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The recent backtracking by prominent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) politicians, most notably Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani, on the call to defund the police...

The post Building mass movements: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and lessons from Black Lives Matter first appeared on Spring.

255,000 education workers across Ontario are currently in collective bargaining with the provincial government, with a mass strike potentially looming in the future. Since 2018,...

The post RESOURCES: Support Ontario education workers! first appeared on Spring.

At first blush, The Odyssey and Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s back-to-back smash hits, could not seem more different. The former stands on the cusp of history...

The post Christopher Nolan highlights the power and limits of Enlightenment first appeared on Spring.

In the morning of August 31, Egyptian journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy received an email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), informing him that it had...

The post International solidarity works: Hossam el-Hamalawy wins entry to Canada first appeared on Spring.

On August 29, another round of “Fight Ford” protests took place across Ontario. These protests have been taking place monthly since February in response to...

The post Thousands across Ontario protest Doug Ford in support of public education first appeared on Spring.

In 2022, education workers represented by the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (CUPE-OSBCU) forced Doug Ford and Ontario Education Minister Lecce to withdraw Bill...

The post When teachers defied the law first appeared on Spring.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has denied entry to Hossam el-Hamalway, a prominent Egyptian journalist who is scheduled to deliver two lectures at Simon...

The post Federal government blocks prominent Egyptian journalist from entering Canada first appeared on Spring.

Across Ontario, thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families are waiting for services they need to live safely and participate...

The post When the waitlist becomes the crisis first appeared on Spring.

With 255,000 Ontario education workers currently in bargaining, we have a huge opportunity to win the kind of public education that students deserve — as long as we think strategically and take concrete action.

The post Lesson plan for fighting Ford first appeared on Spring.

Monthly anti-Ford protest rallies across Ontario have been ongoing since February 2026. The province-wide actions, originally started after Ford changed freedom of information laws to...

The post Fight Ford and fight for public education on August 29 first appeared on Spring.

Canada’s forests are burning. There are more than 600 active wildfires ablaze in the country. Already this year, 4 million hectares have been scorched. In...

The post Wildfire response requires funding and climate management, not cuts and pipelines first appeared on Spring.

There is a crisis unfolding across Ontario that most people will never see. It is happening inside group homes at three o’clock in the morning...

The post No end to the wait: Ontario’s Developmental Services system is failing workers and families first appeared on Spring.