INDEX 2012

JANUARY 2012

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January 16, 2012 - No. 1

• All for One and One for All in Alma and the Entire Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Region
• Alma Workers Represent the Future, Not the Past - Normand Chouinard
• What Quebec Workers Have to Say About the Rio Tinto Lockout

Forestry
• Uncertainty in Forestry Sector - Interview, Bob Daggett, VP, CEP Local 89

El Salvador
• Pacific Rim Mining Corportation's Extortion - Claude Brunelle

January 18, 2012 - No. 2

Alberta
• Soaring Electricity Prices Reveal How Alberta Is Being Restructured to Serve Private Interests - Peggy Morton
• Retrogressive Calls for a Provincial Sales Tax - Dougal MacDonald
• Government Agenda for School Construction -- P3 Schools Only - Kevan Hunter
• University of Alberta Staff, Students and Faculty Oppose Cuts to Faculty of Arts

Canadian Wheat Board
• Western Grain Farmers Fight Destruction of Wheat Board Through the Courts
• Clear Gain for Private Monopoly Interests

January 19, 2012 - No. 3

Outrageous Attack Against York Region Transit Workers
• Defend the Workers' Rights! - Jim Nugent

Stand as One with Rio Tinto Workers
• Crucial Defence of Workers' Rights and Equilibrium in Production of Aluminum - K.C. Adams

London Day of Action in Support of Electro-Motive Workers
• Enough Is Enough! All Out to Make the Day of Action a Success!

Auto Workers on Front Line of Resistance to Assaults on Labour
• Changes at Windsor Minivan Assembly Plant
• Chicken Little Routine in the Auto Sector - Enver Villamizar 

January 20, 2012 - No. 4

All Out for the London Day of Action
• Canadian Workers Organized and in Motion to Defend the Rights of All

Rio Tinto Workers Speak Out
• Phony Lockout Denounced

Crisis in Forestry Exacerbated by Anti-Worker Measures
• Owners Declare Permanent Closure of White Birch Paper Mill in Quebec City
• Catalyst Paper's Refinancing Deal and Anti-Worker Blackmail

January 24, 2012 - No. 5

Albertans Fight for Their Rights and the Rights of All

Economy
• Electricity Review Exposes How Albertans Are Forced to Pay for Outrageous Pay-the-Rich Schemes - Peggy Morton

Health Care
• Health Care Workers Overwhelmingly Reject Mediator's Report - Peggy Askin
• Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians Demand Improved Response Times and Working Conditions

Education
• New Education Act Undermines Right to Education - Kevan Hunter
• Cuts to University Funding Further Open the Door to Monopoly Control - Dougal MacDonald

Announcement
• Attempts to Scapegoat Public Sector Workers

January 25, 2012 - No. 6

Workers' Movement
• Lockouts and the Reactionary Rebellion of Owners of Monopoly Capital
• Harper Silent as Foreign Corporations Launch Attacks on Canadians - United Steelworkers

Latin America and the Caribbean
• Cuba's Truths - Granma International
• Britain Increases Military Presence on the Malvinas
• The Puppet, the Dictator and the President: Haiti Today and Tomorrow - Jemima Pierre, Black Agenda Report

January 26, 2012 - No. 7

Workers' Movement
• Autoworkers Firmly Defend Their Claim on What They Produce - K.C. Adams
• Bell Workers Resist Yet Another Attack on Their Livelihoods - Christine Nugent
• Open Letter from Fraser Papers Retiree and Victim of Brookfield

In Defence of the Rights of All
• Close Guantanamo Bay! Omar Khadr Must Be Returned to Canada! End Rendition and Other Acts of Torture - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell

January 27, 2012 - No. 8

Workers' Movement
Rio Tinto Workers in Alma, Quebec Earn Respect from Far and Wide
• Important Visit of Kitimat Workers to Alma
• Arvida Workers Give Million Dollar Interest-Free Loan to Struggle in Alma
• Increasing Number of Students Take a Stand
• Rio Tinto's Relentless Attempts to Criminalize the Workers

Chrysler's "World Class Manufacturing"
• Autoworkers Fed Up with "Marchionne Code"

Arrogant Demands of Forestry Monopolies
• Resolute Forest Product's Threats and Blackmail - Pierre Chénier
• Supreme Court Dismisses Catalyst Paper's "Municipal Tax Revolt"

January 30, 2012 - No. 9

Agenda of the Harper Government
• Parliamentary Agenda for the Winter Session - Enver Villamizar
• Government Cuts Threaten Public Health and Safety
• Red Tape Commission Releases Recommendations
• Passing Information to Foreign Governments
• Billions Spent to Integrate Canada into U.S. War Machine

For Your Information
• Status of Government Legislation
• New Senators Appointed 

January 31, 2012 - No. 10

• Education Is a Right! Support the February 1 National Student Day of Action

Nova Scotia
• The Anti-Social Offensive and Post-Secondary Education

Ontario
• Support Students' Fight for the Right to Education! - Dan Cerri
• Fee Mechanisms Feed Privatization of Education - Christine Nugent

First Nations
• Aboriginal Students Demand Action to Broaden Access to Post-Secondary Education

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FEBRUARY 2012

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February 2, 2012 - No. 11

Alberta
• Ideological Assault on Public Services and Dignity of Public Service Workers
• Robbing the Public Treasury -- Illegal Donations to Provincial Progressive Conservatives - Peggy Morton
• What to Expect from Upcoming Legislative Session
• Workers at Waterford and Edith Cavell Seniors' Homes Fight for Their Rights

February 3, 2012 - No. 12

British Columbia
• Massive Explosion at Babine Forest Products - Charles Boylan
• Concessions and Privatization Are Not Solutions! - K.C. Adams
• From "Net Zero" to "Cooperative Gains" -- Increasing Exploitation of Public Sector Workers to Keep Paying the Rich - Barbara Biley
• Government and Employers Set Tone for Negotiations by Attacking Hospital Pharmacists' Wages
• Growing Opposition to Clark Government - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell
• Enbridge Pipeline Review -- Just Who Is Getting Hijacked? - Peter Ewart  

February 7, 2012 - No. 13

Alma Workers Pursue Fight for Their Rights
• Stop the Sale of RTA Electricity to Hydro-Quebec! Hold the Quebec Government Accountable!
• Questioning Rio Tinto's Claims That It's Not Selling Electricity
• Local Initiatives
• Union to Meet with Mediator
• Quebec Union Central Delegation Visits Alma Workers
• Rio Tinto's European Works Council Protests Lockout

Unacceptable Destruction of Manufacturing
• Closure of Productive Household Appliance Factory - Normand Chouinard

Another Rotten Free Trade Agreement
• Canadian Livestock Exports Mean Disaster for Philippine Producers - Rick Esguerra

February 8, 2012 - No. 14

Ontario
• Mourn the Deaths of Eleven Workers

Nova Scotia
• Halifax Transit Workers Strike

Latin American and Caribbean
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America
• Alliance Holds 11th Summit

Guatemala
• Former Dictator Faces Trial
• Panel Reveals New Details of U.S. Medical Experiments

Colombia
• State Intelligence Agency Provided Assistance to Paramilitary - Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Report

Cuba
• World Condemnation of U.S. Blockade

February 9, 2012 - No. 15

What Is the Alberta Government Up To?
• Speech from the Throne
• Zero-Based Budgeting Fraud - George Allen
• Deficient Education Funding - Kevan Hunter

New Joint Federal-Provincial Oilsands Environmental Monitoring System
• Monitoring of Alberta's Oilsands Must Be Publicly Controlled - Dougal MacDonald

Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Hearings
• First Nations Uphold Hereditary Rights 

February 10, 2012 - No. 16

Opposition to Phony Lockout of Rio Tinto Workers in Alma, Quebec
Latest Developments in Alma Workers' Fight
- Interview, Marc Maltais, President,
Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma -

• Regional Municipal Council Calls on Charest Government to Stop Hydro-Quebec Purchase of Rio Tinto Electricity
• Union Receives Important Financial Contributions for Locked Out Workers
• Latest Developments in Alma Workers' Fight - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma

Quebec's Northern Plan
• Protected Land -- Another of the Premier's Half-Truths - Normand Fournier

Nova Scotia
• Support the Halifax Transit Workers!

Lockout of Newfoundland Trawlermen
• Denounce Police Arrest of Workers to Protect Scabs!

February 14, 2012 - No. 17

Syria
• Condemn Gross Violations of International Law
• Imperialist Plans for Regime Change Accompanied by Terrorist Acts
• Arab League Observer Mission Report and Security Council Resolution - Ronda Hauben

February 15, 2012 - No. 18

Alberta Budget
• Desperate Attempt to Present Fool's Gold as the Real McCoy
• Provide the Rights of People with Disabilities with a Guarantee! - Peggy Askin

Disinformation Campaign to Attack
Public Sector Workers and Step Up Privatization
• Fight to Defend Public Services All Over Again! - Peggy Morton

Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Hearings
• First Nations Declare "Our Land Is Not for Sale"

February 16, 2012 - No. 19

Support for Rio Tinto Workers in Alma, Quebec Gathers Momentum
• Mass Demonstration and International Campaign
• Invaluable Support Provided by Saguenay Port Workers
• Canadian Union of Public Employees' Delegation Visits Alma
• Global Solidarity Against Rio Tinto Alcan's Track Record of Attacking Workers, Their Unions and Communities - Pierre Chénier
• Kitimat Smelter Workers Explain Their Concerns - Barbara Biley
• Quebec Employers Council Opposes Workers' Just Demands for Guaranteed Levels of Employment - Normand Chouinard

February 17, 2012 - No. 20

Alberta
• Health Care Workers Stand Up for Their Rights and Dignity!

