The Communist Party is considering legal action, including a complaint to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal regarding Toronto City Councillor George Mammoliti’s witch-hunting at City Hall, and his attack on the public’s right to free political expression and association – rights guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Mammoliti is a member of Mayor [...]
Author Archives: Communist Party of Canada
La création de GAMMA est une grave atteinte à la démocratie
Comité exécutif national Parti communiste du Québec English here Le Parti communiste du Québec (section du Parti communiste du Canada) dénonce la création de l’escouade GAMMA (Guet des activités et des mouvements marginaux et anarchistes) qui relève de la division du crime organisé du Service de police de la ville de Montréal et exige des [...]
Secret police unit arrests activists
PV Montreal Bureau, July 31 At the end of June, a new squad of the Montreal police swept down and arrested four well‑known activists. By mid‑July, four more activists, this time student leaders, had also been taken into custody. The new squad - Guet des activités des movements marginaux et anarchistes, or GAMMA (which translates as Surveillance Marginal Movements and Anarchists) – has the labour movement, [...]
New Issue of The Spark Journal
Issue 22 of The Spark!, the Marxist theoretical and discussion journal of the Communist Party of Canada, is now on sale. This issue features a timely article by Toronto communist activist Catherine Holliday, on “Race and Class Bias in Law-Enforcement Agencies in Late Capitalist States.” As Holliday says, “the persistent phenomenon of race and class [...]
People’s Voice: Fascist terror strikes again
People’s Voice Editorial, July 31 2011 The horrifying news from Norway makes it clear again that the ideology of fascism remains a significant danger in every “developed” capitalist country. Any idea that the Anders Breiviks of the world are a “handful of disturbed individuals” is naive, to say the least. Far from being isolated, 21st century fascists thrive in the [...]
People’s Voice: Afghanistan disaster not over
People’s Voice Editorial, July 1st 2011 Almost ten years after it began, Canada’s disastrous entry into Afghanistan is far from over. While the official combat mission in Kandahar is winding up, Canada remains a prominent player in the NATO occupation of the country, with no end in sight. And despite all the media hype about the accomplishments of “our brave troops”, Afghanistan remains [...]
CPC Expresses Full support to Freedom Flotilla
Communist Party of Canada condemns the attempt to block Freedom Flotilla 2 Meeting in Toronto on July 2, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party issued the following statement: The Communist Party of Canada joins with many other Canadian organizations and individuals in condemning the collusion of the Greek government with the attempts [...]
People’s Voice: Layton flunks first test
People’s Voice Editorial, July 1st 2011 Many Canadians had hoped that the New Democratic Party’s status as Official Opposition might blunt the far‑right agenda of the Harper Tory majority. This was particularly the case around war and militarism, since the majority of the new 103‑member NDP caucus are from Quebec, where national sentiments are [...]
People’s Voice: Storm warnings on horizon
People’s Voice Editorial, July 1st 2011 We’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating: any idea that the global economic crisis which broke out in 2008 has been resolved is a fantasy. The return of corporate profits to the record levels of 2007-2008, and the overstated decline in unemployment rates, are indicators which have [...]
‘Back-to-work’ legislation attacks all
Tories’ ‘back-to-work’ legislation is an attack on all workers in Canada The Communist Party condemns the move by the federal Conservative government to force through “back-to-work” legislation at Canada Post as an attack directed not only at Canada’s postal workers, but also on the rights, working conditions and standard of living of all workers in [...]
No Going Back! Defeat Harper’s Bigots
NO GOING BACK: DEFEAT HARPER’S BIGOTS! Pride 2011 statement from the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League This summer, as the LGBTQ communities and their allies across Canada hold Pride events, there is much to celebrate, but also serious challenges. The Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League [...]
People’s Voice: For our future, stand with CUPW
People’s Voice Editorial, June 16th 2011 The struggle by the Postal Workers for a fair collective agreement is no ordinary bargaining dispute. It is the latest episode in a campaign to drive down the wages and working conditions of the entire working class. Once again, right-wing politicians and media talking heads are frothing at [...]
People’s Voice: The “Big Player” enters the game
People’s Voice Editorial, June 16th 2011 Somehow it was never spoken of during the recent federal election, but the Harper Tories now admit they are setting up Canadian military bases around the world. Why? It’s just “prudent planning”, claims Defence Minister Peter MacKay. Waxing eloquent about the burdens and responsibilities of a 21st [...]
Slim Evans, Red Labour Organizer
This year, to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada’s foundation in 1921, People’s Voice is printing a series of articles on the party’s history and prominent members. Arthur H. “Slim” Evans is best known as the main organizer and leader of the On To Ottawa Trek of 1935. For his [...]
Justice for Postal Workers!
Canada Post: Stop Fomenting a Shutdown and Negotiate a Fair Collective Agreement with CUPW Instead of tearing down Canada’s mail delivery system and attacking the postal workers who provide this vital public service, the federal government and Canada Post must be compelled to negotiate a fair collective agreement with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, [...]