Canadian media and politicians claim that this country’s public healthcare system is “what separates us from the Americans.” Social democrats have baptized Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)/ New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Tommy Douglas as [...]
By Owen Schalk Henry Norman Bethune was an accomplished surgeon, a communist internationalist and a forgotten hero of Canadian history. As a member of the Communist Party of Canada he fought with anti-fascist forces in Spain and later volunteered [...]
Norman Bethune in Spain: Commitment, Crisis and Conspiracy (2013) Author: David Lethbridge Publisher: Sussex Academic Press Few figures in Canadian history remain as popular as Norman Bethune. This despite a plethora of books, films and [...]
