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Winnipeg Transit – “Fix It, Fund It, Make it Fair!”

Amalgamated Transit Union 1505 faces a hostile Winnipeg city administration and press in a battle over working conditions that could help push forward the fight for free transit.

Gender and wealth: a feminist viewpoint

The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich, by Victoria Bateman, 243 pp., 2019, Polity Press. Review by Kimball Cariou. British economist and activist Victoria Bateman is known for unorthodox tactics to get her point across at staid [...]

Music Notes: “Blood”: anthem of the Sudanese struggle

There are times when, in the midst of a democratic struggle, an artist appears who expresses the aspirations and the anger of the people. The Sudanese rapper Ayman Mao is one such artist. His song “Dum” (“Blood”) is widely recognized as an anthem of [...]

BC: Big operating surplus, but no deal for teachers

The NDP government of British Columbia has released figures showing an operating surplus of $1.5 billion during the 2018-19 fiscal year. The amount is $1.3 billion higher than projected in previous budgets, thanks largely to increased revenues from [...]

Hong Kong protests part of the US/NATO destabilization campaign

The recent violent protests in Hong Kong have focussed on the alleged unfairness of a proposed law permitting the extradition of criminal suspects for crimes committed elsewhere on the Chinese mainland. The protest organizers claim that the [...]

Greek elections an omen for Canada?

Immediately after Greece’s general election, KKE General Secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas said that "the right-wing and conservative policies of the SYRIZA government paved the way to New Democracy … it purified and resurrected them." Describing the [...]

Canada: (still) a nuclear weapons country

Every August, commemorations of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are an important reminder of the dangers of nuclear weapons and the importance of ongoing disarmament efforts. People in Canada generally don’t think of this as a nuclear [...]

MUSIC NOTES: Songs of Our Native Daughters

Songs of Our Native Daughters “An artist's duty is to reflect the times”. So said the celebrated African-American singer, pianist, and freedom fighter Nina Simone. Today, Our Native Daughters, a quartet of distinguished and versatile women [...]

WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

No Surrender: the land remains Indigenous, by Sheldon Krasowski, foreword by Winona Wheeler, University of Regina Press, 2019, 368 pages. A growing number of ground-breaking academic publications in recent years are giving important new insights [...]

JUNIOR DOCTORS STRIKE TO EXPOSE INDIA’S POOR HEALTH SYSTEM

By Dipanjanah Dasgupta, PV correspondent in India The recent 7-day strike by junior doctors (medical students) in West Bengal evoked a huge outrage against the state government. The strike not only exposed India's poor healthcare system, but also [...]

WE CANNOT BE PASSIVE OBSERVERS OF US WAR THREATS

As the U.S. administration’s threats against Iran escalate, everyone knows the potential consequences of this deadly strategy. The clique of warmongers preparing to bomb Iran is almost completely isolated on the international stage. Even the foreign [...]

ACCUMULATING MINING PROBLEMS AT MACEHWIK SIPOHSISOL

"Accumulate, accumulate! That is Moses and the prophets!" The words are those of Karl Marx in Das Kapital and describe the fundamental character of capital which is to expand itself, bringing ever larger spheres of human activity and the natural [...]

QUEBEC NATIONAL DAY: FOR A COMBATIVE ALLIANCE AGAINST LEGAULT AND THE BIG MONOPOLIES!

On the occasion of National Day 2019, the Communist Party and the Young Communist League of Québec call on all democratic, social, labor and popular movements to unite in a fighting and militant alliance against the reactionary and racist government [...]

Ginger Goodwin grave vandalized ahead of memorial

Labour leader murdered by police in 1918 In an apparent act of far-right vandalism, the gravestone of labour leader Albert “Ginger” Goodwin has been defaced in Cumberland, BC. The grave, which is the site of an annual memorial vigil each June, [...]

“THE CURRENT POLITICAL DEADLOCK IN SUDAN. HOW DID WE END UP HERE?”

Just before the June 3 attacks against protesters in Khartoum, the leadership of the Sudanese Communist Party published their view of the complicated political situation in Sudan since the takeover of power by the transitional military council [...]

A MUST-READ WITH ONE UNFORTUNATE FLAW

Outside In, A Political Memoir, by Libby Davies, published by Between The Lines, 320 pages. When the realization hit a few years ago that a big shake-up was inevitable at Vancouver City Hall, the conversation among progressives turned to the big [...]

LABOUR COUNCILS SAY “NO” TO RACISM

Taking a very timely initiative, thirteen labour council presidents have signed an open letter calling for the theme of Labour Day 2019 to be #UniteAgainstRacism. Released by the Migrant Rights Network (MRN) as part of their ongoing anti-racism [...]

ONTARIO COMMUNISTS: DEFEAT FORD’S WAGE CUT LEGISLATION!

The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) has pledged to fight Premier Doug Ford’s wage cut legislation and defend workers’ rights to free collective bargaining. On June 5th, the Conservative Government of Ontario announced legislation that, if [...]

NEARLY DROPPING THE BALL: NL ELECTS MINORITY GOVERNMENT

Newfoundland and Labrador held its general election on May 17. When the Dwight Ball Liberals called the election in April, it seemed unlikely that the opposition parties would make much of a dent. It is hardly the case that the Liberals had mass [...]

END THE GIVEAWAYS TO BIG ENERGY

Fossil fuel extraction and exports, and Canada's overall greenhouse gas footprint, will be a major focus of the October 2019 federal election campaign. Advocates of fossil fuel production argue that Canada needs the economic boost provided by Big [...]

CPC: MMIWG FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DESERVE FULL SUPPORT

The report issued on June 3 by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Reclaiming Power and Place, is a stunning indictment of the genocidal record and policies of the Canadian state, and a powerful call for [...]

MMIWG FINALLY RELEASES INQUIRY REPORT

Three years after being launched, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has released a 1200 page report. PM Justin Trudeau was presented with Reclaiming Power and Place, at a June 3 ceremony in Gatineau, [...]

MUSIC NOTES: Rhiannon Giddens, artist and teacher

John Jeremiah Sullivan's essay “Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Means” is a must-read for people interested in the history of American folk music and its contemporary relevance. Giddens is a singer, banjoist, fiddler, and researcher from Greensboro, [...]

“THIS IS THE PARTY OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE!”

(Excerpts from the Keynote address to the 39th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada, delivered on May 17 by Party Leader Liz Rowley on behalf of the Central Executive Committee.) Our Party will be 98 years old 11 days from now - a party [...]

SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE IN SUDAN

Delegates to the Communist Party of Canada’s 39th Central Convention send greetings of solidarity to the people of Sudan, who are waging a massive struggle for better living standards, democracy and progressive social change. This historic [...]

UN VOTES AGAINST BRITISH OCCUPATION OF CHAGOS ISLANDS

The UN General Assembly has voted by an overwhelming majority in favour of a implementing a court ruling that says Britain's occupation of the Chagos Islands violates international law. 116 members voted in support of the resolution with only the [...]

A SHOCKING SETBACK IN INDIA

Much to the dismay of secular and progressive forces in India, Narendra Modi's BJP-NDA has been re-elected with a large majority in the 17th Lok Sabha. Most opposition parties, with exceptions in Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and a few other states, [...]