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Pandemic and inflation trigger seismic shift in organized labour intensity in B.C. and beyond

While conspiracy theories about Ginger Goodwin’s death may interest some, these complicated explanations deflect our attention from real issues.

Many commentators have described chaos in Ottawa and at border crossings as anarchy. The "disregard of government or the rule of law," as Oxford defines it, can come in various political stripes, and protests have shown it has an economic cost.

More influential than Karl Marx during his lifetime, Pierre-Joseph Proudon's work has long been out of print or unavailable in English. Weighing in at over 700 pages, Iain McKay's comprehensive collection is a much-needed and timely historical corrective, and includes a number of new translations of Proudhon's work for an English-speaking audience, as well as an exhaustive historical introduction to Proudhon's life and works.

The founder of the Canadian Farmworkers Union is remembered as a ‘titan.’ David P. Ball is a journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. SHARES Charan Gill’s activism spanned the co-founding of the Canadian Farmworkers Union, establishing of a national anti-racism organization and creating and heading the thriving Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society. He died Feb. 2, age 84. Photo posted to Twitter. César Chávez was already a legendary champion for f...