JANUARY 2011
January 17, 2011 - No. 1
The People vs. U.S. Steel -- Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Long Live the Spirit of '46, the Spirit of Breaking New Ground: Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
- Rolf Gerstenberger
• Canadians Stand as One for Pension Rights
• Locked Out Stelco Workers Win Right to Employment Insurance
• Lock Out News
• Hamilton Mayor Writes Prime Minister
• U.S. Steel's Willful Neglect
• Look What U.S. Steel Is Doing in Indiana
January 18, 2011- No. 2
Vietnamese People Celebrate Communist Party's National Congress
• Long Live the Communist Party of Vietnam! All Out to Support the Heroic Vietnamese People!
• Eleventh National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
• Communist Party of Vietnam -- Glorious History and Sustainable Development - Voice of Vietnam
• 50th Anniversary of Vietnamese National Liberation Front Celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City
January 19, 2011 No. 3
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Vale's Contempt for Canadian Workers, Canada's Institutions and Way of Life
• U.S. Steel Loses Appeal in Federal Court - Rolf Gerstenberger
• Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
- Report and Commentary on Court Decision
January 20, 2011 No. 4
Jean Claude Duvalier
• Mothballed Playboy Dictator Recalled to Service - Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté
• Duvalier Charged with Theft and Corruption
• The Complex Political Maze of Haiti
- Radio Havana Cuba
• Whose Baby Is This...?
- Jean St-Vil
• Meetings in Ottawa and Montreal
SUPPLEMENT
• Reference Material on the Political Crisis in Haiti
January 21, 2011 No. 5
• The Arizona Shooting - Interview with Sandra L. Smith
• Who Should We Blame for the Arizona Shooting? - U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization
• Civility and Politics - Kathleen Chandler
Secret Trials Update
• Government Argues It Doesn't Have to Show Good Faith in Secret Hearings - Matthew Behrens, Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
U.S. Double Standard on Terrorism
• Trial of Notorious Terrorist Posada Carriles on Minor Immigration Charges - U.S. National Free the Five Committee
• Posada's Crimes and Connections
January 24, 2011 - No. 6
ArcelorMittal
• Ontario Liberal Party "ArcelorMittal Election Rally" Costs the People $43.6 Million
Chrysler Plan for Windsor
• Letter to the Editor
Quebec
• Rio Tinto Alcan Workers Oppose Destruction of Industrial Jobs - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
• Government's Wood Auction System Contradicts Interests of Forestry Workers and Communities - Pierre Chénier
• Impact of the Office of Wood Marketing - Carl Proulx, National Representative for Abitibi-Temiscamingue, CEP
January 25, 2011 No. 7
Discussion on Nation-Building -- The Necessity to Restrict Monopoly Right to Control and Manipulate Prices: Proposal for a Modern Formula to Determine Prices of Production
• Part Six: Determining Prices of Production in Practice -- Introduction to Karl Marx's Formula for Prices of Production - Worker' Centre of CPC(M-L)
January 26, 2011 - No. 8
• All Out to Demonstrate in Support of Locked Out Steelworkers on January 29!
• On January 29 Hamilton Welcomes Everyone
Post Office
• Harper Government Appoints New CEO of Canada Post - Louis Lang
• Urban Negotiations: Canadian Union of Postal Workers Files for Conciliation - Denis Lemelin, National President and Chief Negotiator, CUPW
Injured Workers
• Pay-the-Rich Schemes to Deprive Injured Workers of Monies that Belong to Them by Right - Pierre Chénier
• Anti-Worker Reforms to Compensation System - Interview, Steve Mantis, Secretary, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
January 27, 2011 - No. 9
66th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Those Murdered by the Nazis
• About Auschwitz - Dougal MacDonald
Alberta Tar Sands
• The Kearl Lake Project - Peggy Morton
• Facts and Observations
• Claiming Social Wealth from the Tar Sands
• The Concerns of Fort McMurray Workers
- Roland Lefort
January 28, 2011 - No. 10
Harper Government "Reforms"
• Further Attacks on Migrant Workers
- Peggy Askin
Statscan Report
• Consumer Prices Continue to Rise
Vale
• Fired Workers Must Be Reinstated
- Steve Rutchinski
Iron Ore Company of Canada
• Labrador West Workers Step Up Fight for Health and Safety - Interview, George Kean
Ontario
• Full-Time College Support Workers Prepare for Negotiations - Christine Nugent
Colonialism by Consent: Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
• Brief Reflections on the Changing of the Colonial Guard
- Joceline Clemencia
January 31, 2011 - No. 11
Exhilarating Day of Action in Hamilton
• Ten Thousand Workers and Their Allies Break New Ground
FEBRUARY 2011
February 1, 2011 - No. 12
Battle of Stalingrad
• Historic Soviet Victory Inspired the World
• Turning Point of the Second World War - Dougal MacDonald
"War Without Borders"
• Washington Intensifies Push into Central Asia - Rick Rozoff, Stop NATO
February 2, 2011 - No. 13
U.S. Steel
• Contradictory Words That Many Call Outright Lying
• United States Steel Corporation Reports 2010 Fourth Quarter - K.C. Adams
TML Windsor Correspondent
• Windsor Chrysler Plant Shut Down for Lack of Steel
Hamilton Day of Action
• What the Workers Had to Say
February 4, 2011 - No. 14
People's Commission Network Forum
• People's Commission Network Forum: Whose Security? Our Security!
• Mohamed Harkat Barred from Attending Montreal Dinner in His Honour
• Mohamed Harkat: Eight Years On - People's Commission Network
• Blacklisting in Canada
- People's Commission Network
• Justice for Hassan Diab! Stop the Extradition!
• Kafkaesque Justice: The Case of Hassan Diab
12th Anniversary of Bolivarian Revolution
• Significant Occasion Celebrated
• The Revolution Is Here to Stay - Radio Havana Cuba
Honduras
• Thousands Protest Anniversary of Coup Government
February 7, 2011 - No. 15
In Memoriam
• Gerald Robert Smith
Egypt
• The Egyptian People Are Fighting for Genuine Regime Change
• Role of Egyptian Military -Jamilé Ghaddar
• Egyptian Women Stand Second to None
• Canada-Wide Actions in Support of Egyptian People
• Concerning the Democracy Movement Erupting in Egypt and Other Arab Countries - Nathan J. Freeman
• The President's Promises and the Bloody Events of Wednesday, February 2 - Statement from Protesters at Tahrir Square to Egyptian People
February 8, 2011 - No. 16
Update on Political Crisis in Haiti
• Hands Off Haiti! Vigorously Oppose Death Squad Democracy!
• Calls for Aristide's Return
• Will Swiss Banks Block Release of Stolen Haitian Funds to "Baby Doc" Duvalier?
Cubans on Frontline of Combatting Cholera Epidemic
• Effective Cuban Humanitarian Assistance
• Canadian Network on Cuba Steps Up Cuba for Haiti Campaign
Campaign to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
• Oppose Attempts to Deny Oscar López Rivera Parole!
• Free Oscar López Rivera Now
- U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization
February 9, 2011 - No. 17
Discussion on Nation-Building -- The Necessity to Restrict Monopoly Right to Control and Manipulate Prices
Proposal for a Modern Formula to Determine Prices of Production
• Part Seven: Determining Prices of Production in Practice -- Rate of Profit, Prices of Production and Their Relation to the Economy as a Whole
February 10, 2011 - No. 18
Harper-Obama Summit
• Prime Minister's Office Marching to the Drumbeat of the U.S. Empire
• Harper's Stand on Sovereignty -- The Border Is Gone, So It's Not About Sovereignty - Enver Villamizar
• South Western Ontario and the Security Perimeter
• Big Business Organizations Applaud Harper's Annexationist Agenda
• Harper's Stand on Keystone Pipeline -- Another Reason He Is Unfit to Govern - Peggy Morton
SUPPLEMENT
• "Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Between Canada and the United States" - Official Documents and Statements
February 11, 2011 - No. 19
• Desperate Bid of the U.S. to Avoid Regime Change in Egypt
• "Canada's Role in Egypt's Democratic Development" -- Emergency Debate in the House of Commons - Pierre Soublière
• Role of the Military Fully Exposed
• Significant Developments in the Current Uprising
SUPPLEMENT
• U.S.-Style Democracy Building in Egypt
February 14, 2011 - No. 20
Canada Post's "Modern Post"
• Serious Consequences Suffered by Montreal Workers - Interview, Alain Duguay, President, CUPW Montreal Local
Toronto Events
• Valentine's Day Support Rally for Locked Out Hamilton Steelworkers
• Rally to Defend Trade Union Rights in Mexico
Quebec
• Scandalous Plan to "Manage Chronic Disability" - TML Correspondent
• Situation Facing Injured Workers in Remote Areas
66th Anniversary of Dresden Fire Bombing
• Allied War Crime Prelude to the Cold War - Dougal MacDonald
Letter to the Editor
• Stalingrad and Modern-Day Treachery
February 15, 2011 - No. 21
• May First Rally on Parliament Hill: Hold Governments Accountable to the People! - USW Local 1005
• Toronto Rally for Locked Out Hamilton Steelworkers Opposes Theft of Pensions
• Global Days of Action in Defence of Mexican Workers
• BC Coalminers on Strike for Dignity in Retirement - Interview, Chris Nand, President, USW Local 9346
• Rio Tinto Alcan Attempts to Intimidate Alma Workers - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, USW Local 9490
• New Report Published on Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada
• Toronto Transit Workers Defend Right to Strike - Steve Rutchinski
172 Years Ago Today
• Quebec Patriots Hung by the British
February 17, 2011 - No. 22
• In Parliament: Harper's Medieval Notion of Entitlements - Sandra L. Smith
• Hamilton Steelworkers' Opposition to Secret Negotiations - K.C. Adams
• What Are Rio Tinto Alcan and Alcoa up to in Quebec? - Pierre Chénier
• The Egyptian Revolution and the Canadian Mass Media - Hilary LeBlanc
February 21, 2011 - No. 23
Forestry
• AbitibiBowater and the Continuing Attacks on Workers in Canada and the United States
Nation-Wrecking in Northern Ontario
• Sale of Northern Ontario Dams Causes Deep Concern Amongst the People
• Announced Sale of Northern Ontario Dams
Statscan Report
• Consumer Price Index Change for January 2011
United States
• Massive Opposition to Wisconsin Anti-Worker Laws
February 22, 2011 - No. 24
• Uprisings in North Africa and West Asia
February 23, 2011 - No. 25
Join Hamilton Steelworkers on Parliament Hill on May First
• STOP Harper! Demand that Governments Uphold Public Right, NOT Monopoly Right! - USW Local 1005
Alberta
• Labour Relations Board's Decision Permits Union Busting to Pass Unscathed - Peggy Morton
• Public Sector Negotiations - Interview, Guy Smith, President, AUPE
• In Defence of Public Services
- Interview, Karen Weiers, Chair, AUPE Anti-Privatization Committee
Quebec
• No to "Operation Northern Warrior" War Preparations! No to Militarization of Public Space!