Quebec
• Mass Demonstration at Montreal Exchange Demands End to Anti-Social Measures

Auto Industry
• Capital-Centred Dispute Exposes the Missing Voice of the Working Class - K.C. Adams
• Autoworkers Firmly Defend Their Claim on What They Produce, Part Two - K.C. Adams

February 20, 2012 - No. 21

Support for Rio Tinto Workers Continues to Grow
• Protest Against Rio Tinto Outside Montreal Board of Trade Meeting
• Rio Tinto Workers in Sorel-Tracy Stand with Alma Workers
• Kitimat Workers Pledge Support of $60,000 per Month
• Local 1005 USW Starts Adopt-a-Worker Campaign to Support Locked Out Rio Tinto Workers

Rio Tinto's Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Reports for 2011
• Rio Tinto Unleashes Global Campaign to Drive Down Workers' Claims on Value They Produce and Costs Charged by Local Suppliers - K.C. Adams
• Why New Investments Do Not Create Jobs

February 22, 2012 - No. 22

Alberta

Health Care Is a Right!
• Health Care Workers Speak Out
• No to Private Clinics and Two-Tier Health Care! - Peggy Morton
• Hospital Workers Are Fighting to Defend the Public Good

Manufacturing Yes, Nation-Wrecking No!
• More Layoffs at Owens Corning Fiberglass Plant - Peggy Askin

Our Water Is Not for Sale!
• Honouring Nestlé Chairman Dishonours University of Alberta - Dougal MacDonald

February 23, 2012 - No. 23

British Columbia

Auditor General for Local Government Act (Bill 20)
• Government Prepares Conditions for Further Privatization and Assault on Public Workers - Donna Petersen and Charles Boylan

Health Care
• Community Health Workers Determined to Defend Their Rights - Brian Sproule
• Support Malaspina Gardens Workers' Fight to Stop Contracting Out! - Barbara Biley
• Interview - Kathleen Watson, Local Union Chair, Malaspina Gardens
• Press Releases - Hospital Employees' Union
• Malaspina Gardens' Workers Coming Events

Education
• New Assault on Teachers and Public Education - Donna Petersen
• Teachers Want a Fair Deal - Susan Lambert, BC Federationist

February 24, 2012 - No. 24

International Tour in Support of Locked Out Rio Tinto Workers in Alma, Quebec
• Rio Tinto Workers in California and Utah Confirm Their Presence in Alma on March 31
• Workers at Alcoa's Becancour Rod Plant Support Alma Workers

Quebec Construction
• Oppose the Government's Stepped Up Anti-Union Offensive Against Construction Workers
• The Need for On-Site Enforcement of Safety Standards - Interview, François Patry, Director, Health and Safety Department, FTQ-Construction
• Open Letter from Quebec Construction Worker Holds Quebec Government to Account

Vale Inco
• We Mourn the Death of Another Sudbury Miner Killed on the Job 

February 27, 2012 - No. 25

Hands Off Syria!
• Friends of Syria Meeting Held to Promote Regime Change
• Mass Participation in Referendum on New Draft Constitution
• UN Resolution on Syria Violates UN Principles
• Aims of Sanctions Opposed
• Iranian Warships Arrive in Syria
• Saying No to Gunboat Diplomacy - Li Qingsi, China Daily

February 29, 2012 - No. 26

Alberta

Uphold the Dignity of Labour!
• Oppose Redford Government's Defence of Anti-Worker Labour Laws - Peggy Askin
• Health Sciences Association Pickets Defend Workers' Rights and Dignity

Health Care and Senior Care Are Rights, Not Privileges!
• Get Involved in Seniors' Campaign for Quality Public Care!
• What Government Means When It "Takes Care" of Seniors - Peggy Morton

Abolish All Student User Fees!
• Oppose Shifting Provincial Post-Secondary Funding Crisis onto Students - Dougal MacDonald

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MARCH 2012

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March 1, 2012 - No. 27

Alma Workers Versus Rio Tinto
• Rio Tinto's Campaign of Lies and Disinformation - Normand Chouinard
• Alma Worker Explains What's at Stake

Halifax Transit Strike
• Making Claims on Society "In This Economy" - Kevin Corkill

Campaign to Destroy Universal Pension Regime
• Government's Self-Serving Old Age Security Accounting
• The War of the Rich on Workers, Young and Old - Jim Nugent

Opposition to the Tuition Fee Increase Gains Momentum in Quebec
• Socially Responsible Students Say: No Tuition Increase! Education Is a Right! - Serge Lachapelle

March 2, 2012 - No. 28

British Columbia

Defend the Rights of Teachers and Public Education
• Unacceptable Assault on Teachers' Rights
• Teachers' Rights Trampled! It Must Not Pass! - Donna Petersen
• Teachers Shocked by Bill 22, a Radical Assault on Our Profession - Teachers' Federation, News Release
• Public Opinion Poll Shows Support for Teachers

The Hughes Inquiry
• A Ploy to Justify Back-to-Work Legislation

Budget Speech 2012
• Mantra for an Anti-Social "New Paradigm" - Edith Cohen

March 5, 2012 - No. 29

International Tour in Support of Locked-Out Rio Tinto Workers in Alma, Quebec
• "Organize, Unite, Fight!" - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
• The Truth About Rio Tinto Alcan's Global Claim of "No Labour Disputes" - Pierre Chénier

Quebec Student Movement
• Government Responds to Students' Legitimate Demands with Tear Gas

Letter to the Editor
• Home Care in Halifax

International Women's Day
• Rally and March in Toronto

March 7, 2012 - No. 30

Alberta

Health Care Is a Right
• Health Quality Council Releases Report - Peggy Morton
• Council's CEO -- The Fox Guarding the Hen House

Water Is a Human Right, Not a Commodity!
• Students, Faculty and Staff Denounce University Award to Nestlé CEO
• No to University of Alberta's Water Privatization Agenda! The Right to Water Must Be Provided with a Guarantee

Transportation for People with Disabilities Is a Right, Not a Privilege
• HandiBus Operators Defend Their Rights and Dignity and the Service They Provide - Peggy Askin
• Interview - Mike Mahar, President, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583

No to the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
• Harper's "Free" Trade Threatens Agricultural Supply Management Systems - Dougal MacDonald

March 8, 2012 - No. 31

International Women's Day 2012
• Women Workers Must Lead the Struggle for Renewal

Wheat Board Allies Vow to Continue Fight Against Harper Dictatorship
• Let the Farmers Decide! - Dougal MacDonald

Ministerial Power in Service of Narrow Political Interests
• Government Cuts Funding for Palestine House

Ten Years After the Failed Coup in Venezuela
• Defending the Strides to Open Society's Social Progress

March 9, 2012 - No. 32

Secret Deal Between Rio Tinto Alcan and Quebec Government
• The Secret Deal Must Be Revoked! Hold the Charest Government Accountable! - Pierre Chénier
• The Truth from the Minister's Own Mouth -- Charest Government Puts Monopoly Interests in First Place - Normand Chouinard
• Toronto Area Steelworkers Visit Alma
• Turkish Miners Express Their Support
• March 31 Alma Rally Against Rio Tinto Lockout

Thinking About Pensions
• The Necessity for Pensions Arose from the Objective Conditions - K.C. Adams

March 12, 2012 - No. 33

Palestine
• Live Report from Gaza During March 10 Israeli Attack 

Quebec Construction Commission
• Threats of Lockout and Forced Trade Union De-Affiliation

For Your Information
• Extracts from the Anti-Corruption Act Pertaining to the Quebec Construction Commission

Air Canada
• Government Attack on Airline Workers' Right to Defend Their Working Conditions and Public Safety
• Air Canada and Harper Dictatorship in Collusion Against Workers' Rights - New Horizons

March 13, 2012 - No. 34

49th Anniversary of the Founding of the Internationalists
• A Decisive Moment in Canadian History

SUPPLEMENT
• Ontario Political Forum: A New Direction Is Needed for Society

March 14, 2012 - No. 35

Alberta

Governments Must Serve Public Good, Not Private Interests
• Smashing the Silence on Redford Government's Plans to Deny Seniors Care - Peggy Morton
• Alberta Emergency Workers Continue to Demand Improved Response Times and Working Conditions - Peggy Askin
• Hardisty Care Centre Workers Defend Their Rights

Defend Public Education!
• Alberta Charter Schools: A Pillar of Neoliberal Education - Dougal MacDonald

Alberta Government Profits from Destruction of Wheat Board
• AIMCO, Viterra, and Funding of Alberta's Social Programs - George Allen

• International Women's Day Celebrations

March 15, 2012 - No. 36

Rio Tinto Lockout Scandal and Abuse of Quebec
• Whose Resources? The People's Resources! Who Benefits? The People Must Benefit!
• Union Delegation Concludes Successful International Tour in New Zealand

Air Canada
• Harper Dictatorship Declares Air Canada de facto Essential Service and Criminalizes Workers' Struggles

Vale Inco
• Government Derelict in Its Duty - Steve Rutchinski
• Union's Investigation Report Executive Summary - Local 6500 USW

Thinking About Pensions
• The Necessity for Canadian-Standard Pensions for All - K.C. Adams

March 16, 2012 - No. 37

British Columbia
• Teachers Defend Their Rights and Public Education

Discussing a Way Forward for Teachers and BC
• BC Teachers' Federation Annual General Meeting, March 17-20
• Social Significance of Teachers' Struggle

Clashing Issues Between Teachers and Clark Government
• Education Minister's Social Irresponsibility - Donna Petersen
• Seniority and the "Mediator" with the Net-Zero Straitjacket - Edith Cohen

SUPPLEMENT
• BC Teachers Defend Public Education

March 20, 2012 - No. 38

Phony Lockout at Rio Tinto Alcan
• Rio Tinto Workers Call on Everyone to "Join Us March 31 in Alma!" - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
• Brutal Expulsion of Workers Should Be Declared Illegal Lockout, Union Says

Harper Dictatorship Advances Plot for Private Monopolization of Grain Trade
• The Vultures Are Gathering - Dougal MacDonald

141st Anniversary of Paris Commune
• Harbinger of the New Society - Colleen Pearse 

March 21, 2012 - No. 39

Alberta

Education Is a Right!
• Attacking Public Education in the Name of "Choice" - Kevan Hunter

Health Care
• Hospital General Support Services Workers Reach Tentative Agreement - Peggy Askin 

Refine It Where You Mine It!
• People of Alberta Support First Nations Bitumen Upgrader Plan - Dougal MacDonald

Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline
• Governments Are Responsible to Uphold Public Right, Not Monopoly Right - Peggy Morton

REDress Project
• Art Installation Visually Represents Issue of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

March 22, 2012 - No. 40

Quebec
• Students Defend Their Rights and Quebec's Interests
Concessions Are Not Solutions in the Forestry Industry
• No! to Legalized Theft of Pensions - Interview, Maurice Lalonde, President, Fraser Papers Retirees Association (Quebec)
• Resolute Forest Products Demands New Concessions from Amos Workers - Interview, Gilles Chapadeau, Quebec Federation of Labour Representative, Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Pharmaceutical Industry
• Predatory Monopolies and Absence of Government Defence of the People

March 23, 2012 - No. 41

Hands Off Air Canada Workers!
• All Out to Uphold the Rights and Dignity of Airline Workers!
• Condemn Brutal Mass Termination of 2,600 Aveos Workers and Use of Police Against Them!

