MONTREAL — The deadly Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom targeting Jews in Israel highlighted the danger of Jew-hating violence worldwide as the crisis of capitalism grows. And it shows why the existence of Israel as a refuge for Jews is essential.…
MONTREAL — Some 7,400 longshore workers on Canada’s West Coast docks, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, were set to go back on strike July 19, after the union’s leadership rejected a tentative deal that had ended…
MONTREAL — Hundreds marched here Feb. 10 to protest the death of Nicous D’André Spring, a 21-year-old black man on Dec. 25, a day after he was assaulted by prison guards at Montreal’s Bordeaux prison. He was arrested Dec. 20…
MONTREAL — Two recent reports document the longstanding practice of the capitalist rulers in Canada to promote forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women. And the numbers reported are just the tip of the iceberg. This is part of the long history of…
MONTREAL — Forty people joined in a meeting here Oct. 29 to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1962 Cuba “missile” crisis and to discuss two books, October 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen From Cuba and Making History: Interviews…
BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Nearly two months after being locked out in response to a walkout, over 300 Quebec Bridor bakery workers continue their fight for wage raises to cover the cost of living as prices soar, and for safer work…
BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Over 300 workers have been locked out at the Bridor industrial bakery plant here since April 25 for demanding a wage hike to keep up with the cost of living. Bridor locked out the members of the…
MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…
MONTREAL — Thomas Sankara was the central leader of the 1983-87 revolution in the West African country of Burkina Faso, Michel Prairie, the editor of Thomas Sankara Speaks and a leader of the Communist League, told 25 people at a…
VALLEE-JONCTION, Quebec — After a hard-fought, four-month-long strike here, the 1,000 members of the Union of Olymel Workers at Vallee-Jonction voted by 78% to accept a new contract Aug. 31. They have seen their union strengthened through the battle and…