For Your Information
• Northern Warrior Military Exercise 2011
• The Canada First Defence Strategy
February 24, 2011 - No. 26
United States
• Nation-Wide Resistance to Anti-Social, Anti-Worker Attacks
February 25, 2011 - No. 27
Attacks on Toronto Public Sector Workers
• Attempt to Give Free Rein to the Wrecking of Public Services - Pierre Chénier
Letters to Toronto Newspapers
• Ideology Offers Simplistic Solutions on Waste Pickup
• An Attack on One Is an Attack on All
• Privatizing Garbage Pickup Won't Save Money
Study
• Inside the Labour Market Downturn: October 2008 to October 2010 - Statistics Canada
Greece
• Continued Mass Actions to Oppose Anti-Social Austerity Measures
February 28, 2011 - No. 28
UN Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Libyan Authorities
• Oppose the Threats to Use Force Against Libya! Oppose the Use of Force to Resolve Conflicts Within and Between Nations! - CPC(M-L)
• Sanctions Are and Remain Acts of War and Intervention Against Sovereign Nations -- Hands Off Libya!
• The Cynical Danse Macabre
- Fidel Castro
• An Invasion of Libya Will Be an Act of War - Nathan J. Freeman
• The Oil Humanitarianism - Radio Havana Cuba
• The Unreliable Sources of the Imperialists' "Reliable" Information
• Canadian Government Hypocrisy to Justify Sanctions Against Libya
For Your Information
• Chapter VII of the UN Charter
• Imperialist "Responsibility to Protect" Doctrine
• Prime Minister's Statement on Implementing Sanctions Against Libya
MARCH 2011
March 1, 2011 - No. 29
Libya
• Oppose Canada's Intervention in Libya Under the Pretext of Humanitarian Aid! No to a "Humanitarian" Imperialist Occupation of Libya! No to all Outside Interference in Libya! Hands Off Libya! - CPC(M-L)
• U.S. Preparations for Libyan Invasion
Toronto Public Sector Workers
• Legislation Banning Transit Strikes Aimed at Privatizing Public Transit -- It Must Not Pass!
United States
• Defiant Resistance Mounts in Wisconsin and Across the Country
• Canadian Unions Join Protests
• Struggle for Working Class Rights and Dignity Continues in Wisconsin - TML Correspondent in Madison
March 2, 2011 - No. 30
Conservative Party Charged with Election Law Violations
• Election Financing Regime and Its Enforcement at a Crossroads - Anna Di Carlo
• Director of Public Prosecution Charges Harper Conservatives with Violations of Elections Act
• Elections Canada Backgrounder
• Elections Canada Charges
Quebec National Assembly
• Marginalize the People -- Liberal "Solution" to the Political Crisis - Christine Dandenault
• The Liberals Only Want Reforms that Don't Bring About Fundamental Change - Serge Lachapelle
British Columbia
• Election of New Premier Underlines Anachronism of Political Party Rule - Charles Boylan
March 3, 2011 - No. 31
• Defend the Dignity of TTC Workers
• Toronto Community Day of Action for Public Services
• Toronto Mayor Ford's Retrograde Discourse on Taxpayers - David Greig
• Basic Economics and the Privatization of Public Services - K.C. Adams
Opposition to U.S. and NATO Plans to Invade Libya
• Statement by Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs to the UN Human Rights Council
March 4, 2011 -No. 32
Charges of Election Spending Violations
• Conservatives Refuse to Be Accountable Under Canada's Electoral Laws - Anna Di Carlo
Legislation to Freeze Assets of Corrupt Regimes
• More Hypocrisy in the Name of Supporting "Democratic Reforms and Accountability"
Libya
• NATO's Inevitable War (Part One) -Fidel Castro
• As U.S. Warships Near Libya, Danger of Imperialist Military Intervention Grows - Sara Flounders, International Action Center
• When Historical Memory Is Erased -- In the Square the Flags of King Idris Wave - Manlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto
March 7, 2011 - No. 33
All Out to Celebrate the Centenary of International Women's Day
• Celebrate One Hundred Years of Women's Conscious Participation in the Struggle for the Rights of All! - Janice Murray
Fight of the Toronto Public Sector Workers
• On the "Monopoly" of the Unionized Toronto City Workers - David Greig
• Oppose the Attacks on TTC Workers
- Pierre Chénier
Libya
• No to a "Humanitarian Intervention" in Libya! - Presentation by Margaret Villamizar, Windsor Peace Coalition
• NATO's Inevitable War (Part Two)
- Fidel Castro
March 8, 2011 - No. 34
Celebrate the Centenary of International Women's Day!
• Our Security Lies in the Fight for the Rights of All - CPC(M-L)
• Women Reject the Direction the Charest Government Is Taking Quebec: Stop Paying the Rich! Increase Funding for Social Programs! - PMLQ
• Women Demand Their Rights Be Guaranteed, Not "Access to Opportunity" - Dagmar Sullivan
• What Constitutes an "Enormous Stride" for Women? - Elaine Baetz
• Call for Canadian Border Services Agency to Stay Out of Women's Shelters
• Marches Across Canada Demand Action on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
For Your Information
• Some Facts on Women in the Workplace
March 9, 2011 - No. 35
The Federal Budget -- Who Decides?
• Oppose Government Cutbacks to Public Services and Privatization of Federal Assets Like Canada Post! - USW Local 1005
• Failed Monopoly AbitibiBowater
• Use of Bankruptcy Protection to Legalize Wrecking of the Economy and Anti-Worker, Anti-Social Attacks
- K.C. Adams
March 10, 2011 - No. 36
• Patriarchal Declaration of the "Relative Privilege" of Canadian Women - Peggy Morton
Pensions
• Mobilizing for Public Pensions Not Flaherty's Privatized Pension Savings Plans
• Autoworkers Speak Out on Pension Reform
- Marsha Chomyshyn, Ken Anderson, Karen Mendel
• Sorting Out the Pension Problem
- Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
Nationwide Tours Defend Revolutionary Cuba
and Build Support for Cuba's Humanitarian Mission in Haiti
• Bernie Dwyer, Journalist and Co-Producer of "The Day Diplomacy Died", March 18-31
• Cuban Doctor Speaks on Cuba's Humanitarian Medical Mission, Mar. 19-April 3
March 11, 2011 - No. 37
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Ambitious Program to Raise People's Standard of Living and the Nation's Prosperity Continues in 2011
March 14, 2011 - No. 38
48th Anniversary of the Founding of the Internationalists
• Canadian Revolutionary Youth in Step with the Times!
