NATO’s Fascist Origins When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded in 1949 it claimed to be “founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Two of its 12 original member states were openly fascist: Spain under Fransisco Franco and Portugal António de Oliveira…
End US interference and provocations now! The Communist Party strongly condemns the 64 year old US economic blockade of Cuba which is a major contributor to the current economic difficulties in Cuba including a shortage of food and electricity. This is the whole purpose of the US blockade as stated in this 1960 US State Department memo: “every…
Dans sa célébration de la Journée internationale de la femme 2024, le Parti communiste du Canada appelle tous ceux qui soutiennent les droits des femmes et qui reconnaissent le 8 mars comme une journée pour célébrer les conquêtes du passé et s’engager à poursuivre la lutte pour les droits des femmes, à faire des activités…
In celebrating International Women’s Day, 2024 the Communist Party of Canada calls on all those who endorse the rights of women and who recognize March 8 as a day to celebrate past achievements and commit to continue the struggle for women’s rights, to make this year’s events a resounding call for progress on the main…
Report of the Central Committee, Communist Party of Canada, February 10-11, 2024 The International Situation Since we last met, the international situation has become more acute, with US imperialism’s dangerous drive from Cold Wars to hot wars around the world, including the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa, India, and Latin America. As the general…
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada demands an immediate end to the so-called “Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference”. This inquiry is on track to become a political trial where the public will have no access to any of the evidence. The inquiry we really need is into CSIS (the Canadian Security Intelligence…
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada condemns the Canadian government’s ongoing support for Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza as well as Canada’s role in provoking a potentially devastating wider regional war.
The overwhelming vote on December 13 by the United Nations General Assembly in favour of a non-binding resolution for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza is an important victory for the growing international campaign to condemn Israel’s war against the Palestinian people. The final vote was 153 in favour, 23 abstentions, and only 10 opposed (the US, Israel, Austria, the Czech Republic, and…
The Communist Party of Canada expresses its complete support for the call issued by the committee for Justice for Hassan Diab and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University to the Government of Canada to reject any request from the Government of France to extradite Hassan Diab.
After over three weeks of bloody conflict and the looming spectre of a genocide in Gaza, the Communist Party of Canada reaffirms its support for the Palestinian people and their right to resistance recognized under international law. We condemn Israel and its Zionist policy of violent colonization, occupation, and apartheid as the primary driver of…