Communist League: ‘Repeal Canada’s Emergencies Act!’

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022
Canadian police attack truckers, other protesters with pepper spray in Ottawa Feb. 19. Justin Trudeau government used Emergencies Act to scuttle democratic rights, break up protests.

MONTREAL — Last February the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implemented the draconian Emergencies Act to suppress the “Freedom Convoy” of hundreds of truckers and supporters who gathered to protest in Canada’s capital. The federal Public Order Emergency Commission…


San Bernardino Amazon workers fight for a raise

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. —“We want safety, no retaliation,” several hundred community members and unionists chanted, joining over 100 workers from Amazon’s largest air freight facility on the West Coast, called KSBD Oct. 14. They carried signs saying, “Prime shoppers beware,…


Donate California gas tax rebate to the ‘Militant’!

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

LOS ANGELES — “I haven’t received the $350 in my bank account yet, but I am sending that amount to the Militant now in anticipation of getting it,” Los Angeles area resident Pat Nixon said Oct. 18. “The Militant is…


Donate California gas rebate checks to the ‘Militant’

Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022

LOS ANGELES — “We welcome the proposal from readers of the Militant in California to organize to contribute the state gas rebate payments they’re starting to get to the Militant,” said editor John Studer in an Oct. 10 interview. “This…


Road forward for women debated during US marches

Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022

WASHINGTON — Thousands of people, including many young women, turned out for the “Women’s Wave” march here Oct. 8, as they did in similar actions across the country. Organizers appealed to them to join in campaigning and voting for Democratic…


Canada Communist League candidates protest deportations

Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022
Katy LeRougetel, Communist League candidate for Quebec’s National Assembly in Montreal, talks with Mamadou Konate Sept. 18 at action protesting deportation of immigrant workers.

MONTREAL — Two hundred people marched here Sept. 18 under the slogan “Status for all,” calling on the Canadian government to grant permanent resident status to all undocumented migrants in the country. The action was part of a cross-Canada mobilization.…


1962 ‘missile’ crisis book tells story from Cuba’s side

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

Pathfinder Press has released a 60th anniversary printing of October 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen from Cuba. The full story of that moment is told for the first time from the perspective of the Cuban people, whose determination to…


Labor Day actions get word out on workers strike battles

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
SEIU nursing home workers, who went on strike Sept. 2 at 14 sites in Pennsylvania, join Labor Day march in Pittsburgh. Right, striking health care workers at Kaiser in Northern California at Labor Day rally in Oakland.

Across the country thousands of workers gathered and marched in Labor Day actions across the country. Many featured workers on the front line of today’s strike battles, including miners locked in a bitter 17-month fight with Warrior Met Coal bosses…


Communist League candidates in Canada push to get on ballot

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022
Félix Vincent Ardea, left, Communist League candidate for Quebec National Assembly in Marquette, and Gabrielle Prosser, SWP candidate for governor of Minnesota, join picket line in solidarity with striking maritime workers at Ocean Towing in Sorel, Quebec, Aug. 16.

MONTREAL — The Communist League candidates in the Oct. 3 Quebec provincial elections — Katy LeRougetel and Félix Vincent Ardea — are winning a hearing from working people who are looking for a road forward in the face of today’s…


Join fall drive to get out the ‘Militant’

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

In two weeks members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. will launch an ambitious drive to further expand the reach of the Militant. Coupled with the bold use of SWP election…