Quebec
• Mass Demonstration in Montreal Rejects Charest Liberals' Anti- Social Agenda
• A New Direction for Quebec! Stop Paying the Rich! Increase Funding for Social Programs! - Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
Toronto Public Sector
• Self-Serving Use of Corruption in Public Housing to Justify Privatization - David Greig
Furnace Collapse at Vale Inco's Copper Cliff Smelter
• A Thorough Investigation Must Be Carried Out and Vale Must Pay Full Wages for Lost Time! - Steve Rutchinski
March 15, 2011 - No. 39
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• U.S. Steel's Removal of Coke for Production to the U.S. - Press Release USW Local 1005
• Steelworkers Discuss U.S. Steel's Latest Provocation
• New Billboards in Hamilton Support Locked Out Steelworkers and May First Rally on Parliament Hill
Quebec
• Lucien Bouchard's Fraudulent Defence of the "Best Interests of Quebeckers" - Gabriel Girard-Bernier
United States
• Wisconsin Struggle for Rights Rages On
• Highlights of Wisconsin's Anti-Union, Anti-Social "Budget Bill" - Voice of Revolution
March 16, 2011 - No. 40
Anarchy and Violence in the Name of "War on Terror"
• Demand a Full and Immediate Public Inquiry into G20 Police Violence - Philip Fernandez
• Call to Join Abousfian Abdelrazik's Campaign for Justice Against Blacklisting - Project Fly Home
International
• Hillary Clinton Declares International Information War
• Documents Seized From Egypt's State Security Agency
• Documentary Reveals More U.S. Subversive Plans Against Cuba
• U.S. Citizen Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment for Crimes Against Cuba
• Trial of U.S. Terrorist Posada Carriles
SUPPLEMENT
• Operation Surf -- U.S. Attempt to Subvert Cuban Revolution - Deisy Francis Mexidor, Marina Menéndez and Jean Guy Allard, Granma International
March 17, 2011 - No. 41
Intereference and Aggression in North Africa and West Asia
• NATO, War, Lies and Business - Fidel Castro
• Bahrain: U.S. Backs Saudi Military Intervention, Conflict With Iran - Rick Rozoff, Stop NATO
• Photo Review of Recent Developments
March 18, 2011 - No. 42
• Hands Off Libya! No to International Gangsterism in the Name of "Protecting Civilians!" Support the Call for a Ceasefire!
• The Security Council Resolution
• U.S. Empire Dominates World Affairs and Canada Is Its Willing Accomplice
• African Union High Panel on Libya Set for Nouakchott Meet
March 19, 2011 - Special Edition
• Imperialists Begin the Bombing of Libya - Al Jazeera and Agencies
• French Warplane Shot Down - Voice of Russia
• Coalition of Criminals Launches Aggression Against Libya
• Canada's Filthy Role in Aggression Against Libya
• African Union Opposes Military Intervention into Libya
• Egyptians Vote in Referendum - Al Arabiya and Agencies
March 20, 2011 - Special Edition
• Arab League Now Distances Itself from the Airstrikes - Sandra L. Smith
• No to the Use of Force to Settle Conflicts Between and Within Nations and Peoples! - PMLQ
• Unholy Alliance of Liberals and Fascists
- Hilary LeBlanc
• Harper and Other Warmongers Are Not Fit to Rule! - Philip Fernandez
• Why Russia Didn't Veto - Nikolas K. Gvosdev, GlobalSecurity.org
• African Union Demands Immediate Stop to Libya Attacks
• Libyan Sources Report Italian POWs Captured. Additional Coalition Jets Downed. Qatar Has Joined the War - Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Global Research
• Yemen's Friday Massacre Continues
March 21, 2011 - No. 43
This Week in Parliament
• A Government Which Is Unfit to Rule Will Deliver a New Budget
• Conservative Election Law Charges Likely to Drag on for a Long Time
Quebec
• Workers Oppose Legalization of Theft of Pensions by AbitibiBowater and Charest Government - Pierre Chénier
• Interview - Robert Drolet, President, Syndicat national des travailleurs des pâtes et papier de Donnacona
• Letter to Local Liberal Member of the National Assembly
Ontario
• Mayor Imposes His Dictate on Toronto Community Housing
March 22, 2011 - No. 44
In the Parliament
• Disgraceful All-Party Agreement in Support of Canadian Military Action Against Libya
• Canadians Want an Anti-War Government
• Parliamentary Take-Note Debate
• Motion Endorsing UN Security Council Resolution 1973 on Libya
Recent Developments
• Libyan Authorities Advocate for Peaceful Solution
• France Proposes New "Political Steering Committee Outside of NATO"
• U.S. Aim to Get Rid of Gadhafi
• China and India Oppose Military Intervention
March 23, 2011 - No. 45
Denounce the Federal Budget of the Rich and Their Monopolies
• Organize and Fight for a New Direction for the Economy
March 24, 2011 - No. 46
• Hamilton Steelworkers Oppose U.S. Steel's Latest Provocation
• Press Conference Remarks by USW Local 1005 President Rolf Gerstenberger
• Picket in Greensville and Leafleting in Dundas
• Letter to the Editor of the Spectator
• U.S. Steel's Concern for the Economy -- The Facts
• Solidarity Benefit in Support of Locked-Out Steelworkers
Windsor
• Pension Forum Highlights Demand for Public Pensions
Quebec -- The Bachand Budget
• Students Reject Claims by Parties of the Rich that Education Is a Privilege - PMLQ
• One More Step in the Sellout of Quebec's Natural Resources - Correspondent in the Lower St. Lawrence
Statistics Canada Report
• Consumer Price Index for February
- Excerpts
March 25, 2011 - No. 47
Oppose Canada's Involvement in Wars of Aggression --
Hands Off Libya! Get Out of Afghanistan! Dismantle NATO!
• NATO "Clinches Deal to Take Over Libya Military Ops"
• Foreign Interests in the War on Libya - Interview, Professor Francis Boyle
• International Opposition to War on Libya
• Protests Across U.S. on 8th Anniversary of Invasion of Iraq
March 28, 2011 - No. 48
Quebec Workers' Fight the Government-Protected Monopoly Abuse of Power
• No to the Quebec Budget! The Economy Needs a New Human-Centred Direction!
- Christine Dandenault
• Rio Tinto's Provocations Against Alma Aluminum Workers - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, USW Local 9490
• Tembec Continues Attacks on Forestry Communities - Interview, Carl Proulx, National Representative, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, CEP
• Government Betrayal of Pension Responsibilities - Interview, Gilles Bordeleau, President, USW Local 6887, CCR Xstrata Refinery in Montreal
Bernie Dwyer Tour in Ottawa -- March 28
• "The U.S. Covert War Against Cuba"
Haiti
• Aristide's Return and Haiti's Popular Movement - Dan Coughlin, Haiti Liberté
• Haitians Boycott Second Round Between Neo-Duvalierists - Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté
March 29, 2011 - No. 49
• Hands Off Toronto's Public Services and the Workers Who Provide Them! No to Privatization! All Out for the April 9 Day of Action!
• Mayor's Anti-Social Agenda: Abuse of Power and the Wrecking of Toronto
Post Office
• Urban Negotiations: Response to Canada Post's Unacceptable Offer - Denis Lemelin, National President & Chief Negotiator, CUPW
• Untenable Working Conditions at the Post Office - Interview, Ken Heydrich, 2nd Vice-President, CUPW Hamilton Local
Bernie Dwyer Tour in Montreal -- March 29
• "The U.S. Covert War Against Cuba"
Japan
• Seminal Moment in Nippon's History
• The Risks and Good Sense - Radio Havana Cuba
March 30, 2011 - No. 50
April 9 -- Toronto Community Day of Action for Public Services
• All Out in Defence of Public Services! - Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
Anti-Worker Amendments to Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
• McGuinty Government's Rush to Amend Occupational Health and Safety Act - Dave Killham, Executive Director, Workers Health and Safety Centre
• Amendments to Occupational Health and Safety Act - Sid Ryan, President, OFL
• Imposing Ministerial Control over Workers Centres and Occupational Health Clinics - Rolly Marentette, Chair, Windsor and District Labour Council Health and Safety Committee
In Memoriam
• American Lawyer Leonard Weinglass Passes Away - Radio Havana Cuba
• Leonard Weinglass: His Memory and Legacy Endures - Isaac Saney, National Spokesperson, Canadian Network on Cuba
• For Lenny - Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
• In Memory of Leonard Weinglass
- Gerardo Hernández
March 31, 2011 - No. 51
41st Anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
• Take Up CPC(M-L)'s Work for Political Renewal on a New Historical Basis - Central Committee, CPC(M-L)
APRIL 2011
April 1, 2011 - No. 52
Election 2011
• Canada Needs an Anti-War Government -- Vote Marxist-Leninist! - Press Release, MLPC
Imperialist Powers Must Stop Interfering in Libyan Civil War
• Oppose U.S.-Led Liberal/Fascist Axis! - Hilary LeBlanc
• Criminal Acts by the Harper Government -- Time to Draw the Line - Pierre Soublière
• Canadian to Command NATO Mission -- Canada's Everlasting Shame
• Study Finds Canada's Military Spending at Highest Point Since WWII
• Canadian Military Exports to the Middle East
& North Africa - Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
• Recent Developments
• Libyan War and Control of the Mediterranean - Rick Rozoff, Stop NATO
April 4, 2011 - No. 53
• April Issue of Workers' Forum Off the Press!
Bill Passes Ruling Toronto Transit Workers' Strikes Illegal
• Oppose Unjust Anti-Strike Legislation! Defend the Dignity of TTC Workers! All Out for April 9 Day of Action!
