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Mar 11, 2026 - Closing the Loophole on Canada’s Complicity in Genocide and War Crimes

By Laurel M. Owns

On Wednesday, March 11, MPs will vote on Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. This bill, which is sponsored by NDP MP Jenny Kwan and jointly seconded by Liberal MPs Fares Al Soud and Nate Erskine-Smith, NDP MP Leah Gazan, and Green MP Elizabeth May, would prevent Canadian arms manufacturers from taking advantage of a 'loophole' that currently allows them to ship weapons and weapons parts to Israel, as well as numerous other countries, through the US.

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Mar 9, 2026 - Oil, Capitalism, and Climate /w Adam Hanieh

We are honoured to welcome author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year's talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school's annual lecture, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch. Adam Hanieh discusses how understanding oil's place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics and global finance, reviving vital climate struggles, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system itself. He also explores the connections between our fossil-fuel centred world and the contemporary politics of Palestine and the wider Middle East.

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Mar 7, 2026 - In Spain, Amazon Workers Win with Quick-Hit Walkouts

By Alfonso Martinez Valero

At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for three days in November and in December in a series of "flexible strikes," timed to hit production with intermittent walkouts during the holiday "peak" season. On December 22, the union committee announced a settlement, negotiated through government mediators.

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Mar 6, 2026 - IASWI Statement Against War

The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) condemns in the strongest terms the war launched on February 28, 2026 by the governments of the United States and Israel against the territory of Iran. Framed, among other lies, as a "preemptive strike" and "support for the Iranian people," this aggression makes clear that civilian lives, safety, and democratic aspirations are not even the least concern of the Trump and Netanyahu regimes. Within the first hours of bombing, more than 150 elementary school girls in Minab, along with education workers, were killed, many more were injured, and hospitals and civilian neighborhoods were targeted in Tehran and other cities across the country.

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Mar 4, 2026 - Housing, Pensions, and Jobs: Win-Win-Win

By Frank Hoffer

Providing decent pensions in an ageing society, overcoming the affordability crisis driven by skyrocketing housing costs, and creating better-paid jobs for workers without university degrees are all essential to securing social peace and democracy. A compulsory, state-owned second-tier pension fund required to invest its capital exclusively in social housing can address all three challenges at once. Yet it demands a fundamental shift in mindset.

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