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CUPE 2424 Wins Pension Security in Month-Long Strike

Members of the support staff local at Carleton University celebrated victory on April 3 by a 98% majority vote.

After Latest Gaza Massacre, Canada Must Impose Sanctions on Israel

Canada’s government has taken no action to protect Palestinian protesters or to ensure that those who have violated their rights are held accountable.

A Battle Won In The Climate Wars

The path to an economy based on public ownership, renewable energy, and green jobs will be long and difficult. But the journey has begun.

Is There A Pattern Here?

If it wasn’t for the terrible price paid by the victims, this Groundhog Day scenario might be humorous. Instead, it is both terrible and predictable.

Will Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators Give Away The Store?

News that the US has withdrawn its demand that would have eliminated automobile assembly and parts plants has left media and NAFTA analysts in Ottawa light-headed.

LNG Tax Breaks Must Be Rejected

Our economic future should not be based on handing out taxpayers’ dollars in the scramble for a bigger share of shrinking global demand for fossil fuels.

Environmentalists Warn LNG Tax Breaks Ignore Carbon Footprint

Fugitive methane emissions from B.C.’s oil and gas industry are vastly underreported.

Vancouver Civic Speculation Heats Up

Vision has been increasingly condemned for its close links with profit-hungry developers who have made the city unaffordable for thousands of renters and working class families

Be Afraid… Be Very Afraid.

With John Bolton back in the White House, the planet is a big step closer to nuclear disaster.

The Child Prisoners of Israel

Since 2000, at least 8,000 Palestinian children have been arrested, detailed and prosecuted in the Israeli military detention system.

Music Notes April 2018

Joan Baez, celebrating jazz pianist Geri Allen and remembering Liam O'Flynn.

Federal Budget 2018: A Kiss and a Promise

A new Parliament is needed, with strong voices inside - working with the labour and people’s movements outside - to win.

BC Budget 2018: Weighing Up The Numbers

The NDP backed away from any serious challenge to corporate power.

Carleton U Support Staff Strike To Control Their Pensions

The strike came after a last-minute mediation session on March 4 stretched to the early morning hours of the deadline.

Mobilize to Eliminate Racism

March 21 is the 58th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, but decades later racist ideologies are on the offensive in Canada and around the world.

Lima Group: Breakdown of OAS Principle of Non-Intervention

Respect for the norms of international law is virtually non-existent, but the Lima Group shows a breakdown of the principle of non-intervention.

Federal Workplace Harassment is not Acceptable

Women in federal workplaces are fighting back against sexual harassment at work.

Charley Stimac, 1949 – 2018

Labour artist and communist Charley Stimac died in Montreal on New Year’s Day.

Disability Justice Network Emerging in Ontario

Most government legislation in Ontario is focused on accessibility, which is a limited approach that emerges directly from the priorities of capitalist society.

US Bans WFTU Trade Unionist

The US government has denied an entry visa to WFTU General Secretary George Mavrikos.

Frank Martins, 1937 – 2018

It is with the deepest sadness that the Davenport Club of the Communist Party of Canada announces the death of its long-time member, Comrade Frank Martins.

Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy

The capacity of the US ruling class for hypocritical outrage seems endless.

The Unending Phoenix Fiasco

The latest estimates say that it will take years to fix Phoenix.

Music Notes March 2018

Grammys: Getting political?, #GrammysSoMale and the passing of Hugh Masekela.

Vancouver Looks to Big Changes at City Hall

Vancouver's Mayor and three other Vision councillors will not be running in upcoming elections. Does this open the door to the cooperation of anti-developer political forces?

Indigenous Child Welfare Reform Remains the Burning Issue

For the fourth time in two years, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the federal government to comply with its orders to stop removing children from indigenous families.

Labour Against Racism and Oppression

The Hamilton labour movement is moving more deliberately into action, working to engage more members in the struggle against hate. Interview with Anthony Marco, President of Hamilton Labour Council.

Driverless Trucks Are Wiping Out Jobs

Suncor has confirmed that a net loss of 400 jobs is expected as the drivers of 150 trucks are replaced by computers.

Liberals Expand Spying Powers

It's time right now to ring the alarm about Liberal attacks on civil rights and democracy.

February 4, 1992 – A Warning of a New Puntofijismo Consensus

On Venezuela's "National Dignity Day": What is the implication today of the attempted coup by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela on February 4, 1992.

Steel Workers in Labrador City Strike

Unprecedented Hikes Push UNB Students To Action

Venezuela Accused of Raising the Minimum Wage

York U Trying To Crush Union

Corporate Gains Leave Ordinary Workers In The Dust

Delegation of Communists Visit Bolivarian Venezuela