DR. ROB MILLER REMEMBERS THE DAY HE MADE UP HIS MIND. The day he decided to go public and take direct action to improve things for himself and his emergency room patients at Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville, NS.

SHARON HYMAN WON’T HAVE TO MOVE OUT. Neither will any of the other tenants in the two apartment buildings at 5781-5783 Côte St. Luc Road in Montreal. That’s not what their landlord wanted. But Sharon and her neighbours worked together to make sure what they wanted mattered more.

STUDENTS CUT CLASS SO THEY CAN STAY IN CLASS. York University and Ryerson University students staged a one-day strike November  6 to protest cuts by the Dud Ford government to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Their demands included calls for the government to cut rising tuition costs and high interest loan fees, as well as the elimination of all student debt.

WORKERS AT THE TORONTO AIRPORT ARE FLYING HIGH. They dare to think and act in solidarity, all on their own. It’s a new take on the old socialist ideal of workers councils—and it works.

IT’S A NO GO FOR SCOTT MOE. A 17-day strike by around 5000 workers in six crown corporations in Saskatchewan forced the premier to do something he said he couldn’t do: he made a deal.

THEY MADE FORD BLINK. Fifty-five thousand education support workers, led by their union, CUPE, forced the Doug Ford government to make them an offer they said they never would.

What does it look like when thousands of working class Canadians stand up to demand justice from the government? Well, it looks like what happened all across Canada on September 27.

WE’RE WINNING IN ONTARIO. It may seem hard to believe, but we actually are.

CYBERBULLYING ISN’T ABOUT TO STOP KYRA GILBERT. Not even when it comes to death threats.

WORKERS KNOW THEY ARE THEIR OWN BEST FRIENDS. That’s why they go on strike, says Jane McAlevey. That’s why 49,000 UAW (United Autoworkers Union) members went on strike September 16, she says.