June Central Committee Report
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June Central Committee Report

Main Political Report to the Central Committee, CPC June 13, 2015 Download the full CC report as PDF  [The following was presented by cde. Miguel Figueroa on behalf of the Central Executive. The Central Committee adopted the Report unanimously, and directed the CEC to finalize the Report in line with the discussion.] There are a great…

The long road to LGBTIQ equality: Next step – defeat Harper!
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The long road to LGBTIQ equality: Next step – defeat Harper!

Pride 2015 Statement from the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League The annual Pride summer season is here, with hundreds of activities in major cities and small towns across the country. The Communist Party of Canada extends warm solidarity to the LGBTIQ community and allies, and urges voters to dump the anti-equality…

Reconciliation means acknowledging genocide and taking action to end colonialism
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Reconciliation means acknowledging genocide and taking action to end colonialism

Resolution adopted by the Central Committee, Communist Party of Canada, June 13-14, 2015, Toronto The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission chaired by Justice Murray Sinclair is an important milestone in the struggle to achieve reconciliation and to overcome the legacy of racist colonial policies imposed upon Aboriginal peoples by the European imperialist powers…

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CPC running over twenty candidates in federal election

From People’s Voice newspaper Meeting over the June 13-14 weekend in Toronto, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada reviewed a recent upsurge of membership recruiting, and stepped up plans for the federal election expected on October 19. The CC meeting also set the ball rolling for the party’s 38th Central Convention, planned…

Confronting racism and facism
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Confronting racism and facism

Seemingly unconnected events sometimes reveal patterns which are not immediately obvious. One such pattern is the re-emergence of racist and fascist ideas which had been consigned to history. South of the border, the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston – the historic church of slave revolt hero Denmark Vesey –…

Celebrate Pride, defeat Harper!
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Celebrate Pride, defeat Harper!

People’s Voice Editorial As the summer season of LBGTTQ+ Pride events kicks off, People’s Voice sends warm greetings to all those taking part in celebrations, parades, picnics and other activities over the next few months. Many historic legal, political and cultural victories for equality rights have been gained since the first Pride parades were held….

Video: the Political Conditions of Bill C-51
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Video: the Political Conditions of Bill C-51

Miguel Figueroa, Leader of the Communist Party of Canada, discusses the larger political context of Bill C-51 and other ‘anti-terror’ legislation around the world and its relationship to the ongoing crisis of capitalism. This talk was recorded in March 2015, in Edmonton, Alberta and was part of a coast-to-coast multi-city tour against Bill C-51 by…

70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi-fascism
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70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi-fascism

Joint Resolution adopted by Communist and Workers’ Parties, May, 2015 The liberation of Berlin by Soviet troops in May of 1945 marks the victory of the peoples in World War II and the defeat of Nazi-fascism – the most violent form of class domination generated by capitalism and the direct cause of the war and of…

Communists running in Alberta election
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Communists running in Alberta election

Commentary by Naomi Rankin, leader of the Communist Party-Alberta Visit the CP-Alberta election site at: www.communistparty-alberta.ca It’s springtime and a whiff of change is in the air. For the first time in 44 years, the outcome of an Alberta provincial election is not a foregone conclusion. The Tory dynasty has survived in part by casting each…

Still no alternative: Scrap Bill C-51
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Still no alternative: Scrap Bill C-51

Visit our stop C-51 website Growing public pressure has compelled the Harper Conservative government to make a handful of minor amendments to Bill C-51, while rejecting all changes proposed by the opposition parties in Parliament. This tactical retreat shows that further mass opposition outside Parliament can help slow the anti-democratic and pro-war “security state” agenda…