Magazine

May/June 2006: Fighting Harper

Volume 40, Number 3

In this issue: Your guide to fighting Stephen Harper — how the Canadian Left can lead the fight against Harper’s neo-liberal agenda, a critical look at key players in the Harper cabinet, bank mergers in the Harper era, and empowering people to rebuild Canada’s social union. Also, a focus section on the state of the labour movement, including labour activists you should know, and the most dangerous song in the world!

• Regulars

• The Horowitz Paragraph
  by Gad Horowitz
• Canada Out of Afganistan and Haiti
  Editorial
• Labour Report
  by Geoff Bickerton
• Québec Communiqué
  by Pierre Dostie
• On the Edge
  by Lesley Hughes

• Feature: Fighting Harper

• Figuring Out and Fighting Harper
  by Greg Albo and Cy Gonick
• Talkin’ Harper Cabinet Blues
  by Andrea Levy
• Empower the People, Not the Provinces
  by Shelagh Day
• The Bank Merger Debate
  by Murray Cooke

• Feature: Labour 2006

• What You Need to Know About May Day
  by Leo Panitch
• The Impact of Privatization on Women
  by Jane Stinson
• Labour Activists Who are Changing the World
• A Tale of Two Economies
  by Andrew Jackson
• Justice for Immigrant Workers!
  by Jill Hanley and Eric Shragge
• Struggle For Migrant Farm Workers
  by Ryan White
• Seeking a Steel Solution
  by Ken Kalturnyk
• Auto Concessions: Defeat or Revival?
  by Sam Gindin

• All That’s Left

• Strike! The Musical
  by Jim Naylor
• The Most Dangerous Song in the World
  by Len Wallace
• Big Hair, Bad Pharma
  by Rick Slye