What's Left 2017-04-23 Volume 92
Fees, taxes, and revenue generation
Editors (What's Left)
What's Left 2017-03-12 Volume 90
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois Running for Québec Solidaire; ServiceOntario is a for-profit American company; Fighting Propaganda; Repeal of Obamacare; France; LEFT NOISE; What we shared this week
Has the meaning of 'organizing' been forgotten? | What's Left
Rising inequality, US anti-union laws crushing organized labour south of the boarder, and the slow unrelenting decline of union density here in Canada has renewed the focus on labour union organizing. The response from the leadership of the movement has been focused – rightly – on changes to law regulating labour unions that make it harder to organize. However, changing labour laws will not undo the slow decline in union density alone. Unions will also have to actually go out and talk to workers, sign them up, establish a local, bargain a first agreement, and enforce those terms.
What's Left 2017-03-26 Volume 91
Has the meaning of 'organizing' been forgotten?; Organizing and Labour Laws; Recommendations for socialists; Just Kids by Patti Smith; WHAT WE SHARED THIS WEEK
Let's talk: Québec's non-partisan effort to find solutions for a better province | What's Left
Québec just finished consultations on what the people want from their democracy. Called Faut qu'on se parle (Let's talk), the group which included some big names across the political sphere have released their findings.
Resource allocation and building worker power | What's Left
Union organizing is a process workers undertake to come together, sometimes under adversarial conditions, and bring positive, meaningful change to their workplace.
What's Left 2017-03-05 Volume 89
Electrical Energy in Ontario; Let's talk: Québec's non-partisan effort to find solutions for a better province; Uber is a terrible company; What we shared this week.
A cautionary tale about political grandstanding | What's Left
Special contribution by Mike Fancie: Fortunately for progressive organizers, the Liberal government has racked up a remarkable rap sheet of broken promises in just over a year of power. Aside from recent electoral reform and Syrian immigration backpedaling, the Liberals have failed to fund First Nations education, they haven't repealed a word of Bill C-51, and they're following the same emissions targets set by Stephen Harper. Heck, even Katimavik is publicly begging Trudeau to follow through on his promise to re-fund its youth leadership programming.
What's Left 2017-02-05 Volume 88
A cautionary tale about political grandstanding; Book Review: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue; Citizens' Press revisits great works of literature; Left noise; What we shared last week.
What's Left 2017-01-29 Volume 87
In this issue: Why refugees are welcome here and what Canada must do to make it so. Davos speeches and inequality. Organized opposition to Trump still comes from the same places. Left noise: Making racists afraid again. What we are reading.