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The Price of Education
I assure you none of those changes [Doug Ford's], from EQAO to integration to the current proposed changes, did or will make education better for our children.
ARE CHINA’S UYGHURS THE LATEST “WHITE MAN’S BURDEN”?
The government has invited the European Union to send human rights inspection teams to Xinjiang. These invitations have been declined.
IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, UNLESS WE UNITE AGAINST RIGHT-WING TERROR
We don't want to be the ones saying we told you so, but we will keep ringing the alarm bells.
New Brunswick Nursing Home Workers Fight Tory Austerity
The majority women workers in nursing homes in New Brunswick are the first to step up against Higgs’ new austerity government.
Alberta Communists Campaign for Fundamental Change
The only electoral force on the left is the Communist Party-Alberta.
Music Notes: Sir Richard’s Live Aid
Liberal rhetoric as a cloak for actual power and the professional celebrity as a status distraction permit the power elite conveniently to keep out of the limelight.
Ford’s Class Changes Trojan Horse for School Cuts
Doug Ford's class size changes are truly a Trojan horse for funding cuts to public education.
Ontario Moves to Privatize Healthcare
The Chamber of Commerce and PC government are conspiring against public healthcare.
Women in China: Scrambling Towards Equality
People's Voice's China correspondent looks at gender relations in the world's second largest economy.
Canada vs China: Beyond the Comedy
The Canadian government's handling of the relationship has veered from the farcical to the dangerous. Our Shanghai correspondent writes.
Meddlers-in-Chief: Making Elections Come Out Right
With each new book Dan Kovalik is earning a place as one of the country’s most important writers against empire.
The Postal Workers Struggle
On December 6, trade unionists and community allies picketed Fredericton's sorting station, just one of a number of such actions Canada-wide.
A Proud Morning for Maritime Labour
Activists from PEACE-NB, Council of Canadians, and the Communist Party picketed Saint John harbour, hindering the progress of armoured cars to Saudi Arabia.
Yellow Vests Attract Canada’s Far Right
The yellow vests in Canada is neither a mass movement nor a revolutionary one, and poses no threat to the capitalist class.
Fightback Begins in Streets of Brazil
Tens of thousands took to the streets of Sao Paolo in the first major demonstration since Bolsonaro's election win.
Vote Yes for Proportional Representation
The most significant argument for PR is that working people would have a much greater incentive to vote for left-wing candidates, such as Communists.
Trudeau’s Re-Do Could Face New Challenge
The NEB re-do review is too little, too late, and is yet another desperate attempt to resuscitate a dead project, says Grand Chief Stewart Phillip.
Changing the Equation: Anti-Austerity Organizing in Ontario
Speaking to Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organizer John Clarke
Chris Bose
PV queries municipal election candidates in Kamloops, BC on working class social justice issues.
LNG Canada Fossil Fuel Exports: A Threat to the Planet
The LNG Canada deal violates Indigenous rights, threatens to deepen the climate change crisis, and provides no real guarantees of financial benefits.
Governments Still Failing, Blackstock Tells MMIWG Inquiry
Governments are still failing to guarantee equal rights for First Nations, Inuit and Métis children.
Labour’s Stake in the Struggle for Peace
With three million members, the main trade union federations in Canada and Quebec can bring new life to the peace movement.
Attack of the Patriarchs
The Kavanaugh debacle is not the end, nor would a mid-term elections win for the Democrats eliminate the danger.
This is a Climate Emergency
Only radical system change offers a pathway towards hope and out of despair.
Masuma Khan Pushes On, Knee Deep in Prejudice
A Halifax-based campaigner for social justice and indigenous rights continues to be harassed by anti-immigration activists.
China Deplores Hegemonic USMCA Section 32.10
Chinese Embassy in Canada spokesman Yang Yundong commented on the recently signed free trade deal.
Dairy Farmers Hit Again with New Trade Agreement
The Liberals have sacrificed another vital part of domestic supply management in USMCA.
High School Students Take Huge Step for Anti-Ford Fightback
If 40,000 people can be mobilized province-wide in a spontaneous manner, imagine what could happen if the labour movement committed its structure and resources.