Calls have been mounting for Tory leader Pierre Poilievre (PP) to drop their North Island-Powell River candidate Aaron Gunn from the ballot.   In social media posts between 2019 and 2021, Gunn repeatedly denied Canada's record of Indigenous genocide and the legacy of Indian Residential "Schools" (IRS). In one such post in October 2020 he wrote: "There was no [Indigenous] genocide. Stop lying to people and read a book. The Holocaust was a genocide." He has further claimed that "residential schools were asked for by Indigenous bands."   Bob (Galagame) Chamberlin, the former vice-pres ..read more

Film Showing: Memory and Muscle   Join us for this documentary: Memory and Muscle, about the 1965 postal worker wildcat strike that led to the creation of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and paved the way for public sector unionization in Canada. This historic strike was led by rank and file Montreal and Vancouver postal workers to demand better wages and working conditions and demand that part-time women workers be given the same wages and conditions as full-time workers.   Wednesday April 16, 6:30pm Resistance Press Bookroom, 427 Bloor St W, 2nd fl   If you can't ..read more

The Canadian federal election debate is being dominated by Donald Trump’s tariffs and his calls for annexation of Canada.   Canadians are, justifiably, terrified of the impacts of the trade war. Estimates of hundreds of thousands of job losses and recession in the wake of the tariffs have put most other considerations far into the background.   As was the case in the Ontario election, the race becomes about who can hold their own against the Trump attacks.   New Liberal leader, Mark Carney has jumped into the lead ahead of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. This is a dramatic t ..read more

PDF File:  sw_672_final.pdf Cover Image:  Publication:  Socialist Worker Issue Number:  672 Year:  2025 Month:  April ..read more

How to be a socialist in your union 6:00 PM PDT,  Monday March 31 Via Zoom Unions are a way workers can fight to improve their immediate working and living standards and are also a key part of winning victories for the entire working class. Unions in Canada were essential in the vicotory for equal marriage, the fight for abortion rights and the first national maternity leave program. Unions can also be much more democratic than other institutions in our society because they are run by workers themselves to defend workers themselves. However, often we find union leaderships refusing to f ..read more

The first week of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza has already killed more than 800 people—including 270 children. They have attacked 2 hospitals, killed 2 journalists—Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour—and displaced more than 140,000 people.   This builds on the already horrific death toll of more than 60,000 killed in the last 17 months according to the Gaza health ministry. And Benjamin Netanyahu says the attacks will only increase.    At the same time they have renewed assaults on the West bank and have expanded bombing in Lebanon in direct violation of the ceasefire agreeme ..read more

For those who care about people and the planet, it is right to be concerned about the prospect of a Pierre Poilievre government. But new PM Mark Carney does not represent a real alternative.   He won the Liberal leadership race by a landslide, riding a resurgent wave of Liberal fortunes in response to Trump’s tariffs and 51st state rhetoric. He is touted as a political outsider, never having run for or won a seat in an election.   But on economic and climate policy, he is very much an insider.   He advised Goldman Sachs – helping them profit during the 1998 Russian economic cr ..read more

Now in their second week of strike, over 2000 members of PSAC 901, representing teaching assistants, teaching fellows and research assistants at Queen's University are showing strength and determination in the face of a ruthless administration. Since negotiations began in November 2024, Queen's University has stonewalled graduate workers' demands for fair pay and respect. These workers are the most precarious segment of the university's workforce. They face low wages, high tuition, food insecurity, unsustainable workloads and unaffordable housing. Key demands in this strike are a living wage ..read more

The Vancouver International Socialists Present: Psychedelics and Capitalism – A Critical Discussion 6:30 PM PDT - Wednesday March 19 via zoom Join us as we explore key questions from Nicholas Powers' new book, Black Psychedelic Revolution. This discussion will apply a critical class-consciousness lens to the ongoing revolution in psychedelic-assisted therapy and examine the role psychedelics play in broader political movements. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a thought-provoking conversation on the intersections of psychedelics, capitalism, and social change!  Zoom Details Wedn ..read more

In 2019, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Inquiry final report concluded that the thousands of deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S+) are part of a “Canadian genocide” fueled by “state actions and inactions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies.” But out of 231 recommendations, only 2 had been completed by last June and most have seen minimal or no progress.   Under Canadian settler colonialism, Indigenous people must struggle relentlessly for the basic decency of burying their relatives.    In late February the ..read more