Remembering a friend of the working class
PV Manitoba Bureau On September 29, Winnipeg’s Ukrainian Labour Temple finally received a plaque marking it as a National Historic Site. Close to one hundred people attended the unveiling ceremony which included performances by the hall’s orchestra and choir. The ULT and its manor continue to play an active role in Winnipeg’s progressive community, including [...]
by Gurpreet Singh, People’s Voice Born as Darshan Singh Sangha, Darshan came to be known as Canadian even after he returned to India in 1947 and lived there until his assassination by religious extremists on September 25, 1986. Canadian, whose 25th martyrdom day falls this month, had challenged the ideology of the Sikh separatists who [...]
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Lessons from our History This year marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of Canada. From its founding convention held in a barn in Guelph, Ontario in 1921 until today, we have striven to remain true to our guiding principles and theory, and to realize them in our daily activities and [...]
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Résolution spéciale Comité Central, Parti communiste du Canada 27 et 28 août, 2011 Leçons de notre Histoire Cette année marque le 90ième anniversaire de la naissance du Parti communiste du Canada. Depuis son congrès de fondation tenu en 1921 dans une grange à Guelph en Ontario, jusqu’à aujourd’hui, nous nous sommes efforcés de rester fidèles [...]
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Slim Evans, Red Labour Organizer This year, to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada’s foundation in 1921, People’s Voice is printing a series of articles on the party’s history and prominent members. Arthur H. “Slim” Evans is best known as the main organizer and leader of the On To Ottawa Trek [...]
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This article is part of a series produced by People’s Voice Newspaper honouring the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada. Our series of articles marking the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada continues with the story of a party militant who became known to many Canadians a few years ago with the publication of [...]
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This article is part of a series produced by People’s Voice Newspaper honouring the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada. The most legendary Canadian communist is undoubtedly Norman Bethune: brilliant medical pioneer, early campaigner for universal health care, writer, and passionate anti-fascist. His colourful life has been the subject of countless books, articles, plays and [...]
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Unity and Militancy, Labour struggles of the 20s During 2011, the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada, we will print a series of articles on prominent historical figures and struggles linked with the Party. This issue looks at the Trade Union Educational League, which played a critical role in working class resistance during [...]
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This article is part of a series produced by People’s Voice Newspaper honouring the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada. We launch a series of articles on famous Canadian communists with the story of Tim Buck. Speaking to thousands of public meetings over the course of five decades, Tim Buck was a powerful “public tribune” for [...]
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Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada October 22, 2010 The latest revelations regarding the “PROFUNC” blacklist prove that the Cold War era witch-hunt tactics included highly organized plans to intern thousands of Communists and other critics of the anti-democratic, anti-working class, pro-war policies of the Canadian state. When evidence of this plot first [...]
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Joint Statement of the Central Executive Committee CPC, National Executive Committee of the PCQ July15, 2005 In recent months, an ever-widening crisis emerged within the ranks of the leadership of the Parti communiste du Québec (PCQ), the Québec section of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC-PCC). Friction and squabbles between leading comrades grew in frequency [...]
Continue reading …By Miguel Figueroa, Leader of the Communist Party of Canada, Dec 3-5 1999, Montréal Québec Dear Comrades, Delegates, Invited Guests, Friends and Observers: The convening of this Congress, without doubt, marks an important event in the history of our Party in Québec, a history about which we can be justly proud. The PCQ was [...]
Continue reading …Submission Concerning the Proposed Canada Elections Act (C-2) to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs
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Central Executive Committee Communist Party of Canada November 3, 1999 Dear Members of the Standing Committee: The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs is now considering Bill C-2, an Act to replace the existing Canada Elections Act. The Communist Party of Canada wishes to take this opportunity to express its views to the [...]
Continue reading …The Communist Party of Canada (Manitoba Committee) reports that over 3,500 people have now signed a petition to allow the Communist Party on the ballot in that Province. Many people were surprised to hear about the provincial law that bans smaller parties from the ballot unless they collect 2,500 valid signatures. The response to petition gatherers has been positive. [...]
Continue reading …Anti-fascist resistance and the CPC: always in the struggle against racism and rascism
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David Lethbridge The Communist Party of Canada came into existence in 1921, just as fascism was taking hold in Europe. The Party was born into a Canada rife with English privilege and Anglo-Saxon prejudice and racism. Among its first struggles were those against the racist Toronto police establishment which sought to prevent public speeches in [...]
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Kimball Cariou, editor of People’s Voice Newspaper Sixty years after unemployed workers were brutally tear-gassed and clubbed by the police on Hastings Street, the UI benefits they fought to win are being wiped out. Upcoming events to mark the 60th anniversary of the Post Office Sitdown in Vancouver will salute the heroic 1938 struggle, and [...]
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