PERSPECTIVES – Blame Billionaires, Not Immigrants: Confronting Far-Right Rhetoric with Working Class Unity

On May 16, the far-right group “Stand United Canada” called for a convoy to provincial and national borders across the country. The choice of a disruption on Victoria Day long weekend was specifically to align the protest with far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson’s rally, similarly dubbed “Unite the Kingdom.” British far-right organizers used Nakba Day, knowing there would be mass demonstrations of Palestinian solidarity, to rally anti-immigrant hatred out on the streets. “Stand United Canada” and Nazi Propaganda “Stand United” is one of many far-right groups that has cropped up and is vaguely calling for government accountability. Rooted in anti-vaxx…

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London Gathers Together in Celebration of May Day

On a bright, sunny May 3rd, music, dancing and joy filled Victoria Park. Several organizations united in a rally for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, to call attention to the struggles of the working class in Canada and abroad. The event opened with chants and music from Frank Risdsdale in support of labour movements, unions and workers rights, followed by speeches by representatives of various labour and leftist organizations in the city. First spoke Anthony, representative for the group Forest City Solidarity. He explained the origins of May Day, created in 1889 France during the Second International,…

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PERSPECTIVES – It’s Time to Convert General Dynamics Land Services from Weapons Manufacturing to Building Rail Transit: A conversation with Kurt Holman

I arrived at MP Kurt Holman’s office on a sunny Tuesday morning. The treats I had brought for the meeting did not make it to the door as the chocolate truffles melted in the spring sun. I waited for a moment as a moving truck from the Brick dropped off a new sofa for the office. Kurt and other office staff were quite excited to put that sofa to work, and I was intrigued to see all the volunteers abuzz in the board room working on citizenship packets for new residents to the area. I wondered to myself, how many…

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Remembering 2025 “Queer Cinema for Palestine: No Pride in Genocide”, as 2026 program to screen in London this June 

“Queer Cinema for Palestine is about exposing and fighting Israel’s pinkwashing agenda, which uses all queer and trans identities to create a pink smokescreen attempting to hide Israel’s violent oppression of Palestinians. When an Israeli soldier committing genocide in Gaza poses for a photoshoot among the devastation while holding a pride flag with the words ‘in the name of love’, this is a textbook example of pinkwashing,” says activist Ghadir Shafie in her recorded introduction to Queer Cinema for Palestine’s 2025 program.  “Queer Cinema for Palestine is about creating an ethical space for the hundreds of filmmakers who have withdrawn…

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