People's Voice

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 [...]

Communists call on Parliament to reject USMCA

The Communist Party of Canada has issued a statement calling on Parliament to refuse to ratify the US-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA) and urging the labour and democratic movements to mobilize against the deal, which is a continuation of [...]

Cuba leading the way for gender equality with new ‘Families Code’

Forty-five years ago, on International Women’s Day, Cuba passed the first Family Code, which covered legal obligations regarding marriage, divorce, relationships, recognition of children and their education and care. Cuba’s new constitution was [...]

Women Rising Up

Women around the world are rising up for equal rights, against war, and for environmental and climate justice. In India, women are at the forefront of massive protests against the reactionary, Hindu nationalist BJP government of Narendra Modi. [...]

A view from China of COVID-19

Containment, Heroism, Fear and Lies As my almost-empty Shanghai subway train pulled into a station in the middle of February, I came face-to-face with an ad for UnionPay, the Chinese debit card found in everyone’s wallet. All members of a [...]

Historic pay equity victory for Ontario midwives

Struggle reveals depth of gender division of labour Seven years after filing a complaint about gender discrimination, Ontario midwives have won a historic pay equity victory at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. Their struggle helps reveal the [...]

Reject Ontario’s Bill 168 and the hypocritical redefinition of antisemitism

By Bronwyn Cragg Ontario’s legislature has returned to session and with it comes the new, but much-contested, Bill 168 (or the “Combating Antisemitism Act”). Tabled in December by Conservative MPP Will Bouma, and having already passed its first [...]

Wither the fight against USMCA?

As this issue goes to press, legislation enabling the implementation of the US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement is progressing smoothly through Parliament. Too smoothly. Bill C-4 has already passed its second reading and has been sent to committee for [...]

Labour builds fightback against Ford

February 21 and 22 were important dates in the escalating struggle against the Ford government this winter. On the first date, Ontario’s education workers organized one of the largest strikes in provincial history; the following day, the Ontario [...]