Canada gov’t mounts new attack on political rights

Vol. 88/No. 11 - March 18, 2024
Canadian riot police use pepper spray against truckers, other protesters in Ottawa, Feb. 19, 2022. Despite Emer-gencies Act being recently ruled illegal by federal judge, Justin Trudeau government is pressing new attack on political rights, the Online Harms Act.

MONTREAL — In a major new attack on the right to free speech, Canada’s Liberal Party government has introduced Bill 63 — the Online Harms Act. It is sweeping legislation to strengthen existing “anti-hate laws” and impose government censorship over…





Supreme Court questions moves to throw Trump off the ballot

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments Feb. 8 on former President Donald Trump’s appeal of a Colorado high court ruling throwing him off the Republican primary ballot there. A clear majority of the justices voiced strong doubts about the…


The fight for political rights is at the center of U.S. politics

Vol. 88/No. 7 - February 19, 2024

Freedom of speech, assembly and worship and other rights working people need and use were won as a result of revolutionary struggles — the War of Independence, the Second American Revolution that overturned slavery and in many class battles since…




Defense, extension of political rights key for the class struggle

Vol. 88/No. 3 - January 22, 2024

President Joseph Biden implausibly likened himself to George Washington Jan. 5, at the same time he pressed further attacks on constitutional freedoms won during the Revolutionary War and the class battles that followed it. Biden and his Democratic Party have…