People's Voice

Alberta wildcat: a strike against Kenney’s “triple attack” on working people

Hospital workers in Alberta have been ruled back to work by a court injunction, after an impressive wildcat strike at hospitals across the province. The militant action, which began on October 26, is in response to Health Minister Tyler Shandro’s [...]

Disney forced to finally “open its ears” to racism, sexism in its catalog

By Rolando Pérez Betancourt They denied it for many years, but the weight of reality ended up tipping the balance. Disney has finally acknowledged on its gigantic streaming platform that there are racist stereotypes and other offensive material [...]

No rest for anti-colonial struggle under lockdown

By Alex Geddie In some ways, the spring lockdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic came as a boon to the Canadian state, which, over the winter of 2019-2020, saw a series of increasingly successful examples of resistance to its colonial [...]

BC campaign ends with NDP majority, but tough challenges for working people

PV Vancouver Bureau After a short BC election campaign ended on October 24, John Horgan's NDP is ready to form a strong majority government in the next legislature. The right-wing corporate Liberals under Andrew Wilkinson suffered a major [...]

Toronto’s winter plan for homelessness falls too short to prevent deaths

By Alykhan Pabani I care deeply about my neighbours and try in earnest to support the struggles of those less privileged than me. When the pandemic hit, the nature of these struggles became even more acute and as a result, an ad-hoc group of [...]

A fraternal kiss between the Spectre of Communism and the Holy Ghost?

By Dean Dettloff “The marketplace, by itself, cannot resolve every problem, however much we are asked to believe this dogma of neoliberal faith. Whatever the challenge, this impoverished and repetitive school of thought always offers the same [...]

Build and strengthen anti-imperialist solidarity with Venezuela

On December 6, Venezuelans will head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly. The stakes are extremely high. For many, it will probably be a relief simply to be rid of the current Assembly, which is dominated by a hodgepodge of [...]

Joyce Echaquan’s tragedy demands long overdue action against racism

The Communist Party of Quebec (PCQ, national section of the Communist Party of Canada) issued a statement on October 3 condemning the systemic racism surrounding the tragic death of Joyce Echaquan. The 37-year-old Attikamekw woman and mother of [...]

Kanaky-New Caledonia independence vote shines light on imperialism in the Pacific

By B A Ford On Sunday 4th October, Kanaky (New Caledonia) held a second referendum to decide on its independence from France. 180,000 people voted on the question with an 80 percent turnout and a 56.67 percent majority voting to reject [...]

“The people demand “Golden Dawn” Nazis be imprisoned!”

Tens of thousands of people marched in Athens on October 7, circling the massive court complex where the verdict was announced against Golden Dawn. The fascist party was found guilty of running a criminal organization under the front of a political [...]