As resistance grows against the Coastal GasLink pipeline and the massive RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en territories, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada, meeting over the Feb. 8-9 weekend in Toronto, sends greetings of solidarity to all who are in struggle today for Indigenous rights and environmental justice. The drive by the Canadian… Continue reading PIPELINES VIOLATE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND THREATEN THE PLANET
Month: February 2020
COPS AND CORPORATIONS OUT OF WET’SUWET’EN TRADITIONAL TERRITORY
Despite the rhetoric by politicians and corporate bosses about “reconciliation” and “respect for Indigenous rights,” the invasion of Wet’suwet’en traditional territory in north-central British Columbia by Coastal GasLink (CGL) and the RCMP continues. In the wake of the latest B.C. Supreme Court injunction prioritizing the interests of resource extraction pipelines, the Communist Party of Canada… Continue reading COPS AND CORPORATIONS OUT OF WET’SUWET’EN TRADITIONAL TERRITORY
ANTI-CHINA RACISM MUST BE REJECTED
The dangerous upsurge in Sinophobia since the start of the coronavirus crisis is a present day reflection of the anti-China xenophobia which has always been deliberately fanned by reactionary forces, starting from the earliest days of European colonisation on the west coast. The Communist Party of Canada calls upon the labour and people’s movements, and… Continue reading ANTI-CHINA RACISM MUST BE REJECTED
FORESTRY WORKERS STILL STANDING STRONG IN FACE OF CORPORATE ATTACKS
After being on strike for 7 months, 2600 members of United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 are still picketing outside Western Forest Products (WFP) sawmills on Vancouver Island. This is one of this union’s longest strikes in Canada, and they are struggling to get the company back to the bargaining table to negotiate a fair contract. The… Continue reading FORESTRY WORKERS STILL STANDING STRONG IN FACE OF CORPORATE ATTACKS