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PV Staff
November 29, 2020

Working class internationalism and Palestine solidarity

PV Editorial Board
November 27, 2020

“Emissions accountability” bill a cheap attempt at greenwashing government inaction

Doug Allan
November 27, 2020

Ontario Tories gift corporations with nearly $1b in tax cuts – paid for by public sector wage restraint

Dave McKee
November 27, 2020

Why labour should demand Meng Wanzhou’s release

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URNG: “Social protest is the way forward for Guatemala”

Plastics corporations to use USMCA against “straw ban”

Massive wave of protests hits Poland, to defend abortion rights

URNG: “Social protest is the way forward for Guatemala”

Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity In the early morning on November 18, with a complete lack of transparency, the ruling party and its allies passed the 2021 National Budget. On the same day, they approved a preliminary trial process by the [...]

Legault’s “Green Plan” more of a holiday gift to corporations

On November 16, François Legault’s Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) government presented its “Plan for a Green Economy 2030” to the people of Quebec. It’s considered long overdue by the environmental movement, the trade unions and everyone who fears [...]

Strong movement needed to confront the looming threat of austerity and privatization in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador’s new premier, Andrew Furley, entered the provincial legislature in October, after winning a byelection in the riding of Humber-Gros Morne which had been left vacant by previous Liberal leader Dwight Ball. Ball is [...]

Identity politics, unity and the class struggle

By Eoin McDermott With the rise of the far right it is worth considering the issue of identity politics and the left. This is a type of politics that takes identity, often essentialized, as the central category for organization and analysis. Its [...]

Canada-led regime change: the Lima Group under the microscope

By Steve Lalla The Lima Group is a Canada-led organization dedicated to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In January 2019, National Assembly member Juan Guaidó tried to declare himself president of Venezuela, and Lima Group [...]

Plastics corporations to use USMCA against “straw ban”

Last month, the Trudeau government announced plans for legislation to tackle plastic waste. The proposed law, which won’t come into effect until the end of 2021 – more than a year’s worth of plastic garbage away – will list plastic as a toxin and [...]

Massive wave of protests hits Poland, to defend abortion rights

The Constitutional Court’s ruling, that abortion of terminally ill fetuses is unconstitutional, has sparked a nationwide outrage and a wave of protests that has terrified the authorities. Thousands of people have been taking to the streets of [...]

Norman Bethune: forgotten in Canada but more relevant than ever

By Owen Schalk Henry Norman Bethune was an accomplished surgeon, a communist internationalist and a forgotten hero of Canadian history. As a member of the Communist Party of Canada he fought with anti-fascist forces in Spain and later volunteered [...]

Kenney: a blood-sucking profiteer (literally)

In 1972, the impoverished and oppressed people of Nicaragua suffered a terrible crisis when an earthquake struck the capital of Managua. An estimated 5000 people were killed, and the city centre was destroyed. International humanitarian aid flowed [...]

Trump defeat a victory in the struggle against fascism

Canadian communists warn that battle is far from over The defeat of Donald Trump in the US presidential election is an important victory for the progressive and democratic forces in the US who worked tirelessly over the past four years to expose [...]

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