• Anti-Strike Legislation Based on Misinformation and Twisted Principles - Bob Kinnear, President, ATU Local 113
British Colombia
• Elkview Coalminers Continue Strike for Pension Improvements
• Southern Interior Forestry Workers Oppose Unacceptable Offer
Post Office
• Edmonton Postal Workers Develop Resistance to Untenable Working Conditions
Paris Commune
• Paris Commune -- Harbinger of the New Society - Colleen Pearse
April 5, 2011 - No. 54
Parliament Hill May First -- Join Local 1005 USW!
• Break New Ground to Defend the Rights of All! - USW Local 1005
• Call for Action -- May 1st Workers' Day in Ottawa - Wayne Fraser, Director, USW District 6
• Poem: Join Us May First on Parliament Hill - Bill Mahoney, USW Local 1005 Retiree
Toronto Community Day of Action for Public Services
• Who Should Claim the Value Created by Mass Transportation? - Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
Quebec
• Recent Developments at Rio Tinto Arvida in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean - Interview, Alain Gagnon, President, Syndicat national des employés de l'aluminium d'Arvida
• Xstrata Workers in Rouyn-Noranda Face Job Losses and Propaganda for Closure
Auto
• Henniges Plant Closure in Welland
- Ron Walker
April 6, 2011 - No. 55
• The Battle of Election Promises
• Harper Government Continues Attempts to Censor Report on Afghan Detainees
• Foreign Control
• Air Canada: Negotiations and "Different Paths" - New Horizons
• Workers and Retirees Denounce Minister of Finance and His Anti-Social Budget at Oshawa Rally
• Windsor: Autoworkers Suspicious of Chrysler's Continued Plant Shutdowns
• Life in the Windsor Post Office: If This Is Friday, This Must Be Forceback
- May Keeney
April 8, 2011 - No. 56
April 9 Day of Action to End the War in Afghanistan
• All Out to Oppose the War on Afghanistan and Libya! Get Canada Out of NATO! Dismantle NATO! Canada Needs an Anti-War Government!
• The War Against Libya - Letters to the Editor
• Recent Developments in Libya
• The Politics of Assassination
- Tony Seed
April 11, 2011 - No. 57
• International Anti-War Actions Oppose War on Libya and Foreign Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan
• There Is No Such Thing as U.S. Bombers Bringing "Humanitarian" Aid - Voice of Revolution
• "Humanitarian" Bombs Fall on Libya
- Juventude Rebelde
North Africa and West Asia
• Libyan Government Accepts African Union's Peace Plan
• Egyptians Remain Steadfast in Demands for Change
• Violent Repression Against Escalating Anti-Government Protests in Yemen
12th Anniversary of NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
• Serbians Commemorate Victims of NATO Bombing
U.S.-Sponsored Terrorism Against Cuba
• Down with the Acquittal of U.S.-Backed Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles! Hands Off Cuba! No to Impunity!
• When Is a Terrorist Not Considered a Terrorist? - Isaac Saney, National Spokesperson, Canadian Network on Cuba
April 12, 2011 - No. 58
Election 2011
• Announcement - MLPC
• Leaders' Debates and the Need for Practical Politics
• Bogus Talk About Planned Deficit Reduction
Toronto Day of Action in Defence of Public Services
• No to Anti-Social Offensive of Ford Regime and the Wrecking of Toronto
• Who Should Claim the Value Created by Mass Transportation, Part Two - Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
April 13, 2011 - No. 59
French Leaders' Debate
• Quebec Quebec Quebec. They Just Can't Make It Go Away
• MLPC Candidates in Quebec
• On the National Leaders' Debate
- Letters to the Editor
• The Need for Democratic Renewal
- Anna Di Carlo, National Leader, MLPC
9th Anniversary of Venezuelan Coup d'Etat
• Venezuelans Celebrate Bolivarian Nation-Building Project
Haiti
• Rogue's Democracy Sure to Give Rise to Death Squad Democracy
• Cuba Criticizes Breach of Commitments to Haiti
• Cuban Doctors: A Rich Tradition of Assisting the Impoverished - Radio Havana Cuba
• Speech by Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla to Special Session of UN Security Council
April 14, 2011 - No. 60
Leaders' Debate -- Abstracting Absence
• The Missing Voice of the Working Class
• Hamilton to Harper: You Are Not Welcome!
• Rally to Oppose Harper's "Ethnic Costume Photo Op"
Whose Economy? Our Economy! Who Decides? We Decide!
• Who Decides the "Worth" of an Individual?
• The Spirit of '46 -- No Means No!
- USW Local 1005
• The Gentle Man - Poem, Bill Mahoney
• Air Canada CEO Payment Excessive - CAW Local 2002
Honduras
• U.S to Open New Military Base
Côte d'Ivoire
• President Seized by French Military Forces
• The Right of Might (II)
- German-foreign-policy.com
Libya
• Canada's Disgraceful Participation in "Contact Group on Libya"
• All About Oil, or All About Banking? - Ellen Brown, webofdebt.com
April 15, 2011 - No. 61
50th Anniversary of Declaration of Irrevocable Socialist Nature of Cuban Revolution and Defeat of U.S. Invasion at Playa Girón
• Cuban Communist Party Holds 6th Congress
• Message of Greetings from the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
• Grand Celebrations in Revolution Square
• Historic Victory at Playa Girón
• Playa Girón, Where History Changed - Radio Havana Cuba
• Events Commemorate Cuba's Victory at Playa Girón
April 18, 2011 - No. 62
Election 2011
• Small Parties to Hold Joint Press Conference
and Public Forum
• On the Unequal Treatment of Political Parties - Anna Di Carlo
• Electoral Politics Means Opposition to Organizing People to Participate in Governance
Toronto Day of Action in Defence of Public Services
• What the Workers Had to Say
Contempt for Workers' Rights
• Workers' Demand for Anti-Scab Legislation Goes Unheard in Ontario Legislature
April 19, 2011 - No. 63
Cuba
• Militant Celebration of 50 Years of Socialism and Victory at Playa Girón
• Communist Party Holds Landmark 6th Congress
SUPPLEMENT
• Central Report to 6th Congress of Communist Party of Cuba - Raúl Castro, Second Secretary, Central Committee
April 20, 2011 - No. 64
Election 2011
• Conservatives' Racist Pursuit of the "Ethnic Vote" -- Indictment of Democratic Institutions Which Are Supposed to Uphold the Public Good - Philip Fernandez
• Torontonians Denounce Conservatives' "Ethnic Politics"
• Industry Minister's "Canadian Values" Denounced in Huntsville
North Africa and West Asia
• Libya: Over Time, Growing Doubts
- Radio Havana Cuba
• Recent Developments in Libya
• Egypt: Mubarak's Former Ruling Party Dissolved
• Yemen Government Forces Continue Violent Repression
• U.S. Condemned for Support of Violent State Repression in Bahrain
April 21, 2011 - No. 65
Election 2011 -- Missing Voice of the Working Class
• Steelworkers Say: Concessions Are Not Solutions!
• Steel Not Steal! Protest Opposes U.S. Steel's Looting of Hamilton Coke
• Growing Support for Locked Out Steelworkers
Post Office
• Sky-High Strike Vote Puts the Pressure on Postal Negotiations - CUPW
XL's Calgary Plant Closures Eliminate 500 Jobs
• Manufacturing Yes! Nation Wrecking No! - Peggy Askin
• Interview - Louise Craig, Representative, UFCW Local 401
May Day
• Workers in Northern BC Organize for May Day
April 22, 2011 - No. 66
Earth Day 2011
• Political Empowerment -- A Necessity to Protect the Natural Environment
• U.S. Denies Climate Change - Radio Havana Cuba
• UN Debates Bolivian Resolution on Rights of Mother Earth
Wrecking of Social and Natural Environments by Canadian Mining Firms
• Mayan Women, Victims of Gang Rapes, Announce Lawsuit Against Hudbay Minerals - Rights Action
• Human Rights Violation Complaint Against HudBay Minerals
Libya
• UK Warned Against Military Ground Operations
• Civilian Casualties Continue Under Stepped Up NATO "Humanitarian" Bombings
April 25, 2011 - No. 67
Election 2011 -- For an Informed Vote!
• Small Parties Hold Joint Press Conference and Public Forum
• Foundation for Democratic Advancement Study Shows Elite Nature of Canada's Democracy
U.S. Imperialists Use Drones in War to Seize Libya
• Hands Off Libya! Stop the Warmongers! Canada Needs an Anti-War Government!
