Why we fight: the battle for increased minimum wage | What's Left
A Labour Notes 2016 panel on the fight to raise the minimum wage linked the struggle for redistribution to that of workers' power.
What's Left 2016-04-11 Volume 53
Why we fight: the battle for increased minimum wage; Exposing anti-black racism in Canadian media and politics; Housing, identity and the Left; Songs of the revolution; and Nuit Debout: the people of France fight back
The 'precariate': A new demographic for organizing change | What's Left
The response to the rise in the visibility of income and social inequality has meant that the general population is starting to pay attention to this shift and the struggles of precarious workers. However, like any political struggle, the solutions to these struggles differ depending on ones politics and position within the economy.
What's Left 2016-04-03 Volume 52
This edition celebrates a year's worth of content with two features: Lost in technology: The struggles of the modern political campaign; and The 'precariate': A new demographic for organizing change.
Lost in technology: The struggles of the modern political campaign | Ben Lewis
Why do some political campaigns and social justice movements seem to have such a hard time taking advantage of new technology? Why do expensive communications firms never seem to deliver? Reflecting on a decade spent working in technology and politics, What's Left contributor Ben Lewis provides some insights. The bottom line: no one knows the goals of a campaign better than the organizers involved, and the best path forward is to build the internal capacity needed to take advantage of constantly changing technologies. Though focused on political campaigns, these strategies are also useful for small not-for-profits and large unions.
Exclusive: Cherelle Baldwin on Being Found Not Guilty for Defending Herself Against Abusive Ex | Democracy NOW!
'AMY GOODMAN: How do class, race and gender fit in, into determining whether domestic violence, how domestic violence survivors are treated?'
Supporting the Bernie Sanders campaign from Canada | A. Murphy
Like many following Bernie Sanders' campaign for the US Democratic Party nomination, I relate to the causes he is championing.
Dispatch from the US: While Sanders fights to gain momentum, Trump dominates Republican race | What's Left
It's been quite interesting to travel the US as the presidential primaries unfold, and with the race focusing in on a few remaining candidates, it's worth noting some observations.
New data alarms climate scientists: Climate change's worst consequences only decades away | What's Left
James Hansen, the founder of modern climate change research, and his colleagues have released a new study on the impacts of climate change. This research shows that, at current levels of internationally agreed CO2 emissions, we only have a few decades left before sea levels rise multiple metres and sink coastal cities. Previous research had concluded it would take much longer.
What's Left 2016-03-27 Volume 51
New data alarms climate scientists; Massive Black Lives Matter rally in Toronto highlights struggle; Sanders campaign gives hope to political progress regardless of outcome; Black Americans prohibited from employment in legal marijuana industry; Varoufakis is back and it's going to be great; Corbyn hates privatized education, teachers love Corbyn.