Quebec Youth Boldly Lay Claim to the Nation
• Mass Action of 200,000 Students in Montreal Defends the Right to Education

Quebec Budget and the Royalties Fraud
• Do Not Use Our Natural Resources to Pay the Rich!

March 27, 2012 - No. 42

Charest Government's Betrayal of Quebec and the Phony Lockout at Rio Tinto
• Government for Whom and What Purpose? - K.C. Adams
• Rio Tinto Subsidized by Quebeckers Electric Bills - Réjean Porlier

March 28, 2012 - No. 43

Release of Federal Budget in the Parliament
• The Issue Remains: Who Decides?

Hands Off Airline Workers!
• Enough Is Enough! Uphold Public Safety and the Rights of All by Defending Air Canada Pilots and Aveos Workers
• Airline Workers in Action to Hold Governments to Account
• Air Canada Pilots Launch Court Challenge of Federal Legislation - Air Canada Pilots Association
• Fighting to Defend Their Interests, Air Canada and Aveos Workers Are Defending All Workers and the Canadian Economy - New Horizons

Quebec
• Government to Blame Destruction of Manufacturing - Normand Chouinard

Demand Justice in Mexican Activist's Assassination
• No More Criminal Conduct and Complicity between Canadian Mining Company and Local and State Officials - Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining

March 29, 2012 - No. 44

28th General Alberta Election Announced
• Use the Election to Provide a New Direction for Alberta
• Ensure the Right of Albertans to Elect and Be Elected - Dougal MacDonald

Demands in This Election
• Fight for a Human-Centred Outlook Which Recognizes Health as a Right! - Peggy Morton
• Abolish the Temporary Foreign Workers Program -- Status for All! - Peggy Askin

News in Brief
• University Students Rally to Support Quebec Students and the Right to Education

March 30, 2012 - No. 45

British Columbia
• Teachers' Federation Crafts Plan of Resistance to Fraudulent "Education Improvement Act" - Charles Boylan
• Plan of Action to Resist Bill 22 - BC Teachers' Federation

Growing Opposition to Harper's Pipelines
Vancouver Demonstration
• Who Decides? The People Decide!

March 31 Rally -- Comox, Vancouver Island
• Our Coast! Our Decision! No Pipeline! No Tankers!

SUPPLEMENT
• Teachers Discuss Their Working Conditions 

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APRIL 2012

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April 2, 2012 - No. 46

Federal Budget 2012
• The Harper Budget Is an Affront to Canadians
• Is This Any Way to Manage the Country's Economy? - K.C. Adams
• Scientists Take Firm Stand Against Harper Government's Threat to Fish Habitat - Charlie Vita
• Letter to Prime Minister Demands Protection of Habitats for All Species

April 4, 2012 - No. 47

Alberta Election 2012
• Party Leaders, Promises and Polls
• Who Decides How Energy Resources Should Be Exploited and the Wealth Distributed?

Demands in this Election
• Defend the Rights of Workers in the Oilsands - Peggy Askin
• Fight for Public Control of Electrical Utilities - Peggy Morton
• Stand Up for Public Education - Kevan Hunter

Refine It Where We Mine It!
• Energy Resources Must Serve the Common Good - Dougal MacDonald

Education Is a Right
• University of Alberta Must Serve the People, Not the Monopolies - George Allen

April 5, 2012 - No. 48

Mass Rally in Alma, Quebec
• Glorious Day in Alma Affirms the Need to Build the New and Stake Our Claim on the Future
• The Spirit of the Alma Demonstration Lives On - Pierre Soublière
• Dignity, Defiance and Organization of the Alma Aluminum Workers - Normand Chouinard

For Your Information
• National and International Labour Organizations Reiterate Opposition to Rio Tinto's Monopoly Wrecking

April 6, 2012 - No. 49

Discussion of Federal Budget 2012
• Examining the Federal Budget from a Working Class Perspective - K.C. Adams

April 9, 2012 - No. 50

Quebec Students Fight Tuition Fee Increases
• No Tuition Fee Hikes! Oppose Attempts to Turn Students' Defence of Right to Education into a Law-and-Order Matter! - Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
• Students Denounce Use of Courts and Reiterate that a Political Problem Requires a Political Solution
• Students Continue Strike Actions
• Politicization of Private Interests in Education Under the Guise of Philanthropy Geneviève Royer

April 11, 2012 - No. 51

Alberta Election 2012
• The Wrecking of Public Opinion
• Wildrose Alliance: Harper's Fifth Column in Alberta? - Dougal MacDonald

Demands in this Election
• Use the Election to Fight for a New Direction for the Economy! - Peggy Morton
• Health and Safety Is a Right! - Andre Vachon
• Private, For-Profit Health Care Is Unsustainable! - Rita Soto

April 12, 2012 - No. 52

Rio Tinto Alcan's Desperation Grows
• Who Is Blackmailing Whom? A Desperate Attempt to Turn Truth on Its Head - Pierre Chénier
• Wild Accusations Against Electricity Workers' Union

Manufacturing Crisis in Quebec
• Workers Express Their Concerns

BC Teachers' Working Conditions Are Students' Learning Conditions
• Compromising Views and Position of Mediator in Teachers' Negotiations - Charles Boylan

Health Care Is a Right
• Hold the BC Government to Account for Deteriorating Hospital Conditions - Barbara Biley 

April 13, 2012 - No. 53

Ontario
• CAW Organizes Town Hall Meetings on Importance of Auto Industry

Quebec
• Premier Seeks Legitimacy for Anti-Student Attacks by Declaring "Absolute Rights"

Discussion
• Two Opposing Aims and Outlooks - K.C. Adams

Colombia
• Fifth Peoples' Summit in Cartagena de Indias

Cuba
• Canada Must Uphold Cuba's Right to Self-Determination - Canadian Network on Cuba
• U.S. Has Confiscated More than $493 Million in Cuban Funds Since 2010 

April 16, 2012 - No. 54

Centenary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung
• Tremendous Achievements in Nation-Building
• Legacy of Legendary Leader Kim Il Sung
• To Launch a Satellite Is the DPRK's Sovereign Right!

April 17, 2012 - No. 55

30th Anniversary of the Patriation of the British North America Act (1867) -- Canada's Constitution
• No Problem of Either National Unity or Rights Has Been Resolved

Discussion
• Incompetence, Incoherence and Disinformation from Many Canadian Statisticians and Economists - K.C. Adams

April 19, 2012 - No. 56

Opposition to Increased Tuition in Quebec
• Blame the Government, Not the Youth, for Anarchy and Violence!
• Students and Their Allies Oppose Continuing State Criminalization and Violence and Carry On with Their Actions
• Militant Resistance Brings Police Occupation of University to an End - Correspondent in the Outaouais
• The Problem of a Government That Refuses to Meet Society's Needs
• Social Responsibility and the Power to Decide - Pierre Soublière

April 20, 2012 - No. 57

Alberta Election 2012
• Organize to Hold Governments to Account! Reject the Phony Choice Between Two Parties of the Oil Monopolies!
• End the Status Quo! Reject the Parties of the Oil Monopolies!
• Bogus Leaders' Debate

Demands in this Election
• "Refine It Where We Mine It" -- A Good Beginning - Peggy Askin
• Oil Sands Prosperity -- NDP Proposal
• Albertans Reject Private, For-Profit Health Care
• Emergency Medical Doctors Emphasize Need to Vote for Public Health Care
• Calgary Doctor Calls to Put Ethics Back into Alberta's Medical System

For Your Information
• Voting Information
• The Controversy over Third Party Advertising - Peggy Morton
• Danielle Smith's Libertarian "Carver Model of Governance" - Dougal MacDonald 

April 23, 2012 - No. 58

Earth Day 2012
• One Quarter of a Million People in the Streets of Montreal -- This is What Democracy Looks Like

Movement Against Tuition Hikes
• Quebec People Condemn State Sanctioned Anarchy and Violence and Students Win New Allies
• The Results of State Sanctioned Police Attacks in Quebec City: This Is What Charest's Democracy Looks Like - Reader in Quebec City

April 24, 2012 - No. 59

Rio Tinto Alcan's Phony Government Subsidized Lockout
• Smash Rio Tinto's Arrogance! Unlimited Subcontracting, No! Guaranteed Union Jobs for the Region, Yes!

