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Apr 2, 2024 - Falling Into the pro-Israel Trap: The La Presse Cartoon Scandal

By Larry Haiven

On 20 March, Montreal newspaper La Presse published a cartoon by Serge Chapleau harshly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's announced intention to invade Rafah, where millions of Gazans are taking refuge. From across the globe, condemnations, even from political leaders, warn of the further deadly consequences of the attack, coming, as it does, after more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed and even more starve.

Source: The Bullet No. 2968

Mar 31, 2024 - Palestine Action Permanently Shutsdown Israeli Military Contractor Elbit Plant in UK

Relentless direct action has secured another victory in the fight against Israel's arms trade, as Elbit Systems are forced to sell their 'Elite KL' factory in Tamworth, England. The company had previously manufactured cooling and power management systems for military vehicles, but was sold after stating that it faced falling profits and increased security costs resulting from Palestine Action's efforts.

Source: The Bullet No. 2967

Mar 30, 2024 - Working-Class Environmentalism and Climate Justice

By Lorenzo Feltrin and Emanuele Leonardi

On 9 July 2021, Melrose Industries announced the closure of its GKN Driveline (ex-FIAT) factory of car axles in Campi di Bisenzio, Florence, and the layoff of its workers (more than 400). While in many such cases the workers and unions settle for negotiating enhanced redundancy benefits, the GKN Factory Collective occupied the plants and kickstarted a long struggle against decommissioning. However, what makes the GKN Florence dispute really unique is the strategy adopted by the workers, who sealed an alliance with the climate justice movement by drafting a conversion plan for sustainable, public transport and demanding its adoption.

Source: The Bullet No. 2966

Mar 26, 2024 - Women’s Wages and the Attack on Public Sector Workers

Doug Allan

Since the Ford government came to power in 2018, there has been an attack on the wages of workers in the broader public sector. This is also an attack on women's wages. The result is that women's wages have been eroded in the leading sector of women's work. This has led to both an erosion in real wages and an erosion in wages in these female-dominated sectors relative to other industrial sectors. Women comprise 74% of the Ontario education, healthcare, and social assistance workforce.

Source: The Bullet No. 2965

Mar 23, 2024 - Civil Society Demands the Suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement

Respect for human rights is an essential element of the EU's association agreements with partner countries. Article 2 states that "relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement." Violation of the so-called "essential elements" clauses allows the EU to denounce or suspend the agreements in whole or in part under Article 60 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

Source: The Bullet No. 2964