posts and bio Ian Rocksborough-Smith

Ian Rocksborough-Smith teaches US and Canadian history at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in Abbotsford, B.C., Canada. He is also the Human Rights and International Solidarity Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE) Representative for the UFV-Faculty and Staff Association (Local 7).

A Victory for Hope: A Note about the ALU Victory with References

by Ian Rocksborough-Smith on April 4, 2022

It has been an exciting weekend for the North American labor movement with the Amazon Labor Union victory taking centre stage – adding to the victories of recent precarious service-sector workers who have organized against other corporate behemoths like Starbucks.

On the “Trucker” Protests in the U.S. and Canada

by Ian Rocksborough-Smith on March 14, 2022

“Freedom” is a fickle force, especially when it is expressed in the guise of aggressive flag-waving nationalism. Recent convoys in Canada and the U.S. have claimed the word to define themselves as they descended on their nation’s capital cities in recent weeks.

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posts and bio Ian Rocksborough-Smith

A Victory for Hope: A Note about the ALU Victory with References

On the “Trucker” Protests in the U.S. and Canada