A Fitting Reply to Rio Tinto's Threats
• Énergie électrique Workers Give $25 a Week to Support Alma Workers

Locked-Out Alma Workers Continue to Raise International Support
• Second Phase of International Tour
• Protest at Rio Tinto Shareholders' Meeting in London, England
• Interview - Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
• Rio Tinto's Conflicts with Workers and Communities in England and France - Pierre Chénier

April 26, 2012 - No. 60

Stop the Criminalization of Quebec Youth
• Enough Is Enough! No to Charest's Anarchy and Violence! Education Is A Right! - Marxist- Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
• Minister of Education Expels Student Union from "Negotiations"

Statements
• Where Is the Minister of Education Headed? - Federation of College Professionals
• Tuition Fees -- An Agreement Must Be Reached! - Valleyfield College

Letters to the Editor
• Who Will Stop the Violence Against Our Youth? - A Montreal Teacher
• At the Heart of the Students' Struggle: The Need for New Forms of Governance - A Gatineau Teacher
• Gatineau Liberal MNAs' Remarks: Space for Renewal! - Pierre Soublière

April 30, 2012 - No. 61

Alberta Election 2012
• The Significance of the Alberta Election Results
• Where Is Alberta Headed? - Pauline Easton
• Disinformation About the Concerns of Urban and Rural Albertans - Peggy Morton
• The Role of Polling in the Alberta Election - Dougal MacDonald

For Your Information
• Results of the 2012 Election to the 28th Alberta Legislature

Coming Events
• May Day 2012

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MAY 2012

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May 1, 2012 - No. 62

May Day 2012 -- Defining Moment for Canada
• The Role of Leading Society Has Become the Responsibility of the Working Class

May 2, 2012 - No. 63

First Anniversary of Fraudulent Election of Harper Majority
• A Defining Moment for Canada

May Day 2012
• Quebec in Defence of the Rights of All
• Alma Workers Mark May Day with "Energy March" to National Assembly in Quebec City
• Across Canada and Around the World

May 3, 2012 - No. 64

One Year of the Phony Harper Majority
• Harper Government's Proposal to Impose Forced Cheap Labour on Unemployed Workers - Pauline Easton

Stepping Up Anti-Worker Attacks in Quebec
In the Legislature
• Unacceptable Bill on Health and Safety and Compensation for Injured Workers

Promotion of Anti-Consciousness
• Montreal Chamber of Commerce's Promotion of Anti-Consciousness - Normand Fournier
• Quebec Employers' Council Finds a New Pearl - Serge Lachapelle

More Reports from May Day Across Canada
• May First in Windsor
• Saying Loud and Clear What We Stand For in Hamilton - Local 1005 USW
• May Day in Prince George, BC

May 7, 2012 - No. 65

Tragedies in BC Forestry Industry
• Fifth Sawmill Worker Killed on the Job This Year
• Hold Governments to Account for Refusing to Provide Workers' Health and Safety with a Guarantee - Charles Boylan

Comox Rally Opposes Enbridge Pipeline
• Our Coast, Our Decision! No Pipeline, No Tankers!

May 8, 2012 - No. 66

Charest's Democracy in Action
• Down with State Violence Against the Youth!
• Students and their Allies Continue to Demand a Political Solution
• Testimony from a Student in the Thick of the Action
• Ongoing Student Demonstrations

May 9, 2012 - No. 67

• The Working Class as the Architect and Builder of the New

Rio Tinto Alcan
• Locked-Out Alma Workers Demonstrate at Quebec National Assembly and Table Petition
• Kitimat Workers' Report on Company's Bad Faith Negotiations - CAW Local 2301

Governments Must Uphold Public Right, Not Monopoly Right
• Workers Eloquently Expose Governments' Partisanship to the Monopolies and the Harm They Cause the National Interest

May 11, 2012 - No. 68

Governments Must Subordinate Private Monopoly Interests to the Public Interest
• Stand as One Against Harper Government's Modern Day Slavery Scheme - Peggy Morton
• Alberta Federation of Labour Denounces Harper Government's Forced Labour Scheme
• Twin Fort McMurray Highway Now! - Peggy Askin

The Myth of Alberta's "Camelot"
• Ruling Circles Proclaim Peter Lougheed All-Time Best Salesman for the Monopolies - Dougal MacDonald

Monument to Workers Killed on the Job Unveiled in Edmonton
• Workers Defend Their Right to Health and Safety on the Job - Mary Joyce

May 15, 2012 - No. 69

Nakba Day 2012
• Repudiate Harper Dictatorship's Support of Israel as a "Jewish" State - Nathan J. Freeman
• Israel's Buffoon: The UN Nakba - Vacy Vlazna, Palestine Chronicle

The Massive Palestinian Hunger Strike
• Heroic Palestinian Hunger Strikers Win Concessions on Unjust Detention and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners
• Militant Mass Support for Prisoners
• Traveling Below the Western Radar - Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Human Rights

May 16, 2012 - No. 70

Quebec
• Blame the Charest Government, Not the Students, for Anarchy and Violence!
• Oppose the Criminalization of Political Life in Quebec - Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
• The Mire of the Government's Unscrupulous Behaviour
• Demand for an Independent Public Inquiry into the Events in Victoriaville
• Artists Declare Solidarity with Student Strike
• What the Students and People Have to Say
• Demonstrations Continue

May 17, 2012 - No. 71

Quebec
• Oppose Charest Government's Special Law to Criminalize the Students - Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec
• Congratulations to the Quebec Youth! - TML Editorial
• May 16 Mass Demonstrations in Montreal, Quebec City and Other Cities

Statements
• Broad Coalition for Student Union Solidarity
• Quebec Federation of University Students
• Quebec Student Roundtable
• Quebec Trade Union Centrals

May 18, 2012 - No. 72

• Quebec Special Law Is a War Measure
• All Out to Defend the Quebec Students and Their Right to Resist and Organize! - Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
• Demonstrations in Montreal and Quebec City, May 17
• Calgary Meeting: Discuss and Take a Stand on Draconian Legislation Adopted Against Quebec Students
• Court Challenge to Declare Bill 78 Null and Void

Text of Quebec Bill 78
•"An Act to enable students to receive instruction from the postsecondary institutions they attend"

May 22, 2012 - No. 73

Suspension of Civil Liberties in Quebec
• Quebeckers Oppose Special Law on Unprecedented Scale
• Broad Coalition for Student Union Solidarity Calls on Everyone to Keep Exercising Their Fundamental Rights
• New Web Site Calls for Civil Disobedience
• Petition for Annulment of Special Law Continues to Gain Momentum
• Amendments to Bill 78 Prior to Adoption

Events Across the Country
• Mass Demonstration in Montreal on May 22
• Picket and Leafleting in Calgary on May 22
• Rally in Vancouver on May 22
• Meeting in Hamilton on May 23
• Meeting of Windsor Peace Coalition on May 23

Demonstrations Across Quebec, May 18-21
• Photo Review

May 22, 2012 - No. 74 - Afternoon Edition

Students and Supporters Mark 100 Days of Resistance
• Half a Million Demonstrate in Montreal to Support the Students and Defy Charest Government's Special Law

May 23, 2012 - No. 75

British Columbia
• Organized Resistance of Health Care Workers and Their Allies Is Key to Stopping the Wrecking of Public Health Care
• Background to Health Care Bargaining - Barbara Biley
• Nothing New About the "Innovation and Change" Health Care Agenda of the Liberal Government
• Ministry of Health Commitment to Seniors' Care -- A Game of Smoke and Mirrors?
• Burnaby Hospital Doctors Expose the Fraser Health Authority
• Government Employees Vote 82 Per Cent in Favour of Strike

May 24, 2012 - No. 76

Quebec
• Proponents of Tuition Increase and Special Law Remain Mired in Crisis - Serge Lachapelle
• Education Minister Invites Students to Negotiate on Condition They Give Up Their Demands
• May 23 -- A Night of Mass Arrests to Test the Special Law
• Montreal's Response to Charest's Special Law -- Demonstrations Break Out All Over the Island
• Union Says Bus Drivers Have Right to Say No

Across the Country and Abroad
• Expressions of Support for Quebec Students Abound

SUPPLEMENT
• Historic May 22 Demonstration in Montreal: What People Had to Say

May 26, 2012 - No. 77

Support for the Just Struggle of Quebec Students Continues to Grow
• Courage and Determination of Students Brings Out the Best in Society - Serge Lachapelle
• Court Action Filed to Annul Special Law
• Montreal's Anti-Mask Law Denounced at Ceremony for Mayor's "Award for Democracy"

Actions in Support of Quebec Students
• March to Gatineau from Ottawa - Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Ontario Students Announce Support Actions
• International Support

May 28, 2012 - No. 78

Charest's Bogus Self-Serving "50 Cents a Day" Argument
• The Social Responsibility to Educate Our Youth
• Monopolies and Their Governments Are the Entitled, Not Quebec Students - George Allen
• "50 Cents a Day" Equals Over $100 Million More in Student Interest Payments to the Banks - K.C. Adams
• 50 Cents a Day? - Laurent Theis
• U.S. Student Debt Estimated at One Trillion Dollars

Unfolding Events
• Government and Students Associations to Meet Monday Afternoon
• Manifs de Casseroles: People Continue to Join In

May 29, 2012 - No. 79

Escalating Attacks on CP Rail Workers
• Oppose Back-to-Work Legislation Criminalizing CP Rail Workers
• Support the Just Demands of CP Rail Workers

For Your Information
• Use of Back-to-Work Legislation Against Railway Workers
• Notice of Motion -- "An Act to Provide for the Continuation and Resumption of Rail Services"

Saskatchewan
• Labour Standards and Rand Formula Under Attack in Labour Code Consultation

Quebec
• Locked Out Alma Workers Demonstrate to Get Rio Tinto Off Olympic Podium

May 30, 2012 - No. 80

Employment Insurance Reforms
• Reject Sweeping Anti-Social Reforms! No to Harper Government's Forced Labour Regime! - Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
• Criminalizing Unemployed Workers to Enslave the Working Class - Jim Nugent
• New Discretionary Powers for Human Resources Minister - Peggy Askin
• Canada's Employment Insurance -- Low Coverage and Low Benefits

Canadians Take a Stand
• Quebec Organizations Denounce Employment Insurance Measures
• Picket at Diane Finley's Office
• Alberta Federation of Labour Opposes Harper Government's New Rules for Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers
• Actions Held at Conservative MPs' Offices Protest Wage Decrease for Migrant Workers

For Your Information
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada News Release -- Extract

May 31, 2012 - No. 81

Quebec
• Negotiations Continue While Students and Supporters Continue to Oppose Special Law
• Mass Arrest after First Day of Negotiations
• Student Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Contempt of Court Charge
• Quebec Jurists Demonstrate to Oppose Special Law

Discussion on Tuition Fee Increases
• Research Institute Exposes Government's Bursaries and Loans Scheme
• Charest's Neoliberal Argument
• Using Tuition Increases to Pay the Rich
• Savings from Open-Source Software

Actions in Support of Quebec Students
• Widespread Mass Actions Continue
• Cross-Canada Demonstrations
• Coming Events

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June 1, 2012 - No. 82

Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Negotiate
• Anti-Social Dictatorship of the Monopolies

Interview
• CP Rail Teamster Pickets at Vancouver Intermodal Facility

Harper Dictatorship's Continuing Disinformation
• Fraud of "Fiscal Austerity" to Attack the Workers - Dougal MacDonald

Government's Forced Labour Regime
• Harper Dictatorship's Forced and Slave Labour Policies Take It Down the Nazi Road - George Allen

