Articles by Faline Bobier
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Jun 25, 2015: Greece: concessions and resistanceAs we go to press Greece faces a critical 24 hours as European leaders hold an emergency summit that they...
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May 28, 2015: State of the anti-war movement todayThe recent release of Amir Amirani’s documentary We are Many tells the story of the global Stop the War march...
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May 21, 2015: Review: Mad Max, Fury RoadMad Max.
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Apr 22, 2015: Capitalism and precarityA recent interview with American socialist Charlie Post on Jacobin questions one of the common sense ideas among many sections...
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Apr 01, 2015: Fascism in the 1930s and nowPEGIDA, which in German stands for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, first appeared in October 2014.
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Mar 02, 2015: Capitalism and the familyThe theme of this year’s International Women’s Day March and Rally in Toronto is “Our Bodies.
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Jan 26, 2015: Paris attacks: terrorism, free speech and secularismMillions of people inside and outside France were horrified by the violent attacks in Paris, and 2 million joined a...
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Oct 02, 2014: Capitalism and disabilityWhen we think of Helen Keller (1880-1968) the image we may have of her is of an extremely courageous individual...
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Oct 02, 2014: The meaning of solidarityPride has been described as a “feelgood” movie and it is definitely that, but so much more.
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Sep 06, 2014: the Peoples' Social Forum and the united frontThousands of activists converged in Ottawa at the Peoples’ Social Forum (PSF) to discuss the way forward on a number...
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Aug 02, 2014: Their media and ours“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.
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Jul 07, 2014: The state and revolution“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics.
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Jun 18, 2014: Marx's method"In the social production of their existence, men [human beings] inevitably enter into definite relations, which are independent of their...
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Mar 31, 2014: Their democracy vs oursWhen we look at the so-called democratic societies we live in today, what does this democracy mean? For most of...
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Feb 26, 2014: Intersectionality and resistanceA new generation of activists is looking for ideas to guide them in the struggles ahead.
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Feb 05, 2014: The roots and reality of racismThe recent release of British director Steve McQueen’s movie 12 Years a Slave, based on the true account of Solomon...
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Dec 22, 2013: Marxism and religionProbably the most well-known, widely shared and least understood notion of Marx’s take on religion is encapsulated in Marx’s phrase...
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Oct 30, 2013: Resisting colonialism and imperialismThe past year has seen people radicalize against colonialism and imperialism, alongside opposition to austerity.
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Sep 28, 2013: Marx: the radical ecologistThere is a growing consciousness among ordinary people that the world we are creating/destroying will not sustain animal, plant or...
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Aug 27, 2013: The police: serving and protecting the 1%With the recent shooting of 18-year old Sammy Yatim in Toronto, the whole question of the role of police in...