Canada prides itself on being a country of equality, justice, democracy, and human rights. While the original peoples of this land are still denied access to these values, that claim is a mockery of reality.
Canadian integration with the U.S. has come with a heavy price, and the bill is coming due. Liberal and Tory governments locked 80% of Canada’s trade to US imperialism, and to the emerging crisis of global capitalism.
Congratulations to the people of the Republic of Ireland, who voted 68% “yes” on May 26 to overturn the country’s deeply misogynist ban on access to abortions.
The victory over fascism sparked a mighty upsurge of struggles in the capitalist world and by the peoples of Asia and Africa who broke the chains of white supremacy and colonial domination.
March 21 is the 58th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, but decades later racist ideologies are on the offensive in Canada and around the world.