Discussion on Budget Implementation Act
• Universal Social Security Programs Are Required for a Democratic and Humane Society - Jim Nugent

June 1, 2012 - No. 83 - Afternoon Edition

Charest Government Declares an "Impasse"
• Government Puts an End to Negotiations with All-Out Assault Against Student Movement

Letters to the Editor
• Charest Government's Disinformation and Threats of Retaliation

Reports and Photos
• Demonstrations Continue

June 5, 2012 - No. 84

Harper Government's Anti-Worker, Nation-Wrecking Social Policy
• The Workers' Opposition Must Occupy the Space for Change - Jim Nugent
• Fisheries Workers Denounce Changes to Employment Insurance
• Courtenay Rally Against Harper Dictatorship's Omnibus Budget Bill

Argentina Restricts Monopoly Right
• Canadian Mining Interests Openly Interfere in Argentina's Internal Affairs

June 6, 2012 - No. 85

Legal Challenges to the Legitimacy of the 2011 Federal Election
• The Conservatives vs. The People - Anna Di Carlo

Robocall Scandal
• Legal Challenges Allege Voter Suppression Affected Election Outcome
• Council of Canadians Responds to Conservative Motion to Dismiss
• Invalidation of Etobicoke-Centre Election Appealed

For Your Information
• Privacy Commissioner Releases Study on Political Parties and Privacy Protection
• Documents on Voter Suppression Legal Challenge

June 8, 2012 - No. 86

The Need for the Working Class to Constitute Itself the Nation
• Dogfight Over the Detroit River
• Financial Oligarchs and Their Representatives Gather for Bilderberg Group Summit - Dougal MacDonald

Canada's Annexation into United States of North American Monopolies
• Integrated Security Apparatus for Cargo Shipments - Charlie Vita
• Canada Joins U.S. Space Surveillance Network
• RCMP Being Trained in U.S.
• New Unified Command for Canadian Forces

June 12, 2012 - No. 87

Alberta Speech from the Throne
• Throne Speech Defends Monopoly Dictate - Peggy Morton

Stop Paying the Rich!
• No More P3 Schools for Alberta! - Kevan Hunter 

Health Care Is a Right!
• All Out Support for the Hardisty Nursing Home Workers!

Criminalization of the Right to Resist and Organize
• Denounce the RCMP-led INSET Team in Alberta - George Allen

Harper Dictatorship's Wrecking of Agriculture Canada
• Oppose the New Wave of Cuts to Agriculture in the Western Prairies - Dougal MacDonald

June 13, 2012 - No. 88

Billions of Dollars in Electricity Capital Projects Underway Across Canada
• Capital Projects Must Serve the Public Interest, Not Private Interests - Jim Nugent
• BC Hydro and the Rule of Thieves

Canada's Annexation into United States of North American Monopolies
• Ongoing Consultation With Monopolies on Security Perimeter
• Food Safety Compromised by Cuts and Harmonized Regulations - Enver Villamizar
• Government Tables Sweeping Food Safety Law in Senate
• Canada's Duty Exemptions Harmonized with Those of U.S.

June 14, 2012 - No. 89

Opposition to Charest Government's Plan to Indebt Students
• Student Associations Denounce Plan to Drastically Increase Student Debt
• A Carefully Planned Form of Theft - Press Release
• Brief of the Quebec Federation of University Students

June 22 Day of Action
• Students Continue Actions During Summer to Affirm the Fee Increase Is Not a Viable Option
• Ten Thousand March in Montreal "Family Demonstration" to Support the Students

Intensified Repression and Political Profiling
• Charest Government Underscores Its Illegitimacy
• Hearings on Motions to Oppose Special Law Begin in Quebec Superior Court

Workers Denounce Special Law
• South Shore Workers Speak Out

Artists' Crucial Role in Defence of Civil Liberties
• Singer-Storyteller Declines National Order of Quebec
• Artists Demand Public Apology from Minister of Culture
• Comedians Raise Funds to Oppose Special Law

June 15, 2012 - No. 90

12th Anniversary of Historic North-South Joint Declaration
• Victory to the Korean People's Just Struggle for Reunification!
• Interview with Spokesperson from Canadian 6.15 Committee
• Contributions of Kim Il Sung to Korean Reunification - Philip Fernandez

June 18, 2012 - No. 91

Health Care Is a Right! Defend the Rights of All!
• June 18 National Day of Action to Stop the Cuts to Refugee Health Care

Continuing Anti-Worker Measures at Canada Post
• Elimination of Jobs, Dismantling of Services and Threats Against the Workers - Interview, Louis Lang, Ottawa Local, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

June 20, 2012 - No. 92

Omnibus Budget Implementation Act Passed in House of Commons
• Harper Government's Fraudulent "Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity" Act
• Sweeping Changes Seek Complete Wrecking of Canada - Pauline Easton
• Trampling of the Public Will to Serve Private Interests - Jim Nugent

• Government Departments Withhold Information Requested by Parliamentary Budget Officer - Anna Di Carlo

For Your Information
• Harper Dictatorship's Omnibus Budget Implementation Act - Enver Villamizar
• Changes to Temporary Foreign Workers Program - Presentation of Alberta Federation of Labour to Senate Standing Committee

June 21, 2012 - No. 93

Canada/U.S. Detroit River Crossing Agreement
• Private Public Partnership a Scandal and Criminal Enterprise
• What the Harper Government Is Up To - K.C. Adams
• Origin of the Steel for the Detroit River Crossing - Rolf Gerstenberger

Ceremonies to Mark 200th Anniversary of War of 1812
• Six Nations Withdraw from Commemoration - Six Nations Legacy Consortium
• Undelivered Speech by Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs

June 23, 2012 - No. 94

131st Day of Quebec Students' Strike
• Mass Demonstrations Affirm "We Are the Quebec People!"
• Federation of College Students Demands Government Settle Conflict
• Federation of University Students Meets with British Columbia Student and Labour Organizations
• Protest Against Premier Charest at G20 Summit in Brazil
• Artists, Intellectuals and Unions Organize Action Against Special Law
• Outraged Comedians Hold Hilarious Show in Support of Student Cause
• Opposition to Quebec City's New Restrictions on Demonstrations
• Organizations Express Opposition to Special Law

Photo Review
• Demonstrations in Support of Students and to Oppose the Special Law

June 25, 2012 - No. 95

In the Parliament
• House of Commons Adjourns for Summer - Pauline Easton

Omnibus Budget Implementation Act
• Harper Dictatorship Forces Budget Bill Through Senate
• "Other Measures" Section of Budget Bill

June 26, 2012 - No. 96

In the Parliament
• Harper Government Proposes More Immigration Law Changes to Suit Its Newfound Aggressive International Role - Lorne Gershuny
• Bill C-43: Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act - Philip Fernandez
• Private Member's Bill Would Militarize Citizenship - Enver Villamizar
• The Identity Concealed by Concealment of Identity Act - Charlie Vita

Opposition to Harper Government's Anti-Social Agenda
• Health Care Professionals and Advocates in Toronto Oppose Health Care Cuts to Refugees
• Government's Racist Promotion of "Culturally Driven Violence Against Women" - Pritilata Waddedar

June 27, 2012 - No. 97

Privatization of Public Interest
• Canada's Kleptocracy and the Revolving Door - Jim Nugent

Rio Tinto Alcan Lockout in Alma, Quebec
• The Company Must Respond to Workers' Concerns and Satisfy Their Demands - Pierre Chénier
• More Financial Support for Locked-Out Workers
• Low-Wage Job Offer at Jonquiere Smelter Corroborates Workers' Opposition to Subcontracting
• President of Rio Tinto Alcan Electrical Workers' Union Defends Just Stand

St-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
• Rio Tinto's Blackmail Against Workers and Region

June 28, 2012 - No. 98

The Takeover of Public Authority by Private Interests
• Beware of Canadians Bearing Gifts and False Promises - K.C. Adams

For Your Information
• Detroit River Crossing Agreement Between Canada and the U.S.

June 29, 2012 - No. 99

British Columbia Jobs Plan
• In Contempt of Nation-Building
• "Canada Starts Here" -- Six Month Anti-Social, Anti-Worker, Nation-Wrecking Progress Report -Barbara Biley
• Who the Jobs Plan and Its Privatization of Electricity Serve - Charles Boylan

Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Flavelle Sawmill Closure in Port Moody, BC - Brian Sproule
• Aveos Workers Fight for their Livelihoods and Against Dismantling of Aircraft Maintenance Sector - Pierre Chénier

Announcement
• Notice to Our Readers

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July 11, 2012 - No. 100

Alma Workers Ratify Tentative Agreement
• Workers' Resistance Ends Rio Tinto Alcan's Phony Lockout - Pierre Chénier

Support the Struggle of the Quebec Students!
• Students Prepare for July 22 Monthly Demonstration
• Demonstrations and Mobilizations Continue in Support of the Fight Against the Tuition Hike
• Ruling on Motion to Stay Special Law Takes Up Government Arguments

Coming Events
• Toronto: Conversation with Prominent Cuban Journalist Arleen Rodrígues Derivet
•July Tour of Ontario by CLASSE

July 24, 2012 - No. 101

Monthly March of Quebec Students
• Tens of Thousands Demonstrate in Support of Call to Defeat the Liberals and Stop Fee Hikes
• "We Are the Future" Students Affirm
• New Website Mobilizes Students to Exercise Right to Vote

Education Is a Right
• University of Montreal Professors Say Plan to Resume Classes Imposed Without Consultation
• Government Refusal to Negotiate with Students Costs $7.3 Million in Overtime

Strike at the Quebec Construction Commission
• Workers Oppose Extortion of Concessions

Quebec Construction Industry Linked to Government Corruption
• Overview of the Charbonneau Commission's Work - Normand Fournier

July 27, 2012 - No. 102

Harper Agenda
• Scientists Denounce Government Cuts to Research Programs and Institutions

Independent Civilian Review into Matters Related to the G20
• Toronto Police Services Board "Independent Review" Justifies Police Acting with Impunity - Philip Fernandez
• Proposed Changes to "Civilian Oversight" of Toronto Police Require People's Movement to Be Vigilant - Lorne Gershuny

59th Anniversary of U.S Defeat in Korean War
• Demand the U.S. Stop All Military Provocations Against the DPRK and Sign a Peace Treaty Now!
• Call for Peace on Korean Peninsula
• DPRK Foreign Ministry Condemns U.S. for Organizing Terrorist Activity

