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Jun 25, 2025 - CUPW strike in 1981 leads to Maternity Leave

In 1981, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) engaged in a 42-day strike that resulted in significant improvements to maternity leave benefits. The strike led to the establishment of 17 weeks of paid maternity leave at 93% of full wages, setting a new standard for parental benefits and expanded leave for new fathers and adoptive parents.

Source: LeftStreamed short

Jun 23, 2025 - Capitalism Today

Capitalism Today: Four Vectors of Crisis - recorded at the Society for Socialist Studies conference in Toronto. Moderated by Nadia Abu-Zahra. Presentations by Bill Carroll (University of Victoria), Herman Rosenfeld (socialist activist, based in Toronto), and Priya Gupta (McGill Faculty of Law).

Source: LeftStreamed

Jun 21, 2025 - Is There an Israeli War that Ottawa Won’t Support?

By Owen Schalk

On June 13, Israel launched an illegal and unprovoked attack against Iran, targeting government facilities, officials, and civilian areas. Israel's justification is an old and repeatedly disproven one: that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon with the intention of destroying Israel and even the wider Western world.

Source: The Bullet No. 3154

Jun 19, 2025 - Atmospheric Colonisation and Ecological Imperialism in the World System

By Jason Hickel

One of the most damaging myths about the global ecological crisis is that humans as such are responsible for it. In reality, the crisis is being driven by our particular economic system, capitalism, and is caused almost entirely by the states and corporations of the Global North (the imperial core), primarily to the benefit of their elites.

Source: The Bullet No. 3153

Jun 17, 2025 - Even Germany Now Condemns Israeli Crimes

By Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz

After months of silence and excuses, the European Union is beginning to speak directly about Israeli war crimes. Even Berlin - previously Netanyahu's most loyal ally in Europe - suggests that "not everything can be justified anymore by the fight against terrorism." Is this the beginning of real change, or merely moral window dressing? Just last autumn, Friedrich Merz, whilst seeking the chancellorship of Germany, promised "unlimited arms deliveries to Israel" and assured that Germany would support its "right to self-defence." This was long after the number of casualties in Gaza and the West Bank had exceeded 50,000.

Source: The Bullet No. 3152