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Aug 27, 2025 - Is Socialism Possible?

By Sam Gindin

When this essay by Sam Gindin was first published as "Socialism for Realists" in the Fall of 2018 in Catalyst, the left was at a crossroads. In the preceding years the idea of socialism seemed to finally be on the political map with several left electoral projects gaining traction in many western countries, and anti-capitalist agendas still gathering steam in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Despite these glimmers of hope, there was no overarching strategy, form of organization, or vision of a feasible socialist future.

Source: Socialist Interventions Pamphlet No. 25

Aug 26, 2025 - The Air Canada/CUPE Fight and the Bias of Law

By Harry Glasbeek

In Canada, there are only two parties to a collective agreement: the employer and the union certified as a bargaining agent for some of that employer's workers. Workers are not parties to any collective agreement which covers them. The two parties are allowed to use their economic power to force the other into accepting an agreement. The resultant agreement is, comically, said to be a voluntary agreement. It is therefore enforceable.

Source: The Bullet No. 3183

Aug 24, 2025 - The ‘Twin Bill 5s’ and De-Democratization

By Saeed Rahnema

The recent book by Marcelo Vieta, Workers' Self-Management in Argentina: Contesting Neo-liberalism by Occupying Companies, Creating Cooperatives, and Recuperating Autogestion (Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2020), provides a wealth of information and analysis on the emergence of worker-run production cooperatives in Argentina's crisis-ridden industries. It highlights workers' prominent role in occupying and self-managing factories that were either shut down or on the brink of closure following the economic crisis of the 1990s. The book also offers fascinating examples of how these worker-managed units were established.

Source: The Bullet No. 3182

Aug 21, 2025 - Workers’ Self-Management and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism

Aug 18, 2025 - Nurse-Patient Ratios: Saving Lives and Rebuilding Nurses’ Morale

By James T. Brophy and Margaret M. Keith

A new academic study is proposing a bold new solution for Ontario's hospital crisis - life-saving nurse-to-patient ratios. The authors of the study extensively researched the inadequate nurse staffing levels in Ontario, contrasting them with mandated nursing ratios in places like California and Queensland (Australia). The study found that nurse-to-patient ratios make a positive difference for patients and staff, while saving costs and improving the state of the healthcare system.

Source: The Bullet No. 3180