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August 1, 2012 - No. 103

Anti-Social Agenda of Harper Government
• Harper Repeals the Fair Wage Act - Jim Nugent

Pacific Northwest Economic Region Summit
• Harper Government Using Regional Arrangements to Carry Out Nation-Wrecking
• Pacific Northwest Region Summit Agenda - Excerpts

August 2, 2012 - No. 104

Alberta
• The People Must Hold Their MLAs to Account
• Federation of Labour Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Stand as One Against the Assault on Workers, Their Unions and Their Rights!
• Oppose the Use of Temporary Foreign Workers as Strikebreakers - Peggy Askin
• Support Monterey Place Health Care Workers
• Government Declares Replacement Workers Have "Right to Practical Anonymity" - Rita Soto
• Injured Workers Fight for Their Rights - Peggy Morton

For Your Information
• Workers' Compensation Board Bonus System

August 3, 2012 - No. 105

All Out to Defeat the Liberals in the September 4 Quebec Election!
• Occupy the Space for Change! - Pierre Chénier, Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec

Charest Government's Corruption
• Millions of Dollars Spent to Promote Liberal Candidates and Northern Plan

Student Strike Against Fee Increases and Privatization of Education
• Charest Confronted in Vermont at Governors' Conference
• 100th Nocturnal Demonstration in Montreal
• Tour of Ontario and Quebec Defends Education
• Student Federations Call on Liberals to Not Obstruct Student Vote

First Nations
• Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government Created

August 24, 2012 - No. 106

• CPC(M-L) Honours the Memory of Hardial Bains and Other Party Comrades - Dawn Ceremony, National Cemetery, Ottawa, August 19, 2012
• The Party Memorial - From the Party Website

August 31, 2012 - No. 107

September 4 Quebec Election -- All Out to Defeat the Neoliberal Vision of Society
Say No to Nation-Wrecking!

All Out to Defeat the Neoliberal Vision of Society
• What's at Stake in the September 4 Quebec Election
• Say No to Nation-Wrecking!
• Occupy the Space for Change
• Political Parties' Refusal to Meet the People's Needs in National Assembly Extends to Electoral Campaign - Claude Brunelle
• An Election to Divert Attention from the Justness of the Students' Cause
• Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec Candidates

Call to Quebec Workers
• Demand a New Direction for the Economy to Resolve the Crisis in the People's Favour
• Retirees Form Coalition to Demand Pension Security for All - Pierre Chénier
• Alma Workers Reiterate Call for Government to Cancel Secret Deal with Hydro-Quebec and Rio Tinto

Recognize the Hereditary Rights of First Nations!
• Cree Nation Opposes Uranium Exploration and Mining

Support for the Student Struggle
• Monthly Mass Demonstration Reaffirms People's Desire to Defeat Charest Government's Destructive Policies

August 31, 2012 - No. 108

Labour Day 2012
• History Is Calling on the Working Class to Affirm Its Proper Place as Leader of Society - Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)

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September 4, 2012 - No. 109

September 4 Quebec Election
• Marxist-Leninists Call for Majority Government -- Defeat the Neo-Liberal Anti-Social Offensive!
• Hysterical Promotion of the Coalition Avenir Quebec

Forestry Workers Face Turning Point
• Resolute Forest Products Wants All the Rights but None of the Obligations - Pierre Chénier
• Threats to Pensions Denounced by Retirees
• Retirees Continue the Fight Against Theft of Their Pensions - Interview, Maurice Lalonde, President, Fraser Papers Retirees' Association (Quebec)

September 6, 2012 - No. 110

Quebec Election Results
• Workers Must Oppose the Degeneration into Anarchy and Violence
• The Brutality of the Anachronistic Democratic System
• The People Are Assigned the Role of Spectators All Over Again
• An Electoral Coup Once Again
• The Fidelity of the Youth to Their Decision Made the Difference
• Congratulations to PMLQ Candidates and Supporters!

Canadian and U.S. Warships Tour Canadian Ports
• Montrealers Oppose Canada's Integration into U.S. War Machine
• Oppose the Harper Government's Promotion of War and Aggression! - Statement of the Windsor Peace Coalition
• Halifax Weekly Anti-War Picket

September 10, 2012 - No. 111

Organize to Hold the Alberta Government to Account
Stop Paying the Rich -- Increase Investments in Social Programs!

Organize to Hold the Alberta Government to Account
• Discussion on Budget Consultations - Peggy Morton
• Redford Government Must Stop Paying the Energy Monopolies - Dougal MacDonald

Provide Public Right with a Guarantee
• Stop Threats to Seniors' Care Workers - Rita Soto
• Capital-Centred Thinking Blocks the Development of Modern and Humane Seniors' Care - Peggy Askin
• Revera Riverbend Workers Ordered Back to Work

Labour Day 2012
• Events Highlight Necessity to Fight for the Rights of All

September 11, 2012 - No. 112

Labour Day 2012
• British Columbia at a Crossroads

The Fight to Provide Public Right with a Guarantee
• Fourth One-Day Strike of Government Employees
• Liquor Store Workers Fight Privatization
• Vancouver Demonstration in Defence of Public Health Care - Barbara Biley
• "Ten Dollar a Day" Child Care Program: A Necessary and Viable Social Program - Charles Boylan

Coming Events
• Vancouver Rally to Strengthen Community Social Services, September 13

September 13, 2012 - No. 113

Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Stand With Auto Workers in Defence of Their Rights!

Alma Rio Tinto Workers Return to Work
• Workers Defend their Dignity Against Rio Tinto's Revanchism and Anti-Labour Restructuring - Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma

Anti-Social Changes to Employment Insurance
• Opposition Increases in Quebec

Massacre of Striking Platinum Miners in South Africa
• Justice for South African Miners!

September 14, 2012 - No. 114

Free the Five Cuban Patriots Imprisoned by the U.S.!
• Fourteen Years Too Many! Free the Five Now!
• A Father's Plea for Justice - Giustino Di Celmo
• A Challenge to Journalism - Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, President, National Assembly of Cuba

Celebrations of Friendship with Cuba
• 17th Annual Toronto Day of Friendship Celebrated
• Eight Annual Montreal Day of Friendship a Success! 

September 17, 2012 - No. 115

Opening of Second Session of 41st Parliament
• Parliament Needs to Stop Paying the Rich, Oppose Austerity and Increase Investments in Social Programs
• Harper Government's Massive Assault on Public Sector - Pierre Chénier
• Finance Minister's Thinly Veiled Threats Against Auto Workers - Enver Villamizar
• National Day of Action to Defend Public Services and Oppose Austerity Agenda

September 18, 2012 - No. 116

Organize to Hold the Alberta Government to Account
• Oppose "Consultation" as a Pretext to Attack Social Programs - Peggy Morton

Provide the Right to Education and Health Care with a Guarantee
• Edmonton Catholic Schools Support Staff Defend Their Rights and the Rights of All!
• Overwhelming Affirmation of Strike Vote
• More Secret Plans to Wreck Seniors' Care Brought to Light
• Monterey Place Workers Take the Fight for Their Rights and Dignity to the Community - Peggy Askin

To Be Published Soon
• The Lougheed Legacy

September 20, 2012 - No. 117

Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
Governments Must Defend Public Right!

Quebec
• Acier Leroux Workers in Boucherville Locked Out - Interview, Lucien Dallaire, President, Syndicat des travailleurs d'Acier Leroux
• Bombardier Workers and Communities in Lower St. Lawrence Fight to Keep Manufacturing Jobs at La Pocatière Plant - Interview, Mario Lévesque, President, Syndicat des employés de Bombardier Transport La Pocatière

Alberta
• Opposition to Canada-Alberta Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Project - Peggy Askin

British Columbia
• Interviews with Public Sector Workers

September 21, 2012 - No. 118

British Columbia's Social and Trade Union Movement
• The Necessity of an Independent Working Class Political Movement

Governments Must Uphold Public Right
• Community Social Service Workers Hold Rally in Vancouver
• Government Attacks on Public Sector Wages and the Public Interest - Interview, James Cavalluzzo, Chairperson, Community Social Services (Component 3) BCGEU
• Townhall Meetings Against P3 Hospitals

Transit Police and RCMP Assault Anti-War Activists
• Condemn Police Brutality and Attack on the Right to Conscience - TML Correspondent

Fruit Production in the Okanagan Valley
• Agriculture and Social Consciousness - Brian Sproule

September 24, 2012 - No. 119

The Lougheed Legacy
• Death of Peter Lougheed Used as an Occasion to Uphold Monopoly Right
• A New Direction for the Economy - Peggy Askin
• "Thinking Like an Owner" - Rita Soto
• Peter Lougheed and the Constitutional Crisis - Peggy Morton

From TML Daily, May 11, 2012: The Myth of Alberta's "Camelot"
• Ruling Circles Proclaim Peter Lougheed All-Time Best Salesman for the Monopolies - Dougal MacDonald

September 25, 2012 - No. 120

In the Parliament
• Second Session of 41st Parliament Promises More of the Same - Enver Villamizar
• Stepped Up Assault on Workers' Collective Rights - Jim Nugent
• Government Suppression of Artistic Expression - Caroline Basanto

September 27, 2012 - No. 121

Nation-Building or Nation-Wrecking?
The Case of Natural Gas and British Columbia's Sudden Increased Government Deficit

The Case of Natural Gas and British Columbia's Sudden Increased Government Deficit
• Serious Concerns About BC Liberals' Natural Gas Strategy - Charles Boylan
• The Crucial Questions: Who Decides? Who Controls the Decision-Making Process?

