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To fight genocide and ecocide, we must abolish the RCMP
This post is a from the Autumn 2023 Rage Climatique journal; read the full journal here. Members of Science for the People Canada are supporting the Week of Climate Rage taking place September 25-29 in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). Join us at the anticapitalist climate protest, September 29th at 2pm, Place George-Etienne-Cartier. Support…
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Memo to SftP NYC
I want to alert you to a “science happening” in the Upper West Side of Manhattan that I think deserves our attention. Unfortunately, it is no longer a happening we can do much about; it is a fait accompli. I am referring to the recent opening of the Gilder Science…
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Free Cuba to Free Ourselves
Report from SftP Delegation to Cuba We left Havana on May 3. Tired after days of seminars, meetings with locals, and cultural activities, I was able to begin unpacking and relax, unlike many others returning home to the United States who ended up being detained at the airports of Miami,…
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Twin Cities – Shut down Line 3
Announcement SftP – Twin Cities Come join us at the headwaters of Misi-ziibi at 10am on Tue 7/20 for ceremony and 11am for a press conference about the severe drought. Come listen to speakers while witnessing the drought, the resistance, and the river that connects so many of us. This…
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SftP Statement of Support for Dr. Valentina Azarova and CAUT
Science for the People express our support for Dr. Valentina Azarova and for the Canadian Association of University Teachers’ (CAUT) censure of the University of Toronto. As detailed by CAUT in this report explaining the decision to censure, “Dr. Azarova specializes in legal and human rights issues arising from immigration…
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Resource Radicals Reading Group
Between January and April 2021, Science for the People co-organized a reading group along with DSA Ecosocialists and The Dig podcast of Thea Riofranco’s “Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador,” a thoughtful and generous analysis of the history and politics of ongoing dynamic debates within the diverse Ecuadorian…
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Second SftP statement on COVID-19 pandemic
The United States has entered a severe and dangerous phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases and deaths are surging, and many areas are facing critical shortages in hospital facilities and staff. The gap in the hardships experienced by minority and low-income people compared to the rest of the population…
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SPANISH UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH STAFF GOING ON STRIKE ON OCTOBER 21st
Read a news commentary about the successful first action (Spanish only). The Spanish labor union CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo) organizes a strike of University and Research staff for the next 21st of October 2020. This is the first time that this sector is calling for industrial action at the…
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Recommended Readings: Internationalism in the Pandemic
The following are a list of webinars and readings to complement the discussion of “The Science We Have and The Science We Need: Internationalism in the Pandemic,” our own webinar, co-hosted by Ciencia para el Pueblo. Suggested readings: Curated readings by the SftP COVID-19 Resources Working Group. Who Benefits From…
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The Science We Have + The Science We Need: Internationalism in the Pandemic
On Thursday, May 21st, we will be co-hosting a webinar on internationalism in the pandemic with our compañerxs from Ciencia para el Pueblo. Far from a secondary issue, internationalism is the reason Science for the People was born. Back then, scientists organized against the use of their labor for oppressive ends during…