About the Author

Dave Bleakney is a member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

Adriana Paz Ramirez is a Bolivian journalist, community organizer, and popular educator. She is a founding member of Justicia for Migrant Workers BC, a grassroots organization advocating for the rights of migrant farm workers in Canada.

René Charest is a Montreal-based community organizer, a long-time union activist in la Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), and a political activist in Québec solidaire.

Deena Ladd is the coordinator of the Toronto Workers’ Action Centre, which works with low-wage immigrant workers and workers of color in precarious jobs.

Sam Gindin was research director of the Canadian Auto Workers from 1974–2000. He is co-author (with Leo Panitch) of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso), and co-author with Leo Panitch and Steve Maher of The Socialist Challenge Today , the expanded and updated American edition of which is forthcoming from Haymarket in 2020.

About the Interviewer

Andrew Loewen is co-editor and publisher at Briarpatch Magazine.