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2023
CONTENTS
No. 1 - January 2023
In Memoriam
Answering the Call of History in 2023
Providing Democracy with a Modern Definition
Let the Working People Take Their Place in Determining the Character of the Present Period Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
Britain
Widespread February Strikes in Transportation, Health Care and Education Workers' Weekly
France
Two Million Demonstrate Against Government Raising Age of Retirement
Israel and Occupied Territories
All Out to Support the Palestinian People and Their Right to Be!
Brazil
Attempted Coup Fails Thanks to People's Defence of Democracy Margaret Villamizar
Fully Support the Brazilian People! Hold All Those Responsible for the Coup Attempt in Brazil Accountable! ALBA Social Movements Ottawa
January 2023
Important Dates and Anniversaries
No. 2 - February 2023
Memorial Marches for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
End Colonial Justice! Uphold the Rights of All!
Trudeau Government's Shameless Refusal to Fulfill Requirements of Calls for Justice Philip Fernandez
First Ministers' Meeting on Health Care
Forms of Deception in the Name of Fixing Health Care System Enver Villamizar
Essence of the Anti-Social Offensive Pauline Easton
Ontario Government's Reduction of Medical Wait Times by Financing Private Clinics Barbara Biley and Peggy Morton
Actions in Ontario in Defence of Public Health Care
Upcoming Actions to Support Ontario Nurses as Negotiations Begin
More Attempts to Divest Governments of Constitutional and Legal Limitations
Fast-Tracking Approval of Mining Projects Fernand Deschamps
Quebec Mining Act Grants Private Interests Unfettered Rights
Organization Demands Integrated Planning and Development of Mined Land in Quebec
Medieval Conception of "Free Mining" Pierre Soubliθre
Northern Ontario First Nations Form Alliance to Oppose Free Mining
Indigenous Peoples Affirm Their Sovereignty, Hereditary and Treaty Rights
Canada's Treachery on Rights of Indigenous Peoples Colleen Pearse
Wet'suwet'en Steadfastly Demand Canada Uphold Hereditary Rights and Constitutional Obligations
Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Affirm Right to Be
Finding Solutions for Problems Faced by Asylum Seekers
Montreal Community Organizations Demand Dignity and Rights for Asylum Seekers
Community Organizer Elaborates Problems Facing Asylum Seekers
Tribute to Victim of Canada's "Rules-Based Order"
Spirited Hamilton Rally Demands Status for All Without Exception
Matters of Concern Around the World
No to Canada's Interference in Peru! Support the Peruvian People's Just Demands! Margaret Villamizar
Shame on Canada for Deploying Spy Planes to Haiti
Unions Join Forces to Support Haitian-Led Solutions to Crisis in Haiti
Earthquake Death Toll in Turkey and Syria Exceeds 33,000
Palestinian Political Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike
U.S. War Against Africa Intensifies
No. 3 - March 2023
Federal Budget 2023
• Only the People Can Provide Solutions to the Problems They Face
• Further Integration into Escalating U.S. Warmongering
• Budget Increases Police Funding to Interfere in Affairs of Canadian Polity and Internal Affairs of Other Countries – Anna Di Carlo –
• Economic Crisis Gathering Steam – K.C. Adams –
U.S. War President Not Welcome in Canada
• Claiming High Ideals to Hide U.S. Demands that Canada Submit to Its Agenda for World Domination – Barbara Biley
• Militant Actions Declare "No to U.S.-Led Aggression and War -- Biden Go Home!"
• Canada's Follow-Through on Commitments to U.S. at North American Leaders' Summit
• U.S. Operations in Canadian Arctic Consolidated During Biden's Visit
Urgent Need to Defend the Rights of Migrants and Refugees
• Montreal Protest Against Canada-U.S. Decision to Further Block "Irregular Migration"
• Canadian Union of Public Employees Condemns Roxham Road Border Closure
• Facts About "Irregular Migration" in Context – Diane Johnston
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Out of Wet'suwet'en Land!
