The following chapter deals with the role of the revolutionary party in relation to the working class. It discusses Marxist conceptions of the leadership of a revolutionary party, as well as some popularly-proposed alternatives (social democracy, reformism, and anarchism).
Quarante ans après les raids historiques des bains publics, nous appelons à une lutte accrue pour l’égalité des droits des personnes lesbiennes, gaies, bisexuelles, transgenres, queer et bispirituelles au Canada!
Forty years after the historic bathhouse raids, we call for increased struggle for the equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit people in Canada!
The following chapter (Ch. 5 of Understanding Marxism) debunks some other prominent theories: that society progresses and changes due to the “battle of ideas”, due to bigotry, or due to great individuals. It also discusses Marxist approaches to environmentalism and issues of sexism, homophobia, racism, and ethnic discrimination.
During the shift to online learning, students have seen many of the long-ignored flaws of the post-secondary education system exposed.
On May 10, 86% of Wine Rack workers represented by SEIU Local 2 voted to take strike actions. Workers are now calling for a total boycott on Wine Rack to support the strike.
On June 6th, 2021, Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and their allies convened at Queen’s Park in Toronto. The week prior, the remains of 215 children were found in an unmarked grave at the former site of Kamloops Indian Residential School.
These articles, detailing the inhuman maltreatment and violence perpetrated against Indigenous people in the colonial residential school system, date back to 87 years ago — but they prove that this recent discovery was not an isolated incident, nor was it simply evidence of a so-called “dark chapter in Canadian history”.
Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) at the University of Windsor and others organized a Nakba 73 rally and commemoration at Windsor’s Riverfront, attended by more than 1,000 people.
On May 21st, YCLers attended IfNotNow’s Rise Up Shabbat against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto. Days later, on May 24th, a memorial for Regis Korchinski-Paquet was held.
