daily La Presse recently published an op-ed by former Quebec City Mayor R'gis Labeaume criticizing certain aspects of the foul campaign that the province's national-autonomist (Quebec First) Coalition Avenir Qu'bec (CAQ) government has waged against immigrants and religious…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1043+ words) Public school teachers in the Australian state of Queensland last week voted by 67. 6 percent to reject a union'state Liberal National Party government sellout agreement. The deal promised only a nominal 8 percent pay rise over three years and did nothing to…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (577+ words) The legislation invokes, for only the second time in Alberta history, Canada's anti-democratic "notwithstanding clause." This enables Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments to adopt laws that violate the democratic rights supposedly guaranteed under the constitution's Charter of Rights and…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (285+ words) The walkout by Alberta educators is part of a growing wave of working class struggles across Canada. In recent months, Air Canada flight attendants, Canada Post workers, Ontario college support staff, and public sector employees across British Columbia have engaged…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1429+ words) Former Quebec Premier and Parti Qu'b'cois (PQ) leader Lucien Bouchard has ignited a debate within the Quebec independence movement over the political wisdom of the PQ holding fast to its pledge to hold a referendum on the province's secession from…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1088+ words) Kindergarten teachers in the Australian state of Victoria took strike action for the first time in 11 years on September 16 over pay and conditions. More than 1, 000 educators from community kindergartens marched on parliament house, demanding a 35 percent wage rise over three…...