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Canadian Communists advocate public ownership of auto and steel to save jobs

April 7, 2025 By Dave McKee

With a federal election in the midst of Trump’s trade war, the Communist Party of Canada says it’s time to think about real alternatives, including nationalization.

Liberation Day? Big business plays tariff games while workers pay the price

April 2, 2025 By Cameron Harrison

The problem isn’t just “bad trade deals”—it’s what social force ultimately controls the economy—the capitalist class.

Detroit workers commemorate Ford Hunger March 93 years later

March 10, 2025 By Cameron Harrison And Taylor Walker

On March 7, 1932, Henry Ford's private security and local police gunned down protesting auto workers in Detroit. Nearly a century later, activists, union members, and community leaders gathered at United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 600...

UAW forces Stellantis to keep promises, wins back thousands of jobs

January 22, 2025 By Cameron Harrison

Durangos will be built in Detroit, and Belvidere plant will reopen by 2027.

General Motors’ 1991 Christmas Massacre: 21 plants, 74,000 jobs gone

December 19, 2024 By Special to People’s World

At Christmastime in 1991, GM boss Robert Stempel became the new Ebenezer Scrooge.