People's Voice

Child Poverty in BC: Facts and Figures

Child and youth advocacy group First Call BC released its annual Child Poverty Report Card, showing that 19.8 percent of BC children live in poverty.

President Obama, Remember Leonard Peltier

An appeal for American Indian activist Leonard Peltier's freedom by Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, Former Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations

Trump Was Not A “Peace Candidate”

An excerpt from the presentation to 2016 Assembly of the World Peace Council by Alfred L. Marder, President of the US Peace Council.

Appeal of the 18th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties

The appeal was adopted by the 18th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, held on October 28-30, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Music Notes: December 2016

Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, Maria Schneider vs the Data Lords, and Orit Shimoni on the job.

A Tape That Further Revealed A Crime Against Humanity

The emergence of an audio file tape revived calls for an inquiry into the 1988 executions of political prisoners in Iran.

Unite Against Big Oil

November was a tough month for climate justice activists.

The Hate Campaign Against Justin Trudeau

The real goal of this hate campaign is to force the Liberal government to drop any limited expression of independent Canadian foreign policy.

Longshore Union Rallies Against CETA

Five hundred maritime workers and their allies rallied in Vancouver on Nov. 2, against the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and proposed changes to the Canada Transportation Act.

The Death of Colten Boushie: A Story of Canadian Values

What is perhaps the most terrible thing about the Colten Boushie case is that it reflects the real Canadian values which are widely accepted as the norm in our society.