Solidarity with Attawapiskat and indigenous resistance struggles!
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Solidarity with Attawapiskat and indigenous resistance struggles!

The suicide crisis among youth in the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat is a scathing indictment of centuries of capitalist colonialism imposed on indigenous peoples within the Canadian state, from the theft of the traditional territories of aboriginal peoples, to the residential schools and other forms of assimilation which followed. Despite the federal government’s commitment…

Support Local Health Coalitions, Defend and Expand Public Health Care
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Support Local Health Coalitions, Defend and Expand Public Health Care

The Communist Party of Canada calls on all its members and friends to join the efforts of public health-care coalitions to defend and expand our public health-care system. Comrades in Ontario are urged to vote in the Ontario Health Care Coalition’s May 28 referendum which calls on the Ontario government to stop the cuts to…

No to the Coup – Restore Democracy in Brazil
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No to the Coup – Restore Democracy in Brazil

The 38″‘ Convention of the Communist Party of Canada condemns the imperialist-backed coup in Brazil and expresses its solidarity with the workers’ and peoples’ organizations that are resisting this attack on democracy and progress in Brazil. The coup was achieved through impeachment votes against democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff, based on exaggerated and selectively-applied charges of corruption….

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth
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Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth

In 2018, the international communist movement, and other workers, socialists and revolutionaries, will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth.  The Communist Party will make this anniversary a time to disseminate knowledge of Marx’s life and understanding of his revolutionary ideas. Clubs and all other Party collectives are directed to mark this anniversary as broadly…

The wildfire tragedies – a call for radical action against global warming
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The wildfire tragedies – a call for radical action against global warming

The Fort McMurray fire, which broke out May 2nd during an unprecedented spring heat wave in northern Alberta, now covers 423,000 hectares of boreal forest as of May 18th. The plight of more than 80,000 Fort McMurray residents, frantically trying to evacuate amidst fire and smoke, knowing they might not have homes to return to,…

CPC wraps-up successful 38th Central Convention
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CPC wraps-up successful 38th Central Convention

By Kimball Cariou The 38th Central Convention of Canada’s second-oldest political party wrapped up in Toronto on May 23, after three days of intense debates, a lively Saturday night banquet, and the election of a new leadership. Forty-three delegates were elected to the Communist Party’s convention, joined by a number of alternates, members of outgoing…

97th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike
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97th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike

The labour movement across Canada, and especially in Winnipeg, will mark the anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike this year. The Communist Party of Canada welcomes these celebrations and will work for the success of these important tributes. The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike is one of the greatest working class struggles in Canadian history, a…

TPP Public Hearings: “These consultations are a sham”
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TPP Public Hearings: “These consultations are a sham”

Contribution to the public hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, convened by the House Standing Committee on International Trade in Montreal, May 10th 2016 Thank you for letting me speak today. My name is Johan Boyden and I am the Central Organizer of the Communist Party of Canada, which has a 95 year history fighting for…