• Recent Developments in Libya
Haiti
• As Inauguration Nears, Martelly Prepares Duvalier Amnesty and Political Offensive - Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté
April 26, 2011 - No. 68
Election 2011
• Stop Harper! - David Greig
• "No to Harper's Take-Over of Mississauga-East Cooksville!" Says MLPC Candidate
• MLPC Candidate in Pontiac Calls for a New Pro-Social Direction for the Economy
Yemen
• Protests Continue Despite Plans for President's Resignation
Cuba
• 6th Congress of Communist Party Inaugurates Bold New Era of Socialist Nation-Building Project
• 2012 National Conference Convoked
• Toronto Event in Support of Cuba's Fifty Year Fight Against U.S. Terrorism
SUPPLEMENT
• Closing Speech to 6th Congress of Communist Party of Cuba - Raúl Castro. First Secretary, Central Committee
April 27, 2011 - No. 69
Election 2011
• Stop the Warmongers! Reject the Halifax Chronicle Herald's Call for Invasion of Africa - Tony Seed
Libya
• Legal Murder? - Radio Havana Cuba
Bahrain
• Mass Repression by Government and Foreign Troops Continues
Pakistan
• Massive Protest Against U.S. Drone Strikes
Japan
• Reconstruction Under Nuclear Tension
- Radio Havana Cuba
April 28, 2011 - No. 70
April 28 Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job
• Governments Must Guarantee the Right to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions - Pierre Chénier
• Ontario Government Prepares to Step Up Attacks on Injured Workers - Interview, Peter Page, President, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
• Situation in Quebec's Construction Sector - François Patry, Director, Health and Safety Department, FTQ
Election 2011 -- Missing Voice of the Working Class
• All Out for May First on Parliament Hill! Break New Ground to Defend Public Right and Set a New Direction for the Economy!
• Workers' Issue Resounding Call to "Stop Harper!" in Val d'Or
• MLPC Candidate in Laurentide-Labelle Calls for Solutions to the Forestry Crisis that Favour the Workers and Communities
April 29, 2011 - No. 71
Election 2011
• The Main Concern for Quebec - Christine Dandenault
• Another Electoral Coup Against Quebec on the Horizon - Normand Chouinard
• Quebec "Cracking for Jack"?
- Christian-Simon Ferlatte
• NDP's Asymmetrical Federalism -- The Same Fraud as Harper's Open Federalism - Benoit Legros and Mikaël St-Louis
British Royal Wedding
• Constitutional Monarchy -- Remnant of Medievalism and Colonialism That Should Be Abolished Not Celebrated!
April 30, 2011 - No. 72
• Resistance and Responsibility -- Let Us Together Defend the Rights of All!
- CPC(M-L)
• Steelworkers Are Going to Parliament Hill May First to Make Their Voices Heard!
• USW Local 1005 Calls on You to Take Up the Work to Change the Situation! - USW Local 1005
• Forestry Workers Will Be Present on Parliament Hill on May First
• Toronto Workers Must Make Their Voices Heard!
• Time for a New Direction for the Economy: Demand that U.S. Steel Stop Its Arrogant Refusal to Settle a Respectable New Contract with Hamilton Steelworkers - Rolf Gerstenberger
• Join in May Day to Defend the Rights ofAll! - Halifax May Day Committee
• March for Workers' Demands on May First! - Edmonton May Day March and Rally
• In Defense of the Revolution -- May First in Havana - Radio Havana Cuba
Photo Review
• Workers' Struggles in the Past Year
MAY 2011
May 2, 2011 - No. 73
Election 2011
• Electoral Coup in the Making - Anna Di Carlo
• While the Media Attempt to Silence the Voice of the Workers, the Workers' Voice Rings Loud and Clear - Enver Villamizar
• Workers Are Not a Vote Bank! Across Canada They Are Coming Forward to Change the Situation! - Pierre Chénier
May 3, 2011 - No. 74
• Statement of the MLPC on the Results of the 41st General Election
• Vigorous May Day Actions Across the Country and Around the World
May 5, 2011 - No. 75
Historic May First Rally and March on Parliament Hill
• Take Up the Work to Change the Situation! - Rolf Gerstenberger, President, USW Local 1005
• Donnacona Workers Demand Governments Be Held to Account for Destruction of Manufacturing and Legalized Theft of Pensions
• What the Workers Had to Say
May 6, 2011 - No. 76
An Attack Against One Is an Attack Against All
• Supreme Court of Canada Criminalizes Ontario Farm Workers' Right to Defend Themselves
The Harper Agenda and Need for a New Direction for the Economy
• Shipbuilding Yes, But Not the Militarization of Shipbuilding - Tony Seed
• Alarming Rise in Consumer Price Inflation
May 9, 2011 - No. 77
Canadian Labour Congress 26th Constitutional Convention
• Taking up Social Responsibility to Stop the Neoliberal Offensive of the Harper Government
• May Issue of Workers' Forum Off the Press!
• Lively Meeting in Courtenay, BC Discusses How to Hold the Harper Government to Account
66th Anniversary of the Victory Over Fascism
• The Overthrow of the Imperialist System Is the Only Guarantee for Peace
• Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War
May 10, 2011 - No. 78
• 26th Constitutional Convention of Canadian Labour Congress Opens in Vancouver
Discussion
• End of the Social Contract and the Necessity to Break New Ground
British Columbia
• Growing Opposition to Raw Log Exports - Pierre Chénier
In Defence of Public Services
• The People Speak, Ford's Toadies Hear Nothing
• Deputation to Toronto City Council's Public Works and Infrastructure Committee - David Greig
Palestine
• Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Package
- Nathan J. Freeman
• Egypt and Israel Heading for Crisis: Mood in Cairo Turns Against Close Ties - Jonathan Cook, Global Research
• Palestinian National Reconciliation Agreement
May 11, 2011 - No. 79
Time for a New Direction for the Forest Industry
• Attacks on Forest Workers and the Community of Saint-Fulgence - K.C. Adams
• Fraser Paper Retirees Demonstrate Against Theft of Pensions
CLC Convention
• Delegates Adopt Resolutions on Economic and Social Policies
Yemen
• Pentagon Says Military Aid to Saleh Regime Will Continue
May 12, 2011 - No. 80
• Hamilton Steelworkers Cope with Disinformation About the Dangers Posed by U.S. Steel
CLC Convention
• Highlights of Day Three
Energy
• The People of Alberta Must Decide, Not an Energy Superboard
• First Nations Hit Back Against Harper: Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Will Still Be Stopped in Its Tracks
- First Perspectives
Denial of Farm Workers' Rights
• Are Supreme Court Judges Detached Careerists or Anti-Worker Activists? - K.C. Adams
• State-Sanctioned Indentured Labour: The Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
May 16, 2011 - No. 81
63rd Anniversary of Al Nakba
• Palestinian People Step Up Their Struggle for Independence and the Right of Return
• Israel Stripped 140,000 Palestinians of Residency Between 1967 and 1994
• U.S. Envoy to Israeli-Palestinian "Peace Talks" Resigns
For Your Information
• New Statistical Report on Palestinians Worldwide
• Israel Criminalizes Commemoration of the Nakba - Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Electronic Intifada
May 17, 2011 - No. 82
In Defence of Public Services
• Building Opposition to Toronto's Cuts to Social Spending
• Forensic Accountants Expose City's Fabrications in Favour of Privatization - David Greig
• Ford Austerity Agenda - No One Is Illegal
CLC Convention
• Day Four and Conclusion
Windsor
• High School Students Walk-Out to Resist Anti-Social Measures and Defend Right to Education
In Defence of Rights
• Hassan Diab vs. Canada's Unjust Extradition Law -- Toronto, May 19
• The Need to Step Up the Struggle Against Security Certificates
May 18, 2011 - No. 83
Quebec's Anti-Worker Bill 11
• Charest Government Legislates AbitibiBowater's Monopoly Right - K.C. Adams
• Retirees' Statement Rejecting AbitibiBowater Bill
• Communiqué in Support of Retirees - Réseau FADOQ and FARQ
• A Shared Struggle to Safeguard Pension Funds - Jean-Paul Lizotte, Representative, Donnacona Retirees
• Letter to Member of National Assembly
Haitian Flag Day
• Long Live the Struggle of the Haitian People for Complete Emancipation! Long Live Haiti!
• Neoliberal Champion Nominated as Prime Minister
• UN Exonerates Itself of Culpability for Cholera Epidemic
• Venezuela Will "Repay it's Debt" to Haiti Through Continuation of Humanitarian Projects - Rachael Boothroyd, Venezuelanalysis.com
• 208th Anniversary of Haitian Flag Day
May 19, 2011 - No. 84
• Unite to Oppose Harper's Plan to Wreck the Canadian Wheat Board! - Dougal MacDonald
• Farmers, Not Government, Should Decide CWB Future - National Farmers Union
• National Farmers Union on Future of Wheat Board
Alberta
• Calgary Rally Demands that Government Stop Underfunding Education
• Education Is a Right! Increase Investments in Education! - Peggy Morton
Quebec
• Profiting from Turmoil: Charest Government Officially Announces Northern Plan - Normand Fournier
May 20, 2011 - No. 85
Windsor Meeting on Cuba's Economic Reforms
• Strengthening the Economic Base for Development of the Country
Campaign to Free the Cuban Five
• New International Campaign Demands Freedom for the Cuban Five
• Contracts Reveal Miami Journalists on U.S. Government Payroll - Radio Havana Cuba
• Case of the Cuban Five and the Media - Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, CubaDebate
Continued Attempts to Undermine Revolutionary Cuba
• Informative Note from the Revolutionary Government
• Cuba Despises Lies - Freddy Pérez Cabrera, Granma International
• Fabricating Pretexts -- Disinformation Campaigns Directed Against Cuba - Granma International
Latin America and Carribean
• Preparatory Meeting for OAS Counter Organisation, CELAC, Held in Venezuela - Rachael Boothroyd, Venezuelanalysis.com
May 24, 2011 - No. 86
Post Office -- Urban Postal Unit Negotiations
• Canada Post Presents Unacceptable "Final Offer"
• Canada Post Threatens the Livelihood and Dignity of Postal Workers - Interview, Louis Lang, Ottawa Postal Worker
France
• Militant Opposition to G8 Summit
Greece
• 24-Hour General Strike Against Budget Cuts, Privatization
Honduras
• Government Prioritizes Neoliberal Measures
• Role of USAID in New Selloff of Honduras - Colectivo Morazan
May 25, 2011 - No. 87
Time for a New Direction for the Economy
• Government Study Predicts Continuing Forestry Crisis
• Public Hearings on Quebec's Anti-Worker Bill 11
• Brief Presented by AbitibiBowater Donnacona Retirees
• Brief Presented by Active Workers at Kruger in Trois-Rivières
• AbitibiBowater Threatens Yet More Layoffs and Wrecking - K.C. Adams
Charest's Northern Plan
• Reflections and Questions - Normand Fournier
• Consumer Price Index April 2011
- Statistics Canada
Spain
• Country-Wide Protests Denounce "Austerity Measures"
May 27, 2011 - No. 88
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Steelworkers Demand Governments Act to Defend Canadians and Keep Stelco Producing!
