Featured News

Common Dreams: Global Sumud Flotilla Set for Latest Attempt to 'Break Israel's Illegal Siege on Gaza'

Common Dreams: Trump Order Ramps Up Assault on Union Rights of Federal Workers

CTV News: B.C. public service workers vote to strike, issue 72-hour notice

The Orchard: Alberta teachers not going on strike yet, as government votes in favour of a lockout

Truthout: Rubio Revokes Visas for Palestinian Officials, Denying Address at UN Meeting

World Socialist Web Site: Guards riot, beat immigrant detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” concentration camp in Florida Everglades

Canada & USA

Canadian political news:

• Government says it accidentally deleted privacy provision in online streaming bill

• Poilievre calls for more legal protection for Canadians defending homes from intruders

• Trans Mountain board chair to lead new federal Major Projects Office based in Calgary

Other Canada news:

• Canadian Economy Shrinks 1.6% as Trade War Crushes Exports

• ‘It’s an Extremely Physical Job’: BC Nurses Could Vote to Strike over Possible Cuts to Health Benefits

• New Alberta energy market design will lead to ‘higher power prices and less wind and solar’

• Quebec mayor wants answers after thousands of litres of water stolen from fire hydrants

• Small businesses that relied on duty-free U.S. shipping wonder if they can survive without it

• Tax workers in call centres launch campaign against job cuts ahead of collective bargaining

• The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools

• 'Vicious compliance': Alberta premier decries Edmonton Public Schools' banned book list

Trump administration news:

• Court blocks Trump effort to end protected status for Venezuelans

• Most Trump tariffs ruled illegal by appeals court, dealing major blow to trade policy

• New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest

• Trump revokes Secret Service detail for political opponent Kamala Harris

Other US news:

• 1,400 University of Minnesota workers ready to strike as Teamsters bureaucracy holds them back

• Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.

• As Abbott Signs Texas Map Rigged for Trump, Missouri GOP Aims to Follow Suit

• Blizzard’s Diablo team has unionized

• Microsoft fires two more employees for participating in Palestine protests on campus

• New Trial Ordered for 3 Former Memphis Officers in Tyre Nichols Beating

• Nearly 1,000 ‘worker over billionaire’ actions planned for Labor Day in US

• Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules

• US rail companies refuse to adopt improved safety policies, prompting FRA to dissolve safety working group formed after East Palestine disaster

World News

• Argentina’s Presidential Secretary Karina Milei Faces Protests Over Bribery Scandal

• CWU rams through pro-company agreements at Royal Mail off historic low voter turnout

• Dozens of Colombian soldiers released after three-day captivity in Amazon

• French Unions Call Sept. 18 Strike as Political Turmoil Deepens

• German cabinet agrees to new Military Service Law and installs National War Council

• Israeli military says it has begun ‘initial stages’ of attack on Gaza City

• Pakistan jails 75 opposition leaders in mass conviction over 2023 protests against Imran Khan’s arrest

• Paraguayan Drivers Demand Labor Guarantees in Transit Reform

• Protests resume in Indonesia’s Jakarta after ride-share driver killed

• Thai court removes Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office

• U.S. Proposes a More Lethal ‘Gang-Suppression Force’ for Haiti

What I’m Reading

• From Revolution to Revival: Russell Brand Embraces Trump and Israel

• Israel is committing genocide. Why is it still welcome in global sports?

• Red and Blue Fascism

• The ‘de-manning’ of Canada’s oilsands sector

• Western Civilization Is Not Worth Saving