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Universities should create decent jobs, not eliminate them | What's Left

According to members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), several post-secondary education institutions in Ontario are putting their most ...

Climate deal lacks strategies critical to achieving promised results | What's Left

It's easy to be swept-up in the feeling of accomplishment the COP21 agreement promises, especially with the enthusiastic response of the media, politicians, ...

A view to 2016 | Graham H. Cox

While we do not do predictions here at Citizens' Press, it seems there are some themes that have come out of 2015. Reflecting on this over the break lead to ...

Book review: 44 Hours or Strike! | R. Dubois

Rarely do you come across fiction for young readers where the backdrop is a labour dispute, let alone one as harsh and violent as the 1931 dressmakers’ strike ...

How can work in the 21st century be better for workers? | What's Left

It won't come as a surprise that capitalist think-tanks are putting forward a vision of work that should trouble anyone who works for a living. Groups such as ...

Book review: Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate and The fight to save a public library

In this short but dense series of investigative pieces, journalist Scott Sherman reviews the latest round of attacks on the New York Public Library (NYPL), an ...

Solidarity in the "new" economy | Graham H. Cox

The labour dispute at the Halifax Chronicle Herald has again raised important questions of maintaining inter-generational solidarity. There are no easy ...

When employers seek to divide and conquer, our only defense is solidarity | What's Left

It was a bad week for media workers. Halifax-based newspaper The Chronicle Herald is getting scab-ready for a bargaining round in which they are hoping to ...

Songs to spice up your January | What's Left

Through a guest submission to What's Left, we present some carefullyselected songs to beat-back the winter blues.

Your internet-connected devices are shockingly insecure | What's Left

A variety of electronics are now being sold that connect directly to internet. From fridges to lights, thermostats to baby monitors, and security systems that ...