BC Teachers' Federation Charter Challenge of Education Improvement Act
• Act in Violation of Charter Right to Free Collective Bargaining - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell

Prosperity Mine Proposal
• Direct Assault on First Nations' Hereditary Rights - TML Correspondent

2012 Okanagan Valley Cherry Crop
• Optimism Turns to Despair - Brian Sproule

September 28, 2012 - No. 122

Canada Post's Nation-Wrecking
• Blackmail to Extort Concessions from Postal Workers - Louis Lang

Health and Safety in Northern Alberta
• Workers Oppose Suncor's Attempt to Impose Random Drug Testing - Interview, Roland Lefort, President, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 707, Fort McMurray

7th Annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil
• All out to Smash the Silence and Demand Justice

Quebec Government Decree
• Students Celebrate Reversal of Fee Hike and Remain Vigilant
• Call to Victims of Political and Police Repression During Student Strike
• Demonstration Celebrates Students' Victory and Announces Continuation of Struggle

Coming Events
• 3rd Annual Pupusa Festival and Visit of Vice President of El Salvador to Toronto

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October 2, 2012 - No. 123

Monopoly Right No! Public Right Yes!
• The Canadian P3 "Model" - Barbara Biley
• Vancouver Island Town Halls Launch Community Fight to Keep Hospitals Public

Necessity to Exercise Control Over Exploitation of Natural Resources
• Joint Review Panel Resumes Hearings on Northern Gateway Pipeline - Peggy Morton
• Community Meetings in Prince George and Mackenzie, BC Stand Up for the North

Scientists' Fight to Defend Life Work and Contribute to Society and Public Good
• Coalition to Save the Experimental Lakes Area Organizes Tribute in Winnipeg - Mary Joyce

October 3, 2012 - No. 124

Consequences of Monopoly Right for Canadian Food Supply
• Governments Must Defend Public Right, Not Monopoly Right! - Peggy Morton
• Canada Needs Human-Centred Arrangements for Food Safety - Kyda Maraam
• Crisis in the Beef Industry

Together, Let Us Defend the Rights of All!
• Alberta Government Sacrifices Health and Safety of Farm Workers to Private Interests - Peggy Askin
• Join the Campaign "Safety NOW for Alberta Agricultural Workers"
• Support the Fight of Lilydale Workers for their Rights

October 9, 2012 - No. 125

Alberta
Governments Must Uphold Public Right

Fight for the Right to Education for All!
• Teaching Conditions and Learning Conditions Are One - Kevan Hunter 
• Athabasca University Tutors and Allies Oppose Concessions - Dougal MacDonald 
• University of Alberta Hijacks Academic Staff Bargaining Rights - George Allen

Consequences of Monopoly Right for Canadian Food Supply
• Where Does Responsibility for Food Safety Lie? - Peggy Morton
• Packing House Workers Break the Silence on Their Working Conditions - Peggy Askin
• The Safe Food for Canadians Act and the E. Coli Outbreak at XL Foods

October 11, 2012 - No. 126

First Nations Hereditary Rights Must Be Upheld
• Proposed First Nations Property Ownership Act -- Modern Day Genocide All Over Again - Philip Fernandez
• Mohawks of Kahnawake Oppose Harper Government Plans to Introduce Individual Property Rights
• Attawapiskat First Nation Defeats Harper Government in Federal Court

October 12, 2012 - No. 127

North American Security Perimeter
• Canada and U.S. to Share Information on Movement In and Out of North America - Enver Villamizar

Venezuela
• The People Say Yes to the Revolution and Yes to President Chavez! - Claude Brunelle

Colombia
• Government and Rebel Forces Set Agenda for Peace Talks
• General Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Establishment of a Stable and Lasting Peace

For Your Information
• Brief History of Converting Reserve Lands into Private Property (Excerpts) - fourarrows@rogers.com, e-notes
• First Nations Property Ownership - www.fnpo.ca

October 15, 2012 - No. 128

Alberta -- Food Safety Crisis Points to the Need for a New Direction for the Economy
• No to Mass Layoffs at XL Lakeside! XL Foods Must Immediately Recall All Its Workers!
• The Dignity and Rights of Workers and the Right to Safe Food - Peggy Askin
• Conflicting Aims at XL Foods - Rita Soto
• Call for Overhaul of Federal Policy on Meat Industry - National Farmers Union
• "Too Big to Fail" - A Social Policy Researcher

Organize to Hold the Alberta Government to Account!
• Balancing the Budget in Whose Interests? - Dougal MacDonald
• Budget Consultations Aimed at Blocking People from Solving Problems - Peggy Morton

October 16, 2012 - No. 129

The Squabble Over Chinese Companies Operating in Canada
• Canadian Political Elite Go Crazy Unconcerned - K.C. Adams

Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Time for Auto Workers to Break New Ground in Defence of Their Rights
• Rio Tinto Alcan Destroys Under Guise of Restructuring - Pierre Chénier

Media Conglomerate War
• Proposed Bell Takeover of Astral Reveals Sharpening Inter-Monopoly Contradictions - Normand Fournier

October 17, 2012 - No. 130

Fall Session of BC Legislature Annulled
• Crisis of Party Government and Necessity for Political Renewal - Charles Boylan

Opposition to Anti-Social Offensive Grows
• Hospital and Seniors' Care Workers Reject Government's Anti-Social Austerity Mandate - Barbara Biley
• Situation of Community Health and Community Social Service Workers - Brian Sproule
• BC's Education Funding Needs to at Least Match National Average (Excerpts) - Susan Lambert, President, BC Teachers' Federation 

October 19, 2012 - No. 131

Senate Bill on Implementation of Convention on Cluster Munitions
• Harper Government's Exceptionalism - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell

Nobel Peace Prize Given to European Union
• A Wasted Nobel (Excerpts) - Atilio A. Borón

Greece
• People Heroically Persist in Opposing "Austerity Measures"
• Greece-Germany: Who Owes Who? - Eric Toussaint

October 22, 2012 - No. 132

In Parliament
• Harper Dictatorship Attacks Defined-Benefit Pensions

Canada Joins Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Further Undermining of Canada's Self-Reliance - George Allen

Negotiations for Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with Europe
• Free Trade with Europe Is Against the Interests of the Canadian People - Dougal MacDonald

Reflections of Comrade Fidel Castro
• "Fidel Castro Is Dying"

October 23, 2012 - No. 133

Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• No to Secret Edmonton Transit Privatization Deal - Jim Nugent
• Secret City Council Decision to Build Transit Line as Public-Private Partnership
• Edmonton City Workers, Transit Workers and Public Interest Alberta Hold Joint Press Conference

Consequences of Monopoly Right for Canadian Food Supply
• Global Monopoly JBS Takes Over XL Foods Plant - Peggy Askin
• Alberta Federation of Labour and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 Renew Call for a Public Inquiry into E. Coli Outbreak

Note to Our Readers
• Opening of Alberta Legislature

October 25, 2012 - No. 134

In the Parliament
• Harper Government Tables Second Omnibus Budget Bill - Enver Villamizar

For Your Information
• Summary of Bill C-45 Jobs and Growth Act, 2012

Opposition to Canada’s War Government
• End the "Long-standing Tradition" of Putting Canada In the Service of Anglo-American War and Aggression! - Windsor Peace Coalition
• Activists Oppose Military Training in Port of Montreal
• Anti-War Actions on 11th Anniversary of Invasion of Afghanistan

October 26, 2012 - No. 135

British Columbia
• New Attack on Free Collective Bargaining for Teachers - Charles Boylan
• Unfolding of Jobs Plan Shows Need for New Direction for Economy - Barbara Biley

For Your Information
• Pre-Election Advertising Rules Struck Down
• Initiative Petition on Marijuana Approved

October 29, 2012 - No. 136

Alberta -- In the Legislature
• Changes to Education Act Fail to Address Problems Facing Youth - Kevan Hunter
• Redford's Legislative Agenda to Pay the Rich

Enable Electors to Exercise Their Right to Select and Elect
• Questionable Donation Underscores Need for Democratic Renewal of Election Financing - Dougal MacDonald

Health Care Is a Right
• Inquiry into "Improper Preferential Access" Begins in Edmonton - Peggy Morton

October 30, 2012 - No. 137

Harper Government's Attack on Employment Insurance
• Mass Actions in Quebec and Maritimes Denounce Anti-Social Reforms
• What the Workers Have to Say - Normand Chouinard

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November 2, 2012 - No. 138

Guilty Verdict for Spokesperson of Quebec Student Movement
• No to the Criminalization of the Student Youth! Mobilize to Overturn the Verdict! - Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)

New Session of Quebec National Assembly
• Unite in Action to Demand that Public Right Trump Monopoly Interests

British Columbia
• Hospital Employees Union Convention to Discuss Strategic Directions - Barbara Biley
• Community Health Workers Prepare for Strike Action - Brian Sproule
• Contracted Health Care Workers Begin Negotiations with Global Monopolies

November 5, 2012 - No. 139

Stop Paying the Rich! Increase Investment in Social Programs!
• New Arrangements on Energy Increase Nation-Wrecking - Peggy Morton
• Responsible Energy Development Act Strengthens Use of Ministerial Prerogative

Organize to Hold the Alberta Government to Account
• Corporate Tax Amendment Act -- Yet Another Pay-the-Rich Scheme - Dougal MacDonald
• Who Is the "Whistleblower Protection" Act Protecting? - Peggy Askin

Coming Events
• Discussion on 20th Anniversary of Defeat of Charlottetown Accord
• Lessons of 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

November 6, 2012 - No. 140

Harper Government's Economic Auction Plan
• Prime Minister Leads Team of Salesmen of the Monopolies to India - Dougal MacDonald

All Out to Strengthen Opposition to Anti-Social Anti-National Offensive
• Why Is the U.S. National Guard Training in Canada? - Enver Villamizar
• Public Outrage over Abuse of Youth by Corrections Canada and Government Cover-Up - Pritilata Waddedar
• Demonstration Against Inhuman Immigration Policies
• Need to Oppose Expansion of Canadian Experience Category Immigration
• Canada's Hooliganism Knows No Bounds

November 7, 2012 - No. 141

Workers Fight Anti-Union Anti-Worker Attacks of the Rich and Their Governments
• Legal Opinion Says Private Member's Anti-Union Bill Is Unconstitutional

Quebec
• Bombardier Workers in La Pocatière on Strike to Protect Jobs and Improve Retirement
• General Cable Workers in Shawinigan Face Gutting of Collective Agreement

U.S. Steel's 3rd Quarter Report and Conference Call
• The Necessity for a New Direction for the Economy and Control Over the Decision-Making Process - K.C. Adams

November 13, 2012 - No. 142

Tentative Agreement Between
Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post
• The Security of Postal Workers Lies in Their Ability to Fight for Their Rights -- Reject Canada Post Blackmail to Extort Concessions! - Louis Lang
• Recommendations to Vote No

