Blog
Image credit: EdFinn.ca
The remarkable life and progressive legacy of Ed Finn
Erika Shaker | Ed Finn was a historian, an activist, an adviser, a colleague, a shop steward, a mentor, a pun-master, and a surrogate great-uncle. Erika Shaker pays tribute to an extraordinary man.
Blog
Panitch in 2019 (Image: Photo by David J. Climenhaga)
Leo Panitch, intellectual pillar of the Canadian left, dead at 75 of COVID-19
David J. Climenhaga | Panitch, one of the intellectual pillars of the Canadian left and a leading scholar of the global depredations of neoliberalism, died Saturday from COVID-19.
Columnists
Image: Mel Watkins
Mel Watkins: Engagement for the common good
Duncan Cameron | In memory of the celebrated Canadian political economist, Mel Watkins.
Blog
Activist and actress Shirley Douglas in 2006. Image: frank saptel/Flickr
Remembering the radical politics of Shirley Douglas
Brent Patterson | Shirley Douglas was a champion of public health care, nuclear disarmament and the Black Panther breakfast program.
Blog
Doug O'Halloran, 1952-2019. Image: Dave Cournoyer
Alberta union leader Doug O'Halloran never shied from tough fights for his members
David J. Climenhaga | A statement from UFCW 401 president Thomas Hesse and secretary treasurer Richelle Stewart said, "it is hard to express how saddened we are by the loss of our great brother, Douglas."
Columnists
Federal CCF Caucus, 1942. M.J. Coldwell is the new leader after Woodsworth's death. Left to right, Tommy Douglas, George Castleden, Angus MacInnis, Coldwell, Clarie Gillis , Joe Noseworthy, Sandy Nicholoson, and Percy Wright. Photo: C.C.F. / Library and Archives Canada / C-000314 via Wikimedia Commons
Richard Allen explored role of faith in Canadian left history
Bill Blaikie | Former MPP Richard Allen told the stories of Canadian left-wing politics in a way that helped many people of faith to see a place for themselves in the struggle for an alternative to capitalism.
Blog
Paul Dewar in 2019. Photo: Phillip Jeffrey/Flickr
Paul Dewar's motto was 'faith is political'
Dennis Gruending | Former Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, who died of cancer in February 2019, was known to say that all religious faith is political.
News
Photo: Courtesy Cameron Funeral Homes
Obituary: Remembering Canadian activist David Vasey
rabble staff | As the first person arrested under a new law at the G20 in Toronto in 2010, he made headlines. He continued to fight injustice and increase awareness.
Columnists
Remembering Roth
Rick Salutin | Philip Roth, an American novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th-century literature, died at age 85 last week.
News
Photo: Do We Need More Food?/YouTube
Remembering Shiv Chopra
Peter Biesterfeld | The former Health Canada scientist and whistleblower was a hero of the non-GMO movement.
News
Photo of Joan Gower Gillatt used with permission from BCGEU.
'Combination of drill sergeant and den mother': First woman president of BCGEU dies at 93
Meagan Gillmore | The Canadian labour movement lost a formidable champion of women's rights this month with the passing of Joan Gower Gillatt, the first woman president of what is now the BCGEU.
Blog
John Dillon
Remembering John Dillon
Jennifer Henry | John Dillon, KAIROS Canada's long-serving researcher and policy analyst on the global economy, human rights and ecological justice passed away on June 5.