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Canadian organizations issue joint letter of concern about Colombia

A group of nearly 50 organizations from across Canada have issued an open letter expressing their concern over weakened peace process in Colombia, which has been consistently undermined by the government of President Ivan Duque. The group – [...]

Venezuela Retains Political Control After New US Coercive Measures

In political terms the government of Venezuela had a good month of July while managing very critical economic circumstances. Reps of 120 Non Aligned Movement (NAM) countries attended their ministerial meeting in Caracas, and more than 700 delegates [...]

Left Parties in India and Pakistan Condemn Modi’s Assault on Kashmir

Immediately following the announcement by the Indian government of Narendra Modi that it would divide the state of Jammu and Kashmir, five of the country’s left parties issued a joint statement condemning the assault on federalism and calling for [...]

Communist Party: “Manitoba can’t afford Tory austerity”

The Communist Party is running 5 candidates in Manitoba's provincial election

Ginger Goodwin grave vandalized ahead of memorial

Labour leader murdered by police in 1918 In an apparent act of far-right vandalism, the gravestone of labour leader Albert “Ginger” Goodwin has been defaced in Cumberland, BC. The grave, which is the site of an annual memorial vigil each June, [...]

CPC: MMIWG FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DESERVE FULL SUPPORT

The report issued on June 3 by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Reclaiming Power and Place, is a stunning indictment of the genocidal record and policies of the Canadian state, and a powerful call for [...]

“THIS IS THE PARTY OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE!”

(Excerpts from the Keynote address to the 39th Convention of the Communist Party of Canada, delivered on May 17 by Party Leader Liz Rowley on behalf of the Central Executive Committee.) Our Party will be 98 years old 11 days from now - a party [...]

SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE IN SUDAN

Delegates to the Communist Party of Canada’s 39th Central Convention send greetings of solidarity to the people of Sudan, who are waging a massive struggle for better living standards, democracy and progressive social change. This historic [...]

COMMUNIST PARTY WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL 39TH CENTRAL CONVENTION

Canada's third oldest political party turned 98 years young on May 28, just one week after adjourning its 39th Central Convention. Delegates elected from provincial meetings across the country spent May 17-20 at the Casa de Madeira on Toronto's [...]

YES, DOUG FORD HAS TO GO

Exactly one year ago, on June 7, 2018, the Doug Ford Conservatives won a majority in the Ontario Legislature, after running a “For the People” campaign depicting the Liberals as a "corrupt elite". Only later did the new Premier reveal his true [...]

A SHOCKING SETBACK IN INDIA

Much to the dismay of secular and progressive forces in India, Narendra Modi's BJP-NDA has been re-elected with a large majority in the 17th Lok Sabha. Most opposition parties, with exceptions in Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and a few other states, [...]

LIBERAL “FRAMEWORK” MEETS GROWING RESISTANCE

Rallies in several cities on May 27 drew attention to the concerns among Indigenous peoples about the federal government's legislative and policy “Framework” to force First Nations (Treaty & Non-Treaty) into signing new modern agreements. Many [...]

CONCESSION DEMANDS MAY SPARK BC TEACHER STRIKE

Teachers are furious at what they consider a betrayal by the Horgan NDP government, which is acting not much different than the former Liberals.

May Day Greetings from the Canadian Peace Congress

Working people suffer most from the vast expenditures of public resources squandered on militarism and war.

ZIZEK VS. PETERSON: DEBATE OF THE CENTURY?

Zizek considers himself a communist despite his reactionary positions.

May Day 2019

Build the fightback in the spirit of the general strikes of 1919, which advanced the struggles to overthrow the capitalist system, to end exploitation and oppression, and emancipate humanity.

BC Government Puts Special Needs Students at Risk

The longer the NDP adheres to the neoliberal model, the worse is the cumulative impact of this enormous revenue shortfall.

Without the Left, What Will Happen in India?

In India, only the leftists never encouraged any communal sentiment among the people.

Solidarity for Sudan: No to US/Saudi Interference

Communist and Workers' Parties declare their internationalist solidarity with the struggle of the Sudanese people.

Failure to Launch: Liberals’ Federal Budget

This budget failed to deliver on almost every key issue for working people, who can’t afford four more years of falling wages and living standards.

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.