Canada

Supreme Court to Hear O.P.P. Appeal Against Justice for Levi

Linchpin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:30:45 -0800

By Zach Ruiter

Justice for Levi is a collation dedicated to the memory of Levi Schaeffer. The coalition had successfully challenged the Ontario Police at the Ontario Superior Court. The court ruled the conduct of police who shot and killed Schaeffer violated the Police Services Act. The Ontario Police have successfully appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, which is expected to hear the case sometime in December 2012.

The officers in question, Kris Wood and Mark Pullbrook collaborated with police lawyer Andrew McKay to write/fabricate their notes. This allowed the officers to get their stories straight before submitting them to the Special Investigations Unit.

Capitalism Is The Crisis FREE Film Screening (Hamilton & KW)

PhilD — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:47:23 -0800

Start: 12/07/2011 - 18:30

End: 12/07/2011 - 21:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Join us for a free screening of 'Capitalism is the Crisis'!

Kitchener/Waterloo (Ontario)
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/events/138521286254840/

Hamilton (Ontario)
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/events/180633662027084/

About the Film:

The 2008 “financial crisis” in the United States was a systemic fraud in which the wealthy finance capitalists stole trillions of public dollars. No one was jailed for this crime, the largest theft of public money in history.

Instead, the rich forced working people across the globe to pay for their “crisis” through punitive “austerity” programs that gutted public services and repealed workers’ rights.

Austerity was named “Word of the Year” for 2010.

This documentary explains the nature of capitalist crisis, visits the protests against austerity measures, and recommends revolutionary paths for the future.

Orange Isn't Red: On the Logic of Radicalizing Reformist Organizations

Linchpin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:39:03 -0700

By Alan Wai Kiat Tang

On September 3 2011, the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) rescinded the candidacy of Barry Weisleder, who had won the provincial nomination for the riding of Thornhill.

This action generated ripples of controversy amongst left-leaning New Democrats. Weisleder, a party member for over forty years and current chair of the self-styled NDP “Socialist Caucus” has a long and storied reputation as an agitator for state-socialist policies within the NDP, and has often served as a thorn in the side of the party's increasingly centrist leadership.

Fighting for the Right to Strike

Linchpin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:05:04 -0700

By Mick Sweetman

This past year has witnessed a renewed assault on unionized workers that should be seen for what it is: a co-ordinated attack on the right of workers to collectively bargain with their employers.

One of the opening salvos in this new wave of class warfare occurred immediately after the far-right ideologue Rob Ford was elected Mayor of Toronto on a platform of “stopping the gravy train”—none-too-subtle code words for attacking public sector workers and the services they provide.

Common Cause stands with striking postal workers

Linchpin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:01:12 -0700

June 3, 2011

Denis Lemelin
National President
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
377 Bank St.
Ottawa, ON K2P 1Y3

Brother Lemelin,

We wish to send all of the 48,000 members of CUPW our solidarity in your struggle against Canada Post's attack on CUPW member's working conditions and wages.

We are with you in your fight to prevent a two-tiered workforce where new hires are only paid 75% of what other workers make for doing the same work. Equal pay for equal work is a corner-stone of the labour movement and must never be compromised.

GIVE THE TORIES THE WELCOME THEY DESERVE!

Linchpin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:48:52 -0700

http://takethecapital.wordpress.com

On June 10th, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address the Conservative Party of Canada’s (CPC) National Convention in downtown Ottawa. Taking place during the 3 day CPC National Convention at the Ottawa Convention Centre, Harper’s address to the gathered Conservative Party members will be his first major address after winning a majority government in the last election.

We invite all those opposed to the Harper’s right-wing agenda to come together on Friday, June 10th, and make clear to the Conservative Party that we will not sit idly by while they attack our communities.

CUPW keeps its options open in strike negotiations

Linchpin — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:44:40 -0700

By Greg Macdougall
Originally published at rabble.ca | May 19, 2011

Postal service in Canadian cities is in jeopardy from next week if last-minute negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) do not succeed in coming to an agreement. The possibility of a strike by the union or lockout by management comes into effect on midnight May 24, with a 72-hours notice being given before any such action is taken.

Genuine change can only come from ourselves

Linchpin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:15:31 -0700

"Genuine change can only come from ourselves", a joint initiative of Common Cause and Union Communiste Libertaire

Every election time comes with its load of promises. They say that this time is the right time for change. Again. All parties, and even the one that's been governing since the last election, assure us that they'll make it all better.

Opposite of other electoral websites, we don't have anything for sale. We're not aiming at convincing you to trust us. We don't want your vote.

Here, we'd like to offer a different perspective of elections and politics in general, starting by asking the question "Voting, what's the point?"

Feb 4-6, Montreal - Countering the National Security Agenda

Greg — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:55:10 -0800

Start: 02/04/2011 - 19:00

End: 02/06/2011 - 20:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

People's Commission Network Popular Forum
WHOSE SECURITY? OUR SECURITY!
Countering the National Security Agenda

Montreal, 4 to 6 February 2011
http://www.peoplescommission.org/en/forum/

The People's Commission Network is organizing a conference to mobilize our networks to collectively address the growing threat of the national security agenda.

Through a process of consultation, several areas have been identified as priorities for public debate and action:
* Historical Perspectives on National Security: Delegitimization of Dissent and Marginalization of Communities;
* Military-Security Industrial Complex;
* CSIS Watch;
* Blacklists, blacklisting and the Anti-terrorism Act; and
* Immigration Security Measures.

The forum will provide a space for open public discussion on each of these issues, as well as an opportunity to develop action plans.

More info: http://www.peoplescommission.org/en/forum/

Neoliberalism and home care

Linchpin — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:38:55 -0800

By Scott Neigh

"If your Mom didn't take care of you [when you were a child], would you be able to go to work?"

Those are the words of trade union activist, graduate student, and single mother Laurel O'Gorman. They are her way of neatly capturing the idea that without the massive amounts of unpaid work done in the home, primarily by women, capitalism would grind to a halt.

And through the neoliberal changes of the last thirty years -- paid work that has become more precarious and more poorly paid, governments that have radically scaled back support for people in need, different groups of workers increasingly subjected to different rules -- the burdens of unpaid work have increased significantly. Yet many unions and community groups are still in the early stages of figuring out how to recognize and respond to the central importance of unpaid caring and domestic labour.

Women's Work and Invisibility