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Why Canada Post workers are on strike

Postal workers are striking against the “gigification” of work—and aiming to expand public services at the post office

Refugees welcome? Comparing Canadian policy on Palestinian and Ukrainian refugees

The discrepancy between Canada’s treatment of Ukrainian and Palestinian refugees shows a country without a sense of moral courage

Are municipal politics already partisan?

Third parties and (non)partisan city politics in Saskatchewan

Democrats’ disastrous presidential campaign shows how not to defeat the far right

Fascism won in America because centrist politics have no popular base. Lessons for Canada.

Justice Murray Sinclair’s legacy must live on

There is much more work to do to achieve truth and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

With COP29 coming, where does Canada stand on its climate commitments?

The federal government has failed to rein in the financial enablers of fossil fuel expansion

Saskatchewan’s urban/rural divide is a lot older than this election

Right-wingers in the province helped to pioneer an electoral strategy that has since been adopted across right-wing politics

The fossil fuel industry’s deep reach into higher education

In order for universities to respond to the climate crisis, they need to fully cut ties with fossil fuel companies—as they did in the past with Big Tobacco.

Do we need a Ministry for the Future?

Shift Storm newsletter—September 2024 edition

What does the U.S. election mean for Canadian climate action?

A second Trump presidency would have major negative effects on climate—both in Canada and worldwide.

Farmers are not bargaining chips in rail labour disputes

Canadian farmers also have an interest in tackling the power of the rail duopoly

Transnational activism in North America

International trade successfully unified capital across borders—but it also unified movements

Finding joint answers to common problems with Carlos Heredia

For Heredia, the only way to address regional problems is to deepen solidarity across borders

Migrant solidarity and transnationalism in the San Diego-Tijuana region

The two cities are divided by an increasingly militarized border—but organizers continue to build solidarity across state lines

Not just a train, and certainly not Mayan

Why some social movements opposed the Mexican government's controversial megaproject which would lay rail across southern Mexico