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CPC centenary: Communists in the parliamentary arena, an indispensable element of class struggle

“We Bolsheviks participated in the most counterrevolutionary parliaments, and experience has shown that this participation was not only useful but indispensable to the party of the revolutionary proletariat, after the first bourgeois revolution in [...]

BC election: “Say no to the capitalist crisis – vote for real change!”

Communist Party campaigning in five ridings PV Vancouver Bureau BC Premier John Horgan’s snap election is a cynical attempt to reap political advantage from momentarily favourable polling numbers. By calling the vote a year ahead of [...]

An unusual election, even for British Columbia

PV Vancouver Bureau The strangest election the West Coast has witnessed in many years is underway, with voters casting ballots by mail, or going to the polls in person on October 24. For the last three years, BC Premier John Horgan had vowed [...]

New Brunswick Communists not on ballot, but still campaigning in election

By Communist Party, Fredericton Club With the sudden calling of an election by Progressive Conservative premier Blaine Higgs, New Brunswick faces the possibility of a Conservative majority government – this is a bid for unchecked power. A [...]

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 [...]

Election interference? Yes, but the warnings are misplaced

What's the real story about "outside interference" in Canadian elections? That question is on the minds of political activists these days, but many observers keep looking in the wrong places. My own perspective comes from being a frequent Communist [...]

Communists Welcome Court Ruling Against Election Deposits

The Communist Party of Canada has welcomed a court ruling which nullifies the requirement that candidates pay a $1000 financial deposit to run in federal elections.

Communist Party BC to Run Candidates in Both Kamloops Ridings

Two Communist Party candidates arey looking forward to broadening the narrow political landscape that has existed in Kamloops for decades.