What's Left 2017-04-23 Volume 92
Fees, taxes, and revenue generation
Auschwitz survivor confronts ICE Director: 'History is not on your side' | Metro
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
Book Review: Just Kids by Patti Smith
Patti Smith has had a long, creative life as a singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist. In Just Kids, she writes the memoir of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. She dives back into the New York City of the 1960's and 1970's when both of them were young, emerging artists and just getting started in their life-long artistic journeys.
Critique: Chanson douce de Leïla Slimani
Littérature inspirée d'un fait divers, Chanson douce a bien été reçu et reconnu par la critique en France. Le deuxième roman de l'auteure et journaliste Leïla Slimani a remporté le Prix Goncourt en 2016. Dès les premières pages, le dénouement tragique est connu du lecteur. La suite du livre tentera de déconstruire les mois précédents, ce qui donne une lecture intense et haletante.
Who is Left-wing presidential candidate Lenin Moreno? | TeleSUR
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.