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Rise of residential school denialism reflects drive for more resource extraction
Millions of people across Canada paid solemn tribute to the Indigenous victims of the residential school system on September 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. But even as awareness grows of the genocidal policies of residential schools, which operated coast-to-coast-to-coast from 1883 to 1997, there is also an alarming rise in residential school…
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October 1st at CSE: China’s War on Poverty
Join us on October 1st to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. To commemorate this day, we will be showing the film “China’s War on Poverty” which documents the frontline of China’s world-historic project of lifting 800 million people out of poverty. Doors open at 7pm, with the…
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Defend First Nations Rights, Not Copper and Gold Profiteering!
Statement by the PEC, Communist Party of BC, Sept. 8, 2025 The Provincial Executive Committee of the Communist Party of BC expresses full support for the Xatśūll First Nation’s challenge to a B.C. Supreme Court decision in favour of allowing the Mount Polley Mining Corp. to raise the level of a tailings pond at the…
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Eby Government Violates Indigenous Rights to Protect Resource Sector Profits
After narrowly winning a provincial election in which his party campaigned as defenders of Indigenous peoples, Premier David Eby’s NDP has quickly broken its solemn commitments to uphold the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Instead, the NDP is following the same natural resource extraction and export agenda promoted by the new federal…
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STATEMENT: Public Service Bargaining and the BCGEU’s Trade Union Struggle
The BCGEU represents 95,000 members across British Columbia, including over 34,000 employed directly by the provincial government under the Main Public Service Agreement. This agreement, which functions as a wage and working conditions benchmark across the province in multiple sectors, expired at the end of March 2025. After nearly seven months of bargaining, the Union…
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Fascism, the United Front and the 7th Congress of the Communist International
Join as at the Centre for Socialist Education or online via zoom on July 25th for an interactive educational on Fascism, the United Front and the 7th Congress of the Communist International. The source text for this educational will be Georgi Dimitrov’s August 2nd 1935 report to the Comintern titled, “The Fascist Offensive and the…
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My Experience as a Detox Worker Makes Me Oppose Involuntary Treatment
By Geordie Constant (Originally published in People’s Voice) I come from a security background. Not cybersecurity or anything that requires an education – I come from a uniform, patrol a grocery store kind of security background. I got out of that because I wanted to help people and in the security field, securing property is…
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No War with Iran
Join members of the Communist Party of BC, the Young Communist Leage and the Tudeh Party of Iran for a bilingual panel discussion on the recent 12 day war on Iran. The main topic will be dangers of US-Israeli escalation in the Middle East. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 15th at 7pm…
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People’s Voice Talent Show
On the evening of June 30th, the day before the stat holiday, the Centre for Socialist Education will be hosting a fundraiser for Canada’s leading socialist newspaper. The second annual People’s Voice Talent Show will see progressives of all stripes performing in front of a like-minded and welcoming audience all for the cause of sustaining…
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The Radical Labour History of BC Summer Series
This summer, uncover the radical roots of British Columbia’s working class. Join us for a 4-part series celebrating the work of militant labour struggles in BC’s mining, logging, fishing, waterfront, and public sectors – from the relief camp strikes and the On to Ottawa Trek to Operation Solidarity. Featuring: Archival photos and displays Presentations on…
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