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Canada’s colonies: Going for gold (mines) in Africa

September 15, 2021 By Owen Schalk

Canada has long been a junior partner in the world imperialist system. But when it comes to mining, it takes the gold medal.

Canadian Communists warn of Conservative election victory

September 10, 2021 By People’s Voice

“The working class didn’t create this crisis and mustn’t pay for it. This is a capitalist crisis created by the insatiable drive to increase corporate profits,” says party leader Elizabeth Rowley.

Activists push issues of peace to forefront in Canadian election

September 2, 2021 By People’s Voice

While most political parties do backflips to avoid discussing peace and militarism, there is a strengthening peace movement which is working to bring these issues into Canada's election debate.

Organizing is a necessity: A political history of the Hamilton Unemployed Union

August 24, 2021 By Terry Fraser And Sam Hammond

In the summer of 1981, Canada’s economy was in a recession, with unemployment hitting 11%. It didn't seem like the best time to try and organizer workers.

Thousands of Indigenous children perished in ‘genocide boarding schools’

August 12, 2021 By Albert Bender

Hunger. Starvation. Beatings. Ill-clothed in winter. Forbidden to speak their Native tongues. Sexual predators roaming the dormitory halls. Such was the lot of thousands of Indigenous children in the Indian boarding school era.