• Steelworkers and Community Members Oppose Removal of Stelco Coke
• Steelworkers United Against Two-Tier Workplace and Shafting of Pensioners
Canadian Wheat Board
• Harper's Fraudulent Notion of Choice - Dougal MacDonald
West Asia and North Africa
• Harper Government Imposes Sanctions on Syria
• Canada Prepares to Extend Participation in NATO Mission Against Libya
• NATO Intensifies Attacks on Civilian Targets in Libya
May 30, 2011 - No. 89
In Defence of Public Services
• Speak Out in Support of Postal Workers - K.C. Adams
• Continued Resistance to Wrecking of Toronto - David Greig
• Vancouver Island Health Care Workers Face Potential Layoff - Barbara Biley
• Concerns of Alberta Government Employees - Interview, Glen Scott, Vice-President, AUPE
May 31, 2011 - No. 90
June 1 -- Ontario Injured Workers' Day
• All Out in Defence of Injured Workers!
• The Need for the Labour Movement to Defend Injured Workers - Interview, Al Bieksa, Occupational Disability Training Co-ordinator, OFL
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• GM Executives Coerce Active and Retired Autoworkers
In Defence of Public Services
• Keep Calgary's Parks Public
Palestine
• Rafah Crossing Reopens Permanently - Nathan J. Freeman
• Gaza Committee Holds UN Secretary General Responsible for Danger Facing Freedom Flotilla
JUNE 2011
June 1, 2011 - No. 91
Postal Workers Serve 72-Hour Strike Notice
• All Out to Support the Postal Workers!
• Postal Workers Present Final Offer and Issue Strike Notice - Denis Lemelin, President and Chief Negotiator, CUPW
British Columbia
• Heiltsuk First Nation Demonstrates Against Enbridge
• Enbridge Pipeline Means Violation of Hereditary Rights and Theft of Natural Resources - Interview, Frank Martin, Heiltsuk First Nation
June 6, 2011 - No. 92
• The Need for Action with Analysis to Build the Workers' Opposition
Post Office
• All Out to Support the Postal Workers!
• Postal Workers' New Proposal and Management's Response - Denis Lemelin, President and Chief Negotiator, CUPW
Palestine
• What Lies Behind the On-Again, Off-Again "Iron Wall" at Rafah? - Nathan J. Freeman
June 7, 2011 - No. 93
• For an Alternative Direction for the Economy
Quebec's Anti-Worker Bill 11
• Charest Government Rejects Discussion and Amendments
Greece
• No Means No! Mass Meetings and Mobilizations Express Determination to Hold Parasites and Their Governments to Account
• Canadian Prime Minister's Nefarious Visit - Dougal MacDonald
June 8, 2011 - No. 94
Post Office
• Postal Workers Fight to Defend Public Services
• Why Canada Post Is Striking - Denis Lemelin, President and Chief Negotiator, CUPW
Toronto Public Sector
• A Deceitful Process with an Anti-Social Aim - David Greig
• Enhancing Toronto's Business Climate -- A Strategy Aimed at Negating the Human Factor
• Disinformation about Toronto's Program to Cut Jobs and Services to Pay the Rich
• Opposition to City Cuts in East Toronto
June 9, 2011 - No. 95
Libya
• NATO Attempts to Expand Aggression and Canada's Active Participation in Committing Crimes
• Open Letter Against Extending the War - Windsor Peace Coalition
• Who Said What in the Parliament
- Parliamentary Hansard
Afghanistan
• Harper's Trip Used to Disinform
Targeted Assassination of Osama bin Laden
• U.S. Contempt of the Very Notion of Rule of Law
• "American Justice" - Prof. Marjorie Cohn
Pakistan
• NATO Tanker Torched
Syria
• France and UK Pressure Syria Through UN Security Council - Russia Today
June 10, 2011 - No. 96
Air Canada
• Workers Prepare for Strike Action to Defend Their Pensions
• Low Cost Carrier -- An Attack on Our Wages and Working Conditions - New Horizons
• Acting With Impunity - New Horizons
Venezuela
• The Pérez Becerra Case
• Statement of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Venezuela
June 13, 2011 - No. 97
Postal Workers Continue Rotating Strikes
• Oppose Canada Post's Attempts to Blame Postal Workers for Its Own Disruption in Service
• Calgary and Edmonton Postal Workers Speak Out for Rights, Dignity and Public Postal Services
BC HST Referendum and the Necessity for a Modern Tax System
• Vancouver Public Meeting on HST
• Defeat the HST Poll Tax! - Barbara Biley
June 14, 2011 - No. 98
• Air Canada Workers on Strike
Vote in Parliament to Extend Libya Mission
• Say No to Canada's Expanding Foreign Military Engagement!
• Defence Minister's "Prudent Planning"
• Get NATO Out of Libya
• Aim of Talk About NATO Fatigue
• Behind the Phony ICC 'Rape' Charges: Are NATO Forces Preparing a Ground Attack? - Sara Flounders, International Action Center
• First Shipment of Libyan Oil Arrives in U.S.
• NATO to Consolidate Base in Turkey
Obama in Puerto Rico
• Demonstration to Demand Independence and Release of Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera
• End U.S. Colonialism and Pay Reparations Now! - Voice of Revolution
June 15, 2011 - No. 99
• Hold Air Canada to Account for Disruption to the Economy, Not the Workers!
• All Out to Join Postal Workers' Picket Lines! All for One and One for All!
• Pro-War Vote on Libya Extension Exposes Fraud of "Balanced Parliament"
Ontario
• Toronto Public Meeting Confronts Increased Attacks on Injured Workers
• Injured Workers' Rally Steps Up Fight for Justice
Korea -- 11th Anniversary of June 15 North-South Agreement
• Long Live the Korean People's Struggle for Peaceful and Independent Reunification!
• Demonstrations Call for Unconditional Talks Between North and South
• "Nobody Can Reverse Trend of June 15 Era Toward Reunification"
• Anniversary of June 10 Independence Movement
June 16, 2011 - No. 100
Postal Workers Fight for Rights
• Oppose Back-to-Work Legislation Against Postal Workers! Demand that Governments Uphold Public Right, Not Monopoly Right!
The People vs. U.S. Steel
• Steelworkers Renew Pledge to Hold U.S. Steel to Account
• Steelworkers Upbeat About the Anniversary of Local 1005
• USW Local 1005 and the Spirit of '46, Then and Now
Anti-Worker Bill 11 Passed by Quebec National Assembly
• Hoax of Exceptional Circumstances to Justify Concentration of Wealth - Pierre Chénier
June 17, 2011 - No. 101
Annexation No! Sovereignty Yes!
• No to a North American Security Perimeter!
• Security Perimeter Being Put in Place Behind Canadians' Backs - Enver Villamizar
• Government Backgrounder -- Public Consultation on Shared Vision for Canada-U.S. Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness
Lock Out at Post Office
• Windsor March in Solidarity with Postal Workers
• Mass Rallies Held in Ottawa, Toronto and Winnipeg
Air Canada
• Tentative Agreement: Who Said What
United States
• "Stealth Wireless Networks" Created
Mexico
• Intensified U.S. Interference in Internal Affairs
Cuba
• 10th Anniversary of Injustice Against the Cuban Five
• Successful Meetings Held in Vancouver and Nanaimo for Cuban Ambassador
June 20, 2011 - No. 102
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Oppose Anti-Worker Legislation! Support the Postal Workers' Just Demands!
• Vancouver Rally in Support of Postal Workers
Air Canada
• New Deal Gets Approval of Union Leaders, Workplace Representatives - Canadian Auto Workers
• Machinists Union (IAMAW) Local 764 Pension Committee Report
Libya
• Get Canada Out of Libya! Stop NATO Bombing! Dismantle NATO!