• Oppose State Violence Against Wet'suwet'en in the Service of Private Interests
• Statement by Union of BC Indian Chiefs
• Visit of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
No. 4 - April 2023
Earth Day 2023
• All Out to Humanize the Natural and Social Environment! – Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
Further Integration of Canada's Energy Resources with U.S. War Economy
• Policy of Exporting Electricity to the U.S. – Fernand Deschamps –
• Hydro-Quιbec's "Shared Ownership" of Power Lines with Blackstone Hedge Fund
Problems with "Green Energy" Projects
• Massive New Subsidy for Volkswagen Battery Facility to Be Built in St. Thomas, Ontario
• GM Announcement on Electric Drive Production in St. Catharines
• Largest Battery Storage Project in Canada on Haudenosaunee Grand River Territory
• Ontario Government Increases Electricity Capacity for Electrical Battery Production
• Fraud in Managing Ontario's Electrical System
• Information on Electrical Production in Ontario
• Video: Discussion on Ontario's Energy System – EmpowerYourselfNow.ca
NATO
• NATO's Drive to Reinvent Itself
• Two-Day Conference of National Armaments Directors
• Meeting of U.S.-Led Ukraine Defense Contact Group
25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
• British Government's Attempts to Block People of Ireland from Exercising Their Sovereignty – Workers' Weekly
Cuba
• Cuban People Give Strong Vote of Confidence to Their Revolution – Margaret Villamizar
• Lively Discussion on Elections in Cuba
• Some Distinguishing Features of Cuba's Electoral System
• Ninth Container of Medical Aid Sent to Cuba by Cuban Canadians
India
• Farmers and Workers Remain Undeterred Despite Show of Force – J. Singh
No. 5 - May 2023
Anarchy Raised to Authority
• Greater Accumulation of Social Wealth in Very Few Hands
• Speculation on Global Food Prices – Jay Thompson
• Collapse of Credit Suisse – K.C. Adams –
Canada Needs a Foreign Policy that Serves Peace, Not U.S. Hegemony
• Canada Steps Up Interference on Korean Peninsula in the Name of Partnership and Cooperation – Nick Lin
• Canadian Intervention Props Up Haitian Police
• Canada Isolated in Security Council Debate on Effective Multilateralism – Hilary LeBlanc
Alberta General Election to Be Held May 29
• Working People Faced with Need to Take Control of the Decision-Making Process – Peggy Askin
Compensation for Egregious Harms Experienced by First Nations Children
• Revised Final Settlement Agreement – Union of BC Indian Chiefs
News and Views on Matters of Concern
• It's High Time the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund Divests from Union-Busting Firm Stone Canyon Industries Holdings Inc. – Enver Villamizar
• Demands for Canadian Workers to Submit to U.S. War Economy – Pierre Chénier
Mourn Our Dead! Fight for the Living!
• Suncor Workers Raise Need to Exercise Control Over Working Conditions – Peggy Morton
• Migrant Workers Demand Accountability
• Ensuring Health and Safety of Migrant Workers – Interview, Michel Pilon –
• Workers Continue to Fight for Health and Safety Rights and Compensation – Félix Lapan –
Canadians and Quebeckers in Action for the Rights of All
• Action in Toronto Calls for Scrapping of Safe Third Country Agreement
• Thousands Take to Quebec Streets in Defence of Mother Earth
• Militant Support for Palestinian People's Right to Be
Responses to Alarming U.S. Deployments in the Asia Pacific
• U.S. Deploys Nuclear Weapons on Korean Peninsula – Philip Fernandez
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea Successfully Tests Ballistic Missile
• National Democratic Front of the Philippines Celebrates 50th Anniversary
No. 6 - June 2023
May 6 Coronation of Charles III
• A Coronation Which Sounds the Monarchy's Death Knell
• If the Monarch and the Monarchy Are Symbols, What Do These Symbols Represent? – Pauline Easton –
• Lifting the Veil on the Secrets of State
• The Obsolete King's Commonwealth
The Monarchy and "Soft Power"
• Charles III and the Rebooting of Britain's "Soft Power"
• Letter to the Editor on British Armaments Company's Role in Canada
In the Canadian Parliament
• Threats Against Quebec Party Leader Reveal Impotence of Establishment Forces • Significant and Historic Support for Motion to Sever Ties Between Canada and British Monarchy
No. 8 - August 2023
Parliament to Reconvene September 18
• System of Party Rule in Utter Disrepute – Pauline Easton
• Laws Passed in Last Parliamentary Session
• Bill 18, the Online News Act
• Trudeau's Reshuffled Cabinet
Ontario Education Negotiations
• Ongoing Attempts to Eliminate the Right to Strike in K-12 Education in Ontario – Enver Villamizar
• Secondary School Teachers' Union's Proposal to Prevent Strike
• Government Forced to Negotiate New Standardized Reading Tests
Interview with Leaders of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec
• On Democracy and the Constitution – Alliance for a Quebec Citizens' Assembly
No. 9 - September 2023
All Out to Make Canada a Zone for Peace!
