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Tim Buck reflects on the backdrop to founding a revolutionary party

By Tim Buck The rise and growth of capitalist industry in Canada was “welcomed even by those who came off worst from its corresponding mode of distribution.” Exploitation was intense. We laboured ten hours per day. Only a very small percentage [...]

CUPE members call out union for anti-communism in solidarity message

On December 22, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) issued an open letter in which they criticized the national union body for anti-communism in its solidarity message to Indian farmers. The group is asking the union to issue a [...]

2020 had some important steps forward – we can turn them into big strides in 2021

If you’re like us, you were pretty happy to see the arse end of 2020. The pandemic meant that the better part of 10 months was spent in some form of lockdown-distancing isolation and the accompanying economic crisis threw millions of people in this [...]

Morneau endorsement shows CLC president no leader for class struggle

On October 30, Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff ignited a backlash of anger from many unions and labour activists, after issuing a joint Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Labour Congress endorsement of Bill Morneau’s [...]

Left anti-communism: a Trojan Horse that weakens the working class

“The pure socialists’ ideological anticipations remain untainted by existing practice. They do not explain how the manifold functions of a revolutionary society would be organized, how external attack and internal sabotage would be thwarted, how [...]

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 [...]

Sugar workers in Iran striking for wages, benefits and public ownership of their industry

By CODIR September 2 marked the 80th day since workers of the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane complex in the south of Iran came out on strike, on June 15. They are demanding their unpaid wages, medical insurance, reinstatement of dismissed colleagues, [...]

Canada Post arbitration – demand an end to state interference in labour rights

State interference in collective bargaining, on the side of the employer, is not a new phenomenon. Across Canada, governments at all levels work together to prevent and crush workers’ power. From police intervention to special legislation, workers' [...]

Teachers’ unions are indeed part of the problem – and not the only one

On August 17, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared that the province’s teachers’ unions were “part of the problem” preventing implementation of his government’s plans for public schools. We couldn't agree more. In addition to the Ford’s [...]

Action Caucus organizing trade unionists

As Labour Day approaches, left union activists have been organizing to help build the fight ahead, for a people’s recovery to the pandemic and current economic crisis. At the end of June, nearly 60 union members participated in an online meeting [...]