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“We have to decide, are we for the people or are we imperialist?”

By Evo Morales President, Plurinational State of Bolivia I want to talk to you a little bit about the Indigenous movement from Abiayala, also known as the Americas. It was on October 12, 1492 that we were thought of as being “discovered.” But [...]

Tenants fight legislation making evictions easier

By Aliza Kassam and Alykhan Pabani On June 9, tenants from across the Greater Toronto Area held a rally at Queen’s Park followed by a march to the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). Into their third month of a city-wide rent strike, organizers from [...]

“Shecession” a result of systemic oppression, government policies

By Judy Haiven The COVID-19 crisis is an absolute disaster for women in so many ways—work, income, personal safety, family life. Thanks to Premier Stephen McNeil, construction in Nova Scotia has not slowed one iota since the pandemic was [...]

India’s migrant marchers, heralds of the coming COVID surge

B. Prasant, PV correspondent in India The thin emaciated woman lay on her back by the side of the highway that leads away from Delhi towards Kolkata. Her arms akimbo, her knees folded together and drawn up, her body barely covered in a [...]

Church joins growing chorus calling for end to sanctions

Dean Dettloff International eyes turned again to Venezuela in May, following a botched mercenary invasion, spearheaded by Canadian-American Jordan Goudreau, which was foiled by local fishers. Goudreau, a former US army staff sergeant, claims he [...]

The perils of the capitalist petro-state

Lessons from the Soviet experience: Commentary by Serguei Skvortsov On April 9, a new deal on crude oil extraction was negotiated in the framework of ОPЕC+ [agreements involving OPEC’s members plus ten non-member countries – Editor]. As we have [...]

Build the resistance, break the chain

The massive uprising in response to the racist police murder of George Floyd has sparked huge protests across Canada. To look at what this means for building the movement against racism and police brutality, People’s Voice editor Dave McKee spoke [...]

Communist Party calls for unity and solidarity with rebellion against racist police murders

In a statement published June 2, the Communist Party of Canada has expressed its full solidarity to the ongoing uprising against racist police murders. “We salute all those standing against racism and demanding justice for those murdered by police [...]

The “New Marshall Plan”

Capitalism’s new, yet very old, "Great Idea" for Europe By Dimitris Koutsoumbas The outbreak of the pandemic, its rapid spread and its profound consequences for human life have brought to the surface great problems which, of course, [...]

Uneven development and the coronavirus crisis

By Stéphane Doucet The coronavirus crisis is certainly bringing to light the key differences in health care infrastructure across the world – not only between the for-profit capitalist systems and the more needs-based socialist systems – but also [...]