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Steel Workers in Labrador City Strike

With nearly two thousand workers on strike at one of the largest mining operations in the province, the economic blow will be noticeable.

CUPE 2424 Wins Pension Security in Month-Long Strike

Members of the support staff local at Carleton University celebrated victory on April 3 by a 98% majority vote.

Venezuela Accused of Raising the Minimum Wage

This may be a rare case where a minimum wage increase is considered an offense because it affects the labour and economic interests of the employers.

After Latest Gaza Massacre, Canada Must Impose Sanctions on Israel

Canada’s government has taken no action to protect Palestinian protesters or to ensure that those who have violated their rights are held accountable.

York U Trying To Crush Union

York's actions suggest that what they object to is not so much the specific proposals the union has put forward in bargaining as the existence of the union itself.

A Battle Won In The Climate Wars

The path to an economy based on public ownership, renewable energy, and green jobs will be long and difficult. But the journey has begun.

Is There A Pattern Here?

If it wasn’t for the terrible price paid by the victims, this Groundhog Day scenario might be humorous. Instead, it is both terrible and predictable.

Corporate Gains Leave Ordinary Workers In The Dust

The picture is one of centralisation of the country's capital over the last 40 years into a small number of very large companies.

Will Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators Give Away The Store?

News that the US has withdrawn its demand that would have eliminated automobile assembly and parts plants has left media and NAFTA analysts in Ottawa light-headed.

LNG Tax Breaks Must Be Rejected

Our economic future should not be based on handing out taxpayers’ dollars in the scramble for a bigger share of shrinking global demand for fossil fuels.

Environmentalists Warn LNG Tax Breaks Ignore Carbon Footprint

Fugitive methane emissions from B.C.’s oil and gas industry are vastly underreported.

Vancouver Civic Speculation Heats Up

Vision has been increasingly condemned for its close links with profit-hungry developers who have made the city unaffordable for thousands of renters and working class families

Delegation of Communists Visit Bolivarian Venezuela

Special to PV From March 5–7, a delegation of seven communists from Canada attended the 2nd International Solidarity Conference Todos somos Venezuela (We are all Venezuela), joining their voices to 300 international delegates who came to support [...]

Maduro Is The Communists’ Candidate in Venezuela

According to the General Secretary of PCV, this is a historical development that marks a qualitative change in the relationship between the two parties.

The Book on Lenin That Bhagat Singh Was Reading Before Hanging Is More Relevant Today

You can break his statues in pieces, but you cannot kill Lenin, who symbolizes an ideology that is much greater in size than the politics of hate preached and practiced by the BJP.

Federal Budget 2018: A Kiss and a Promise

A new Parliament is needed, with strong voices inside - working with the labour and people’s movements outside - to win.

BC Budget 2018: Weighing Up The Numbers

The NDP backed away from any serious challenge to corporate power.

Carleton U Support Staff Strike To Control Their Pensions

The strike came after a last-minute mediation session on March 4 stretched to the early morning hours of the deadline.

The Frying Pan or the Fire: Trump’s Tariffs Should Kill NAFTA Now

Canada is a wealthy country with plenty of options for trade. It’s time we adopted a fair trade policy, based on mutually beneficial and multi-lateral trade with the world.

Labour in China: Harmony or Struggle?

Neither the social-justice-minded critics of the Chinese model nor those who praise its extraordinary achievements are without evidence for their assessments.

York U Education Workers Strike Against Job Cuts

The strike at York promises to be another important battle for better learning and working conditions at schools across the province and Canada.

Charley Stimac, 1949 – 2018

Labour artist and communist Charley Stimac died in Montreal on New Year’s Day.

People’s Voice 25th Anniversary Fund Appeal

It hardly seems possible, but this month marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of People’s Voice.

Disability Justice Network Emerging in Ontario

Most government legislation in Ontario is focused on accessibility, which is a limited approach that emerges directly from the priorities of capitalist society.

US Bans WFTU Trade Unionist

The US government has denied an entry visa to WFTU General Secretary George Mavrikos.

Action on Opioid Crisis Means Confronting Corporate Profiteers

Against this tragic backdrop, Purdue Pharma remains largely untouched by the crisis they helped create.

Frank Martins, 1937 – 2018

It is with the deepest sadness that the Davenport Club of the Communist Party of Canada announces the death of its long-time member, Comrade Frank Martins.