• "The Right to Protect" Has Triggered a Humanitarian Disaster - William Bowles, Global Research
• U.S. Could Invade in October - Mathaba
• NATO Incorporates Libyan Experience for Global War Template - Rick Rozoff
June 21, 2011 - No. 103
• No to Back-to-Work Legislation and the Conservative Government's Hooligan "Enforcer" Role
• Ontario Government Condemned for Abusing Back-to-Work Legislation
Forestry
• AbitibiBowater Will Not Stop Its Demands Until the Government Upholds Its Social Responsibility to Defend the People and Nation
• Tembec Workers Demand Investments to Modernize Pulp Mill - Roger Gauthier, President, CEP Local 233
• Federal and Provincial Governments' Role in Decimating BC Forestry Industry - Interview, John Little, Organizer, USW Local 1-1937
June 22, 2011 - No. 104
Lock Out at Post Office
• All Out to Defend the Rights of Postal Workers! - Louis Lang
• The Employer Is Hiding -- CUPW
• Government's "Goon Enforcer Role"
- Letter to the Editor
U.S. Steel's Pyrrhic Victory
• Despite Injunction Steelworkers Still Have 8.6 Million Reasons Why No Means No! - USW Local 1005
Greece
• Greek People Break New Ground
- TML Correspondent in Athens
• 70th Anniversary of the Soviet Union's Staunch Resistance to the Hitlerite Nazis' Perfidious Invasion - Dougal MacDonald
June 23, 2011 - No. 105
• Militant Support for Postal Workers and Rejection of Back-to-Work Legislation
June 24, 2011 - No. 106
Libya
• African Union Issues Warning to UN to Stop Attacks
• Canada's Incitement of Libyan Civil War - Enver Villamizar
• Canadian Warplanes Join NATO Raids on Tripoli
• Lie of Humanitarian Aims in Libya Put to Rest - Letter to the Editor
61st Anniversary of Start of Korean War
• Inhumane Atrocities and Crimes of U.S. from the Korean War to the Present
June 27, 2011 - No. 107
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Condemn the Back-to-Work Legislation Against the Postal Workers! - CPC(M-L)
• Workers' Rights Take a Big Hit Under Harper's Majority Government
• Postal Workers' Militant Resistance Sets Tone for Parliamentary Debate
June 28, 2011 - No. 108
Forestry
• Charest Government's Fraudulent "Level Playing Field" - Pierre Chénier
• Kruger Workers Demonstrate Against Permanent Layoffs
In Defence of the Rights of All
• Injured Workers' Public Meeting Demands End to Government Attacks
• Defending Ontario Farm Workers' Right to Organize - Interview, Stan Raper, UFCW, National Coordinator, Agriculture Workers Alliance
• Farm Workers' Union Accuses Mexican Consulate of Blacklisting Migrant Workers Involved in Organizing
First Anniversary of G8/G20 Protest
• Justice Needed for Victims of State Violence at G20 - Philip Fernandez
• Toronto Events on First Anniversary of G20 Protests
June 29, 2011 - No. 109
Harper's Mayday Mayhem
• Newfoundlanders Demonstrate Against Harper Government's Wrecking Agenda - Tony Seed
Quebec
• Provocative Royal Visit - Parti marxist-léniniste du Québec
• Hidden Behind the Charest Government's Northern Plan - Normand Fournier
Libya
• Stop NATO Bombing! Get Canada Out of Libya!
June 30, 2011 - No. 110
The People vs U.S. Steel
• Canadians Stand as One with Hamilton Steelworkers
In the Parliament
• First Session of 41st Parliament Comes to an End
Libya
• Statement on the International Criminal Court
• U.S. Impunity and International Conflicts - Granma International
Cuba
• USAID Planning to Spend Millions on Infiltrating Youth - Jean-Guy Allard, Granma International
• Note to Our Readers
OCTOBER 2011
October 21, 2011 - No. 111
All Out to Support the Air Canada Workers!
Defeat Harper Government's Attempt to Criminalize the Right to Resist!
• Rally in Ottawa to Support Air Canada Flight Attendants
• Defeat Harper Government's Attempt to Criminalize the Right to Resist!
• The Slippery Slope -- From Raitt to No Rights: A Look at the CIRB Referral - New Horizons
• Blame Air Canada, Not the Union for "Unfair Labour Practices" - New Horizons
• We Are Not Perplexed. We Are United! - New Horizons
For Your Information
• First Referral to CIRB Under Subsection 87.4(5) of Labour Code
• Second Referral to CIRB Under Section 107 of Labour Code
October 24, 2011 - No. 112
Post Office
• Postal Workers Gather for 24th Triennial National Convention
• Legal Challenge of Back-to-Work Legislation Launched - Peggy Askin
• Court Accepts Union's Challenge to Appointment of Arbitrator
Air Canada
• Parliament Hill Rally in Defence of Rights of Flight Attendants
• Smash the Silence on Flight Attendants' Working Conditions - Pierre Chénier
Toronto Airport
• Support Security Screeners in Defence of Their Rights! Reinstate the Suspended Workers!
October 27, 2011 - No. 113
• Stand as One Against Harper's Barrelling Train
• Growing Opposition to Harper's Destruction of Wheat Board and Nation-Wrecking
• Board Directors Launch Lawsuit to Defend Farmers' Rights - Canadian Wheat Board
• Actions in Defence of Wheat Board
• Harper Government Has Bullied and Outraged Prairie Grain Farmers - National Farmers Union
• Vancouver and District Labour Council Denounces Wrecking of Wheat Board
• Harper Caught in Web of His Own Deceit - Charlie Vita
• President of Battle River Railway Urges Action to Defend Wheat Board
• Open Letter from Former Assistant Commissioner of Canada Grain Commission
Discussion in the Parliament
• Significance of Wheat Board to Nation-Building - Niki Ashton, MP
• Supply Management -- An Important Principle - Niki Ashton, MP
• Destruction of the Wheat Board Helps United States - Wayne Easter, MP
• Government's Tender of Audit to Dismantle Wheat Board in Contempt of Parliament
NOVEMBER 2011
November 14, 2011 - No. 114
Attacks on Quebec Construction Workers
• Blame the Monopolies and Charest Government Not Workers and Unions for Corruption and Violence in Quebec's Construction Industry
• Anti-Worker Legislation in the Name of "Improving Operation of Construction Industry"
• Blatant Union-Busting Legislation Based on Alberta Model - André Vachon
• Charest Northern Plan's Need for Cheap Labour - Normand Fournier
Education Is a Right
• Education Is Not a Privilege! Society Must Guarantee the Right to Education for the Youth! - Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
November 15, 2011 - No. 115
Growing Opposition to Harper's Wrecking
• Parliament Hill and Winnipeg Demonstrations to Defend Canadian Wheat Board
• The Interests of Ontario Farmers and Workers Are Served by Standing as One with Western Farmers - Christine Nugent
Government Offensive Against Air Canada Flight Attendants
• Arbitrator Refuses to Recognize Rights of Flight Attendants
Legalized Theft of Fraser Paper Workers' Pensions
• Thurso, Quebec Retirees Join Victims of Brookfield Association
• Interview - Maurice Lalonde, President, Thurso Retirees Association
AbitibiBowater's Stepped Up Anti-Worker Offensive
• AbitibiBowater Continues Its Criminal Ways Using Yet Another Alias
• Absurd Decision to Close Saint-Prime, Quebec Sawmill
• Preparations for More Anti-Labour Restructuring
November 16, 2011 - No. 116
Growing Opposition to Harper's Wrecking
• Actions in Ottawa and Winnipeg Uphold Wheat Board's Public Monopoly on Grain Marketing
A New Direction for the Economy
• Establishing Ownership Over Our Resources and Decision-Making -- A Crucial Issue Facing All Canadians
• The Ring of Fire -- Mining Development in Service of U.S. Imperialist War Preparations - Dave Starbuck
• Media Offensive of Quebec Oil and Gas Association Failing - Serge Lachapelle
November 22, 2011 - No. 117
Oppose Harper Government's Nation-Wrecking
• Harper Dictatorship's "Economic Auction Plan"
• The Real Thieves - Dougal MacDonald
• Attacking the Port of Churchill
In the Parliament
• Opposition to Wrecking
• Wheat Board Chair Explains Court Case Against Harper Government
• Former Board Director Exposes Collateral Damage If Wheat Board Destroyed
• Saskatchewan Economics Professor Refutes Government Disinformation
November 23, 2011 - No. 118
• Tour Expresses Profound Respect for Cuba's Humanitarian Internationalism in Haiti
• Update on Situation in Haiti and Cuba's Ongoing Assistance
Campaign to Free Five Cuban Patriots in U.S. Jails
• Cuban Consul General's Successful Visit to British Columbia and Calgary
• Vindictive Treatment of Cuban Five Continues
Recent Developments in Latin America
• Nicaraguan People Prevail in Presidential and Legislative Elections
• El Salvador Celebrates the Bicentenary of its First Call for Independence
• Colombian Guerilla Leader Killed by Army
• Consolidation of Union of South American Nations
• Arms Sales to Honduran Drug Traffickers by U.S. Government Agents
November 24, 2011 - No. 119
British Colombia -- Holding Governments to Account
• Abbotsford Residents Vote No! to Privatization of Water
• Why All Canadians Should Be Concerned About Developments in Abbotsford
• Water for Life -- Not for Profit!
