World

IMF abandons Venezuelans to pandemic

On March 15, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro filed a formal request to the IMF for $5 billion of emergency funding to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. He wrote, “Only under the spirit of solidarity, brotherhood, and social discipline, we will be [...]

Don’t demonize China – look for lessons instead

By Peter Miller in Chongqing I’m in China during the pandemic and it’s pained me to see anti-Chinese propaganda gaining ground in the West, including in Canada. Instead of blaming China for a virus that knows no borders, we should be looking [...]

Communist parties around world issue joint call to protect people’s health and rights

In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, communist and workers' parties around the world have issued a joint statement, demanding emergency measures to protect health and human rights. The parties recognize that, in the context of capitalism, [...]

Report from Cuba: The impact of the blockade on the US

One would expect that the most serious impact of Donald Trump’s tightening of sanctions against Cuba would be on the Cuban people themselves. However, on a recent trip to Havana, our delegation heard that the US blockade is now threatening the [...]

Communists in Swaziland call for LGBTIQ+ rights

Following the refusal of the country’s king, Mswati III, to approve the registration of an organization advocating for LGBTIQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer+) rights, the Communist Party of Swaziland issued a statement of [...]

Guaidó left out in the cold at Gatineau Lima Group meeting

For the first time since Juan Guaidó’s auto-proclamation as so-called interim president of Venezuela in January 2019, a meeting of the Lima Group (with its numerous political statements) has failed to even mention his name. All previous meetings of [...]

Open letter to Justin Trudeau on Venezuela

Dear Mr. Justin Trudeau: I have read with great disappointment your office’s announcement that you are meeting with what many Venezuelans and Canadians alike consider the real impostor, Juan Guaidó, in the political crisis that your government is [...]

Reject the “Raw Deal” of the Century

Within days of Donald Trump’s announcement of the “Deal of the Century,” demonstrations and rallies had been organized in the Triangle and areas in Israel, in Palestine, and in cities around the world. Left forces in Palestine and Israel quickly [...]

British government puts left-wing and green groups extremism list

In a move that clearly clamps down on dissent, the British government has published a list of extremist groups which puts left-wing groups and green campaigners together with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. The leaked Counter Terrorism Policing [...]

Joint Statement on the criminal attack by the United States in the Middle East

The Communist and Workers’ Parties, denounce the new criminal military attack by the United States on the ground of a foreign country, in the international airport of Iraq, under Trump’s command, with officials of Iraq and an Iranian General among [...]

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