FIGHT TO WIN: Poor People's Unions and Class Struggle in Canada

This book discusses contemporary organizing and direct action in neoliberal Canada. It offers a critical analysis of anti-capitalist strategies and tactics rooted in, often inspiring, real world practices.

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Table of Contents...

FIGHTING TO WIN: THE ONTARIO COALITION AGAINST POVERTY — 9
Days Of Action
Direct Action
Safe Park
June 15, 2000: Fight To Win
Common Front
Boring Process Stuff
Anti-capitalism
Do-it-ourself Housing
Catholic World Youth Day
The Launch
The Building
City Hall
Pope Squat As Free Space?
Community Participation
Only A Beginning
Reference

PAY THE RENT AND FEED THE KIDS?: HEALTH , POVERTY AND THE CAMPAIGN
FOR THE SPECIAL DIET ALLOWANCE — 31
References

WORKERS’ AUTONOMY: FLYING SQUADS AND RANK-AND-FILE RESISTANCE — 41
Rank-and-file Groups
Bureaucracy Against The Flying Squads
Leninist Reformism: Flying Squads As Left Opposition
Notes On The Bureaucracy
Conckusion: Rank-and-file Autonomy
References

BUILDING BRIDGES: ANTI-POVERTY ACTIVISM AND STRUGGLES
OVER BORDERS — 55
Politics Beyond The State
Borders And Exploitation
Fighting Racist Immigration Practices In Canada Since September 11
Flying Squads And Labour Unity
A New Underground Railroad?
Beginning To Build Bridges Towards De-colonization: Confronting State Repression At
Akwesasne
Conclusion
Notes
References

BUSINESS UNIONISM BY ANY OTHER NAME: THE LIMITS OF SOCIAL UNIONISM
IN CANADA — 89
Roots In Barren Soil: Canadian Social Unionism And The Legacy Of Reutherism
“Dialogue Is The Mechanism”: Social Unions Seek A Seat At The Electoral Table
What The Leadership Giveth: Bargaining For Social Change
Business Unionism Plus Charity
Conclusion
References