People's Voice

Frontline long-term care workers: understaffed and unprotected

By Helen Kennedy and Juanita Burnett At a long-term care facility in rural Ontario, we chatted with a Personal Support Worker about the impact of the coronavirus on the residents and workers. This home is chronically understaffed. With 65 [...]

Discussion with elected French communist Diana Kdouh

"Our victory stems from our daily activism" France has a long tradition of electing communists locally. As Georges Marchais noted in his 1980 book L’espoir au present (Hope in the Present), “The French Communist Party has 28,000 elected [...]

Labour – it’s not just about employed workers!

There’s a story about labour leaders from the AFL-CIO in the United States meeting with their counterparts from COSATU in South Africa. During their discussion, the question arose as to what the key job of trade unions is. The American delegates [...]

Roger and Me revisited: Lessons from history, for these difficult times

Michael Moore is an amazing documentary filmmaker whose work, such as Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), has inspired viewers around the world. His first celebrated documentary was Roger and Me, released in 1989 and celebrated [...]

Open letter to PM, demanding end to economic sanctions

The following letter was issued on April 13 by the Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War and the Mouvement Québécois pour la paix/Quebec Movement for Peace. The letter's 100 signatories ask the Prime Minister to suspend Canada’s economic sanctions [...]

Alberta meat industry debacle shows dangers of capitalist priorities

Profit before people? By Corinne Benson Our now-famous COVID-19 virus initially arrived through travelers on planes and cruise ships, but the source of the pandemic now seems to be “community spread,” which is really a name for workplace [...]

Doug Ford’s rehabilitation is bad for public health

As working people suffer through a massive public health and economic crisis, the media and a wide range of politicians have come together on a project: the rehabilitation of Doug Ford. Before the pandemic Doug Ford’s approval rating had dropped [...]

Pandemic highlights gender inequality

Stronger women's movement and united action needed This year, May Day celebrations will be under the unfortunate constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, so we are unlikely to see masses of workers marching in the streets. Yet, workers must [...]

Socialism vs capitalism in the battle against coronavirus

Jianhong Li The capitalist West is terrified by coronavirus, which has already taken a toll on its seemingly forever-declining economy. On the other hand, China has successfully managed to put the virus under control and emerged stronger than [...]

“Release immigrant detainees and halt deportations indefinitely!”

The Parti communiste du Québec (section of the Communist Party of Canada) affirms its unflinching support for the immigrant detainees inside the Laval Detention Center, whose safety is jeopardized by both the current COVID-19 pandemic and the [...]