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Ford Attacks Sex-Ed – Students and Teachers Fight Back

The response from educators, students, LGBTQ and allies to Premier Doug Ford's attack on the sex-ed curriculum in Ontario has been fast and furious.

Don’t Sacrifice Supply Management

Throwing supply management overboard to appeal to the demagogic posturing of the President would be a costly mistake.

Knesset Makes Apartheid Official

People in Canada must stand in solidarity with the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel's apartheid policies

Tory / Saunders Gun Violence Prevention Plan A Diversionary Tactic

The announcement is an elaborate diversionary tactic to appease the Toronto Police Association. The measures will likely have a zero-sum impact on at-risk youth themselves.

Vancouver Labour Backs Wide Range of Municipal Candidates

There's still confusion around the crowded 2018 municipal election in Vancouver, but some clarity is emerging.

Music Notes August 2018

The conviction of Victor Jara's killers, the 10th World Choir Games, and the Bread and Roses Songwriting Awards.

Community Activist Helen Kennedy Runs For TDSB Ward 4 Trustee

A popular labour and community activist in Toronto has thrown her hat into the ring as a candidate for School Trustee in Ward 4

El Salvador Erupts as Legislature Moves to Privatize Water

ARENA, the right-wing party controlling El Salvador’s Legislature, is attempting to privatize the country’s water distribution company. Thousands are fighting to stop the bill.

Canada Abstains on UN Condemnation of Israeli Violence

Israel acts like a rogue state, constantly violating human rights, while Canada joins with the US in giving it a free pass on the world stage.

Mexican Candidate Says Economy Would Survive NAFTA Collapse

Lopez Obrador, the center-left candidate leading the polls in the July 1 presidential election, says his country should focus on strengthening the domestic market and the rural economy if NAFTA talks fail.

Tariff War Hits Working People

This situation is not caused by one erratic US President; it reflects the shifting realities of the global economy.

Freeland Fails to See the Emerging Multipolar World

Why is Canada pursuing close ties with a falling empire instead of embracing an emerging multipolar world?

Canada: Is This Really a Country of Peacekeeping?

Canada is an increasingly significant military partner of the US, integrated into NATO's command structure, and distancing itself from any measure of UN oversight.

Family Separation Is Not New

The "family separation" horror is not a unique departure from the norms of US history - or the record of Canada.

Music Notes July 2018

Shakira won't play in Israel, Roger Waters explains "BDS is not anti-Semitic" and the 2018 Songline world music awards.

Nepal Communists Complete Unification

The Maoist former rebels and the Communist UML party have merged to form the largest left party. The two constituents of the ruling coalition formed the Nepal Communist Party, which now heads the nation's first majority government in 19 years.

People’s Voice 25th Anniversary: Food for the Body and Food for Thought

People's Voice held its 25th anniversary banquet in Vancouver recently, featuring analysis of the devastating aggression of imperialism around the world in a speech by author Stephen Gowans.

Canadian Delegates Attend Marx Conference In China

50 Communist parties attended a theoretical conference held in China on "The Historical Contribution of Karl Marx and the Contemporary Significance of Marxism." Here, we reprint the presentation to the meeting by Elizabeth Rowley, leader of the [...]

National Indigenous Peoples Day: June 21

Canada prides itself on being a country of equality, justice, democracy, and human rights. While the original peoples of this land are still denied access to these values, that claim is a mockery of reality.

BC Casino Workers Fight for Fairness

Thousands of casino workers in several British Columbia cities are either on strike or gearing up for walkouts as they struggle to win fair wages and improved working conditions.

Trump’s Tantrum Makes Our Point

Canadian integration with the U.S. has come with a heavy price, and the bill is coming due. Liberal and Tory governments locked 80% of Canada’s trade to US imperialism, and to the emerging crisis of global capitalism.

One City Trustee Carrie Bercic Challenges VSB Budget

"Putting students first means we must find a way to serve students who are most adversely affected by these proposed cuts.”

A Huge Victory in Ireland

Congratulations to the people of the Republic of Ireland, who voted 68% “yes” on May 26 to overturn the country’s deeply misogynist ban on access to abortions.

Tax Debates Haunt Anniversary of BC’s NDP Government

The NDP has refused to consider anything more than token measures to claw back some of the vast wealth lost in tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.

International Best Practices Points at Democratic Elections in Venezuela

The Lima Group and the Canadian government have issued declarations of not recognizing the "illegitimate" elections. However, is there any valid basis to those declarations?