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Apr 23, 2025 - Booklaunch: Against the Crisis

If crisis defines our era, we need a coherent socialist policy in response. Today's economic and ecological crises are not exceptions to an otherwise functioning system but integral to its operation. It is naive to see these upheavals as opportunities for reform or revolution. They are the bedrock of the status quo. Fortunately, the vicious circle sustaining capitalism is not founded on an iron law. Our historical mission in the face of the climate crisis is to create a historical exception to the rule. It is time for ecosocialism against crisis. Capitalism produces crises and crises reproduce capitalism. We need an ecosocialist way out.

Source: LeftStreamed

Apr 22, 2025 - Toronto Moves to Limit the Right to Protest

By Coalition for Charter Rights and Freedoms

The type of bylaw that the City of Toronto is currently considering threatens the fundamental freedoms and equality rights enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Irrespective of how it is designed, any bylaw restricting protest near locations defined as "vulnerable institutions" risks effectively banning protests anywhere in downtown Toronto. It is unacceptable that our City Council, who bears the duty to enhance participation in civic life for all, are instead working to restrict our ability to have our voices heard.

Source: The Bullet No. 3126

Apr 21, 2025 - The Carnation Revolution of Portugal Today

By Raquel Varela

In an unmistakable style in the form of a provocative lecture in Lisbon in 2024, at the age of 84 Father Martins Júnior asked: "50 years later, what irony! There are 50 fascists, one for each year, in Parliament. How is this possible?" He made these remarks 50 years after the Carnation Revolution (25 April 1974). Father Martins Júnior was the parish priest of Machico on the island of Madeira, a Portuguese region that, until 1974, had a colonial regime in which the colonists had to give up half of the produce of their labour to the landlord. Father Martins Júnior led peasants to occupy land in 1975, and helped embroiderers build cooperatives to bypass capital exploitation.

Source: The Bullet No. 3125

Apr 17, 2025 - Canada Must Protect Palestinian Healthcare workers, End Genocide

By Canadian Union of Public Employees

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is demanding urgent action to end Israeli military attacks on Palestinian first responders and healthcare workers in Gaza, and to stop the ongoing genocide. CUPE represents 190,000 healthcare workers, including over 9,000 paramedics and first responders across Canada.

Source: The Bullet No. 3124

Apr 16, 2025 - From Bad to Worse: The New Political Setting and Challenges for the Canadian Left

By Socialist Project

The current political conjuncture can be defined by an unfolding sense, in Canada and around the world, that neoliberal policies have failed and even capitalism itself is not working. This is driven by the weakening, dismantling, or even destruction of the things that had made the capitalist system seem 'legitimate' and 'fair' in the eyes of the working classes - rising wages, affordable housing, improving healthcare, and protecting the environment. This constitutes a growing legitimation crisis.

Source: The Bullet No. 3123