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Migrant Farm Workers Continue To Face Exploitation, Poor Conditions
A busy harvest season at a Quebec strawberry farm highlights the many injustices that migrant farm workers in Canada continue to face, CBC reported.
RCMP Arrest Land Defenders And Journalists Following Invasion Of Wet’suwet’en Territory
Following a paramilitary-style invasion of Wet’suwet’en territory last Thursday that saw the arrests of 15 land defenders, legal observers, reporters and Wet’suwet’en elders, the RCMP arrested journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano on Friday.
Strike At The University Of Manitoba: Interview With David Camfield
For this week’s Class Struggle newsletter, I spoke with David Camfield about the ongoing faculty strike at the University of Manitoba.
Digging Deeper Into The Corporate Domination And Destruction Of Canadian Media
In the first episode of The Maple’s Great Gilded North podcast series, we spoke to writer Sam Smart about her recent article titled 'A Guide To The Ruling Class’s Domination And Destruction Of Canadian Media.'
Here’s How To Fix Canada’s Vaccine Rollout For Children
It seems that Canada is on track to repeat the same sort of inequitable vaccination decisions it has made throughout the pandemic.
B.C. Flooding Crisis Highlights Stark Dangers Posed By Climate Emergency
The catastrophic flooding crisis in British Columbia, which experts say has been worsened by the effects of the climate emergency, was the subject of news headlines around the world this week.
Rich And Powerful Canadians Admired Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany
Well into the late 1930s, a significant section of Canada’s elite admired fascism in Italy and even in Germany.
Canada’s Wealthy Elites Long Had A Soft Spot For Fascism
The myth of a nation united against fascism and Nazism is shattered by the fact that members of Canada’s ruling class applauded the regimes of Mussolini and Hitler.
Toronto Food Banks Saw Record 47 Percent Increase In Visits During Pandemic, Report Finds
Between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, Toronto food banks saw 1.45 million visits, representing an unprecedented 47 per cent increase from the year before.