- Statement of Waterwatchma.ca
Taseko Mine Project
• Uphold First Nation Rights as a Matter of Principle! - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell
The Right to Health Care -- The Right to Life
• Crisis in P3 Seniors Care - Barbara Biley
• Harper Government Held to Account for Endangerment of Public Health and Safety
November 25, 2011 - No. 120
• Steelworkers and Rail Car Workers Call Demonstration in Support of Canadian Wheat Board - Local 1005 USW
• National Farmers Union Holds 42nd Annual Convention
Attacks on Quebec Construction Workers
• Blame Charest Government and the Monopolies for Corruption and Intimidation!
• What the Workers Have to Say
November 29, 2011 - No. 121
Omnibus Crime Bill
• Youth Must Be Guaranteed a Bright Future -- Not Criminalized and Jailed
• Growing Concern and Opposition of Those Working in Criminal Justice System
• University of Windsor Law Students Hold Public Forum
• Canadian Bar Association Emphasizes Central Importance of Respect for Human Rights
• Concerns of Office of Correctional Investigator About Inmate Treatment
• Quebec Association of Defence Lawyers Calls for Complete Withdrawal of Bill
• Victim Advocacy Group Emphasizes Need for Social Programs Not "Law and Order" Approach to Crime
November 30, 2011 - No. 122
Alberta Government's Privatization Agenda
• Fighting for the Right to Health Care All Over Again - Peggy Morton
• Health Care Bargaining Committee Calls for Rejection of Mediator's Report - Peggy Askin
Workers' Rights in United States
• Workers Face a New Fight to Provide Their Rights with a Guarantee - Voice of Revolution
• Ohio Workers Win Repeal of Anti-Worker Law
• House Committee Approves Bill Attacking Postal Workers -- $3 Billion in Cuts Demanded
DECEMBER 2011
December 1, 2011 - No. 123
• Anti-Wheat Board Act Passes Third Reading and Moves to Senate
• Board Directors Demand Government Halt Seizure of $200 Million in Farmer's Assets - Canadian Wheat Board
Protests Continue Against Dismantling of Wheat Board
• Farmers Protest in Winnipeg
• Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Federations of Labour Release Joint Statement
• Steelworkers Demonstrate in Hamilton
• Elimination of Wheat Board Will Also Hurt Manufacturing Jobs - Interview, Steve Weller, President, Local 7135 USW, National Steel Car
National Farmers' Union 42nd Annual Convention
• Farmers Discuss How to Step Up Work to Defend Their Rights
December 2, 2011 - No. 124
• Harper Government's Spurious Defence of "Intellectual Property" as Monopoly Right
• Public Service Workers Union Opposes Strengthening Drug Patents at People's Expense
• No to Attempts to Criminalize Farmers for Infringement of Patented Crops
Airline Industry
• Government Offensive Against Air Canada Workers Backed by Arbitrator's Refusal to Recognize Workers' Right to Decide
• Many Lessons Learned - New Horizons
• Conciliator Appointed in Air Canada Pilot Dispute
• Air Canada's Low-Cost Carrier Plan
• Binding Arbitration Forced on Australian Airline Workers
December 7, 2011 - No. 125
Handing Over Control of Canadian Border to U.S. Imperialism
• Harper Government's Conception of Sovereignty
• When the Sovereigns Decide, They Will Let You Know - Enver Villamizar
Colonial Policy Towards First Nations
• The Colonial Legacy at Attawapiskat
• First Nations Are Not Wards of the State - Philip Fernandez
• Attawapiskat Takes Militant Stand
• Dire Situation Facing Other First Nations
December 8, 2011 - No. 126
Provincial Health Ministers Meeting
• Defend Public Health Care Against Increasing Assault - Rob Woodhouse
British Columbia
Health Care Is a right!
• Seniors Demand Health Care as a Right -- No to User Fees and Hospital Parking Fees - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell
• The Right to Pensions and Health Care
• Stop the Trend to Private Health Care
Opposition to Privatization of Public Services
• Defending Public Good Against Monopoly Right - Barbara Biley
• Public Service Workers Launch Petition Against Federal Government's P3 Dictate
• Cities Demand P3-Free Funding for Infrastructure
• Organizing to Resist Federal P3 Agenda - Interview, WaterWatch, Mission/Abbotsford
December 9, 2011 - No. 127
Federal Court Rules Anti-Wheat Board Bill Illegal
• Stop the Harper Government's Nation-Wrecking Plan to Destroy the Wheat Board!
• Wheat Board Calls on Government to Respect Court Ruling and Uphold Law
In the Parliament
• Wheat Board Chair Addresses Senate Committee
• Government's Doublespeak to Deny Responsibility to Abide by Rule of Law
Open Letter
• Alberta Farmer Speaks Out on Impact of Wheat Board's Destruction
For Your Information
• Orders and Reasons - Federal Court of Canada
December 12, 2011 - No. 128
Founding of Community of Latin American and Caribbean Nations
• An Historic Development for the Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean - Claude Brunelle
• A Union is Born - Eva Golinger, Postcards from the Revolution
Fourth Cuba-CARICOM Summit
• Deepening Relations Based on Principle
Panama
• Former U.S.-Backed Dictator Returns to Face Justice
Honduras
• Chaos in Post-Coup Situation Leads to Increasing Violence and Repression
• Feeding the Monster -- Militarization and Privatized Security in Central America - Annie Bird, Rights Action
December 13, 2011 - No. 129
• Cornelius Cardew -- Outstanding Musician, Composer, Communist - Sandra L. Smith
December 15, 2011 - No. 130
Senate Vote on Legislation to Dismantle Wheat Board
• Oppose the Harper Dictatorship's Nation-Wrecking! - Sandra L. Smith
• Where Obeying the Law Is Optional
- Canadian Wheat Board Alliance
• Board Directors Ask Courts to Halt Federal Bill and Restore Farmers' Right to Vote - Canadian Wheat Board
• Windsor and District Labour Council Passes Resolution Against Bill C-18
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
• Young Farmer Explains Importance of Organizing Farmers as a Collective
• Explanation How Individual Farmers Are Marginalized in "Free Market"
• Wheat Exporters Describe Strength of Public Monopoly and Its Importance for Grain Quality and Economy of Scale
• Impact of Wrecking on Producer Cars and Farmer-Run Short Rail Lines
• Senators Ask Questions
December 16, 2011 - No. 131
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Harper Dictatorship Blocks Steelworkers from Pursuing Justice
• Harper Government Capitulates to U.S. Steel - Press Release, Rolf Gerstenberger, President, Local 1005 USW
• Letter to Minister of Industry
- Ken Neumann, Canadian National Director, USW
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
• Working Class Must Have Organized Say and Control over Terms of Employment and Working Conditions - K.C. Adams
• Contrecoeur Workers Defend Manufacturing Jobs
• European Steelworkers Protest Monopoly Dictate
Rio Tinto
• Support Alma Workers' Fight Against Outsourcing
Canada Post
• Postal Workers Win Pay Equity Complaint After 28 Years - Peggy Askin
December 19, 2011 - No. 132
• CPC(M-L) Expresses Condolences on Untimely Passing of Kim Jong Il
• Condemn Uncouth Statements of Prime Minister and Opposition Leader on the Death of Kim Jong Il
December 20, 2011 - No. 133
Hands Off Workers and Their
Defence
Organizations
An Injury to One Is an Injury to All!
Our Security Lies in Our Fight for the Rights of All!
Post Office
• Harper Government's Attack on Right to Negotiate an Attack on All Workers - Interview, Mark Brown, Education and Organization Officer, CUPW, Metro-Toronto Region
Quebec
• Government's Attempt to Blame Unions for Corruption and Collusion in Construction - Interview, Yves Ouellet, Executive Director, FTQ-Construction
• Attacks on Unions and Working Conditions Jeopardize Workers' Health and Safety - Normand Chouinard
• Northern Plan's Fly-In-Fly-Out Work System - Normand Fournier
Injured Workers
• Private Consultant's Recommendations for Cutbacks Contradict Aim of Compensation System - Interview, Steve Mantis, Secretary, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
• Rallies for Justice and Dignity
December 22, 2011 - No. 134
Manufacturing Yes!
Nation-Wrecking No!
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
AbitibiBowater
• Gangster Company Extorts Millions from Nova Scotians
• Oppose Closures and Wrecking - Pierre Chénier
Kruger
• Negotiations Break Down at Trois-Rivières Plant
ArcelorMittal
• Working Class Must Have Organized Say and Control Over Terms of Employment and Working Conditions, Part Two - K.C. Adams
• Contrecoeur Workers Demand Investments in Manufacturing - Interview, Claude Langlois, President, Local 6586 USW
Rio Tinto
• Alma Workers Defend Union's Strength of Numbers to Ensure Working Conditions and Standard of Living - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