Government Scientists and Professionals Defend Public Services and Oppose Layoffs
• Rally on Parliament Hill
• Urgent Call for Environment Minister to Block Secretive Experimental Lakes Area Sale to Private Sector
• Auditor General's Report Highlights Serious Risks Linked to Cuts and Outsourcing

Cuba
• United Nations to Vote on Cuban Resolution Against U.S. Blockade

November 14, 2012 - No. 143

Fourth Annual Halifax International Security Forum
• Rally Against Halifax NATO War Conference

Cuba Yes! Blockade No!
• UN Condemns U.S. Economic Blockade of Cuba for 21st Consecutive Year
• Cuban Foreign Minister's Speech at United Nations

November 15, 2012 - No. 144

Oppose the Zionist "Operation Pillar of Defence"
• Solidarity with Gaza -- Emergency Demonstrations
• Condemn the Zionist Aggression Against Gaza

No to Canadian Involvement in Torture
• UN Complaint Filed Against Canada for Failing to Prosecute George W. Bush for Torture

November 16, 2012 - No. 145

Oppose the Zionist "Operation Pillar of Defence"
• Occupation Forces Continue Criminal Assault on Gaza
• Israel Blocks Medical Supplies
• Ramallah Youth Succeed in Entering Occupation Army Camp to Raise Palestinian Flags
• Eyewitness Reports
• World-wide Emergency Actions

November 19, 2012 - No. 146

Long-Wall Coal Mining in BC
• No to Human Trafficking and Indentured Labour! - Doug Pittman

BC Public Sector Workers Defend Their Rights
• Community and Social Services and Health Care Workers in Action Across the Province
• Hospital Employees' Union and the Labour Federation Determined to Resist Layoffs and Contracting Out - Brian Sproule 
• College and University Employees Resist Concessions and Seek an End to Further Impoverishment

November 22, 2012 - No. 147

Palestinian Resistance Wins Ceasefire
• Long Live the Palestinian Resistance!
• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Obama's Drones Could Not Defend the Occupiers
• Operation "Pillar of Defence" Achieves Nothing for Israel but International Condemnation and Disgrace - Nathan J. Freeman
• Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Gaza
• Joint Press Conference of Hamas and Islamic Jihad
• Global Condemnation of Israeli War Crimes
• Calendar of Events

November 23, 2012 - No. 148

Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Growing Opposition to Alberta Bill 2, Responsible Energy Development Act - Peggy Morton
• Disappearing the Public Interest in Bill 2 - Rita Soto
• Superboard an Unchallengeable Monster
• How Energy Development Act Will Affect Farmers and Rural Residents
• Truth, Lies and Self-Deception: The Wildrose's Opposition to Bill 2

November 26, 2012 - No. 149

British Columbia
• Provincial Federation of Labour Convention Meets November 26-30 in Vancouver
• Health Care Workers Complete Strike Votes
• Well-Attended Prince George Community Conversation - Peter Ewart

November 28, 2012 - No. 150

Postal Workers Fighting for Their Rights
• Roll-backs and Concessions Demanded by Canada Post Are Unsustainable - Louis Lang

Budget of the New Quebec Government
• Who Represents the Interests of Quebec? - K.C. Adams

Canada-Europe Free Trade Negotiations Enter Final Stage
• More than 400 Partners from Agriculture, Business and Civil Society Meet to Support Supply Management
• Far from a Balanced Conclusion - Marcel Groleau, President, Union of Agricultural Producers
• New Quebec Government's Growth Predictions and Free Trade - Norman Fournier

November 29, 2012 - No. 151

Contract Ratification Process of Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Condemn Direct Intervention of Canada Post Executives

Organized Workers Fight to Restrict Labour Market
• Abolish the Temporary Foreign Worker Program! - K.C. Adams

UN General Assembly
• Historic Palestine Vote - Nathan J. Freeman

Crimes of International Financial Oligarchy
• Horrific Mass Workplace Deaths in Bangladesh - Pritilata Waddedar

November 30, 2012 - No. 152

Alberta
• New Health and Safety Legislation Will Further Compromise Workers' Rights - Peggy Askin
• Debate in the Legislature

Jackpine Oilsands Mine Joint Review
• The Fundamental Question that Needs to be Addressed - Peggy Morton
• An Assault on People's Right to Decide - Rita Soto

Uphold the Rights of Long Term Care Workers
• Monterey Place Health Care Workers Persist in Defending Their Rights and Dignity

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December 3, 2012 - No. 153

Alberta -- Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion
• Demand Respect for Hereditary Rights of First Nations and Métis! No Expansion Without First Nations' Consent! - Peggy Morton
• First Nation and Metis Groups Denied Effective Access to Justice
- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations

Increase Investments in Education!
• The Situation Among Post-Secondary Academic Workers and What Is to Be Done - George Allen
• Next Steps for Post-Secondary Academic Staff - Dougal MacDonald 

Together Let Us Defend the Rights of All!
• Temporary Injunction Against Suncor Random Drug Testing Upheld on Appeal - Peggy Askin
• Workers Speak About Amendments to Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act

December 5, 2012 - No. 154

Oppose the Legalized Theft of White Birch Workers' Pensions
• Quebec Government Must Force White Birch to Pay Pensioners - Pierre Chénier
• Reflections on White Birch and Pension Plan - A Little History - Gilles Bédard, President, Coalition of Retired White Birch - Stadacona Employees

Governments Must Defend Public Right, Not Monopoly Right
• Niagara Tunnel Project Exposes Myth of Private-Public Partnership "Risk Transfer" - Rob Woodhouse 
• "Value for Money" Bookkeeping Fraud in Ontario Private-Public Partnership Projects - Jim Nugent

December 7, 2012 - No. 155

Strike Ends at Bombardier in La Pocatière, Quebec
• Workers Force Bombardier to Meet Many of Their Demands
• Bombardier Workers Vote 82.2 Per Cent in Favour of Offer - Communique, Fédération de l'industrie manufacturière

Reference Material from New York Times Series
• Explosion of Pay-the-Rich Schemes in the U.S.

December 10, 2012 - No. 156

National Day of Action in Defence of First Nations' Rights
• Idle No More -- Backgrounder on Day of Action

In the Parliament
• First Nations Financial Transparency Act Tramples First Nations' Rights in the Mud! Withdraw Bill C-27! - Philip Fernandez
• Harper Dictatorship Passes Second Omnibus Budget Bill - Enver Villamizar
• Sell-Out of Canadian Food Processing Industry - Charlie Vita

Other Measures in Second Omnibus Budget Bill
• Measures to Establish One Border Security Force Under U.S. Command
• Measures to Facilitate Dispossession of First Nations of Their Resources
• Undermining Independence from Ministerial Control for Certain Agencies, Boards and Commissions
• New Arrangements Concerning the Federation

December 12, 2012 - No. 157

Shameless Case of White Birch Forestry Company
• The Missing Voice of Forestry Workers in Quebec National Assembly
• Monopoly Impunity Made Legal by National Assembly
• What the Shameless Bill 15 Contains - National Assembly Hansard

December 13, 2012 - No. 158

Stop Paying the Rich! Increase Investments in Social Programs!
• Denounce the Michigan and Ontario State-Organized Attacks on Workers' Rights!
• Rights of the People vs. Private Property Right of the Rich - David Greig
• Austerity Agenda Exacerbating Crisis in Health Care - Rob Woodhouse
• Unprecedented Health Cuts, Privatization and Dismantling of Hospitals Starting Across Ontario - Ontario Health Coalition

Step Up Nationwide Defence of First Nations' Rights
• Militant Day of Action Denounces Colonial Legislation
• Chief of Attawapiskat First Nation Begins Hunger Strike in Ottawa

December 14, 2012 - No. 159

Necessity to Step Up Resistance and Organization
• Step Up the Struggle Against State-Organized Pay-the-Rich Schemes and Attacks on Rights

In the Parliament
• Harper Government's Reputation Torn to Shreds in Election Scams in Labrador - Philip Fernandez

No to Militarization and U.S. Control
• Harper Dictatorship's Cooperation in the Arctic Is a Dangerous Thing - Enver Villamizar
• Canada's Emergency Preparedness Must Not be Placed Under U.S. Imperialist Command - Charlie Vita

Democratic People's Republic of Korea Satellite Launch
• A Victory Which Enables the DPRK to Uphold Sovereignty
• DPRK's Right to Peaceful Use of Space

December 18, 2012 - No. 160

Step Up Nationwide Defence of First Nations' Rights
• Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Alberta Challenges Monopoly Right
• Affirmation of Hereditary, Treaty and Constitutional Rights

Education Is a Right!
• Teachers' Negotiations at Impasse -- Time for a New Direction - Kevan Hunter 
• Disinformation on Teachers' Proposals
• What the Calgary Herald Doesn't Say About Teachers' Salaries
• Neo-Liberal Conception of Fiscal Responsibility - Peggy Morton
• Source of Alberta Government Revenues
• Letter to the Editor

December 19, 2012 - No. 161

Abolish the Temporary Foreign Worker Program!
• Fight for the Rights of All!
• How the Game Is Played -- An Example
• Workers Must Discuss Needs of Economy and Set Its Direction

Increase Investments in Social Programs
• Health Care Workers and Community Win Moratorium on Contracting Out
• Defeat BC Clark Government's Drive to Guarantee Monopoly Right to Profit from Education

Report
• BC Federation of Labour Convention - Charles Boylan

December 20, 2012 - No. 162

Urgent Need to Take Up the Work for Democratic Renewal
• Degeneration of Canada's Democratic Institutions Has No Limits - Anna di Carlo
• Electors Challenge Legitimacy of Elections in Light of Voter Suppression Campaign
• Issues Arising from Improper Telecommunications with Electors - Views of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada

December 24, 2012 - No. 163

The Need to Smash the Historical Crib
• Crucial Task for the Coming Year

How You Spend Your Money
• Stop Paying the Rich! Increase Investments in Social Programs!

"Right to Be a Slave" Laws Passed in Michigan
• Unprecedented Anti-Union and Anti-Worker Attacks
• Public Sector Law Bans Many Issues from Negotiations
• New "Emergency Managers" Law Imposed

Note to Our Readers
• Season's Greetings

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