• Demand Canada Stay Out of U.S. War Preparations!
Escalating U.S. Threats in Asia Pacific and Related Developments
• U.S.-Japan-South Korea Camp David Summit
• Korean People Condemn Camp David Tripartite Agreement and Japan's Irresponsible Actions
• Self-Serving U.S. Agenda at Security Council Condemned
Japan's Release of Radioactive Nuclear Wastewater into Pacific Ocean
• Japanese People and Peoples of Neighbouring Countries Strenuously Condemn This Move – K.C. Adams
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Gathering in South Africa
• Historic Summit Forges Unity in Favour of Peaceful Cooperation and Progress
Solidarity with Cuba Broadens
• Cuban President Receives Rousing Welcome in Africa
Hands Off Haiti!
• Kenyan Delegation Visits Haiti to Prepare for Foreign Intervention Force
Vietnam's National Day
• 78th Anniversary of Victory of August Revolution
No. 10 - October 2023
Canada's Craven Foreign Policy
• Canada Fails to Reject Israel's Plan for "New Middle East" with Palestine Erased from the Map – Margaret Villamizar and Hilary LeBlanc
• U.S./Zionist Policy of Destruction – Pauline Easton
• Leaked Israeli Plans and Statements Reveal Criminal Intent
• Evidence of U.S. Involvement
• Canadians Call on Trudeau Government to Take a Principled Stand Against Israeli War Crimes
• Vigorous Action Opposes Canadian and CARICOM Interference in Haiti!
On the Election of New Speaker of the House of Commons
• Factional Fighting in the Parliament Underscores Need for Democratic Renewal of Political Process – Anna Di Carlo
• Old Arrangements Cannot Restore Equilibrium in Party System of Government
Status For All, Without Exception
• Thousands of Canadians and Quebeckers Take Action on Eve of Opening of Parliament – Diane Johnston
• Montrealers Demand Regularization and an End to Exploitation and Abuse
• UN Special Rapporteur's Damning Statement on Canada's Treatment of Temporary Foreign Workers
• Highlights from End of Mission Statement
Strong Opposition to Proposed Quebec Housing Law
• Marches Assert Loud and Clear that Housing Is a Right
• Night of the Homeless Demands a Roof for All, Now
• Unsustainable Housing Crisis Exacerbated by Government Diversion, Inaction and Corruption – Pierre Soublière
• Night of the Homeless Marked in the Outaouais – Alexandre Deschênes
• Quebec Housing Bill 31 -- A Juridical Approach to Deny Right to Housing
Unacceptable Militarization of Public Space
• Not a Single Youth for Imperialist War! – Christine Dandenault
• No to Canadian Armed Forces' Provocation of Protest During "Routine" Exercise
United States
• Bold Actions Persist in Defence of Freedom of Speech
Britain
• Conservative Party Conference Met with Mass Opposition
Defend Cuba's Right to Be! U.S., Hands Off Cuba!
• UN Vote to End U.S. Genocidal and Illegal Blockade of Cuba – Nick Lin
27th International Seminar "Political Parties and the New Society" in Mexico City
• Need for Anti-imperialist Struggle, Regional Integration and World Peace Reaffirmed – Claude Brunelle
No. 11 - November 2023
Federal Government's Fall Economic Update
• Neither Fiscally Responsible Nor Socially Responsible – Pauline Easton
• Government Dogma of "Responsible Fiscal Plan" – K.C. Adams
• Details of Fall Economic Update
Growing Indebtedness of Governments Throughout the World
• World Is Drowning in Debt to the Rich
• Evidence of Need for Moratoria on Servicing Imperialist Debt
Statement of Solidarity with Chinese Community of Quebec
• Fearmongering About "Chinese Police Stations"
Latin America and the Caribbean
• Biden's Partnership for Economic Prosperity -- Another Summit to Undermine the Americas
• New Presidency Will Plunge Argentina into Ever Greater Crisis
• Kenya's High Court Blocks Deployment of Interventionist Police Force to Haiti
• Nicaragua Completes Withdrawal from Organization of American States • Guatemalans Persist in Defending President-Elect Arevalo
• Salvadoran Community in Quebec Meets to Discuss Their Homeland's Future • Mass Popular Demonstration Supports Honduran President's Work – Interview with Gilberto Ríos, Libre Party
200th Anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine
• U.S. Imperialist Presidential Doctrines to Take Over the World
• History of Washington's Attacks Against Its Own People and the Peoples of the World – Pablo Moctezuma Barragán