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In a powerful show of anger against the Harper government's shut-down of Parliament, Canadians rallied in some 60 cities and towns across the country on January 23. Supporters of "Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament" (CAPP) also organized protests in Dallas, Costa Rica, San Francisco, London, and New York....


Nearly half a million Canadians may exhaust their Employment Insurance benefits without finding work, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Many of these unemployed will have to deplete their savings, or resort to loans, family members or welfare for financial help, warns the CCPA....
3) SCAFFOLD DEATHS HIGHLIGHT SAFETY CRISIS

Special to PV

The tragedy of four immigrant highrise workers in Toronto who fell 13 storeys to their deaths on Christmas Eve has brought the issue of workplace health and safety back to the front pages. According to the men's widows, they were seriously concerned about their balcony repair jobs, but may have been unaware of their rights to refuse unsafe work....


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People's Voice February 1-28, 2010

The latest issue of The Spark! theoretical journal, is now on sale for $5 at Communist Party offices or People’s Co-op Books, 1391 Commercial Drive, Vancouver.

Articles include
  • “Introduction to a General Theory of Culture” (Barry Lord);
  • “Political & Economic Realities Behind Colombian Labour Relations” (Sacouman, Moore & Brittain); 
  • “Treaty Process & Indian Nationalism” (Ray Bobb);
  • “Lenin: Heritage of the Socialist Market Economy” (C.J. Atkins);
  • “Nature of the State Under Bush & Harper” (Stephen Von Sychowski);
  • plus reviews, editorials, and more.
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People's Voice finds many "Global Class Struggle" reports at the "Labour Start" website, http://www.labourstart.org. We urge our readers to check it out!

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Thursday, February 18
MARCH 16-31
Thursday, March 4
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2010
January 16-31
1)  HARPER OUT OF OFFICE NOW!
2)  OFL DELEGATES DEMAND UNITY AND ACTION
3)  THE DEAD CAT BOUNCE?
4) SINGING THE PROROGATION BLUES - Editorial
5) "ARYAN GUARD" VOWS NEW VIOLENCE
6) OLYMPICS GRASSROOTS NEWS
7) "NO SECURITY WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS," WARNS CUPW PRESIDENT
8) LILIANY OBANDO TRIAL TO RESUME IN FEBRUARY
9) MARX IN COPENHAGEN
10) CHILEAN COMMUNISTS RETURN TO CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
11) HUMANITY'S RIGHT TO LIFE
12) WHAT'S LEFT

January 1-15
1)  GLOBAL DIVIDE OPENS FURTHER AT COPENHAGEN TALKS
2) A TALE OF TWO CONVENTIONS
3) YOUNG WORKERS MEET IN HAMILTON
4) NEO-NAZIS IMPLICATED IN CALGARY BOMBING
5) RIGHT-WING TACTICS DISRUPT CFS MEETING
6) BIG LABOUR STRUGGLES FOR 2010 - Editorial
7) MILLIONS FOR WAR, NOT THE PLANET - Editorial
8) MORALES WIN WILL DEEPEN BOLIVIAN REVOLUTION
9) CANADA SHOULD MAKE DOW ACCOUNTABLE
10) A SWEEPING CRITIQUE OF CANADA'S REAL RECORD
11) END TORTURE, END THE WAR
12) "SOCIALISM IS THE ONLY REAL ALTERNATIVE"
13) WHAT'S LEFT

2009
December 1-31
1) SUDBURY STRIKERS DIG IN FOR LONG WINTER
2) YET ANOTHER ACCUSATION OF RCMP TASER KILLING
3)  QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY: A MEANS OR A GOAL?
4) EXPLOITATION SOARS, UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS!
5) CLIMATE CHANGE - A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
6) CANADA IN BARCELONA - NO BOY SCOUT
7) HANDCUFFS FOR HARPER AND HILLIER? - Editorial
8) TIME TO PAY "CLIMATE DEBT" - Editorial
9) HAMMOND ELECTED NEW B.C. COMMUNIST LEADER
10) "LORD OF THE FLIES COLLEGIATE"?
11) UN COMMITTEE CONDEMNS RIGHTS ABUSES IN SOUTH KOREA
12) THE LONG RACE FOR FULL EQUALITY
13) DIPLOMAT CONFIRMS CANADA'S DIRTY ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN
14) THE "WOMAN AMONG WARLORDS" TOURS NORTH AMERICA
15) WHAT'S LEFT

November 16--30
 1)  GLOBAL WAGES DROP DESPITE "ECONOMIC RECOVERY"
2) FEDERAL PENSION REFORMS A DROP IN THE BUCKET
3) BC FEDERATION OF LABOUR MEETS NOV. 23 IN VANCOUVER
4) HANDY-DART WORKERS DESERVE SUPPORT
5) B.C. LIBERALS ORDER PARAMEDICS "BACK TO WORK"
6) WHO ARE THE HATEMONGERS IN CALGARY?
7) COMMUNIST PARTY CONDEMNS CALGARY POLICE INACTION
8) CAPITALISM IN THE DOGHOUSE - Editorial
9) CLOSING CANADA'S DOORS - Editorial
10) COMMUNIST PARTY HITS TORIES ON FLU OUTBREAK
11) COPE/VISION DIFFERENCES BEGIN TO EMERGE
12) SUPPORT THE FORD WORKERS!
13) HMCS FREDERICTON SAILS TO FIGHT "PIRATES"
14) TWO MARTYRS REMEMBERED ON NOVEMBER 16
15) "CAPITALISM ERECTS MANY WALLS" - ALEKA PAPARIGA
16) WHAT'S LEFT

November 1-15
1)  FORD DEMANDS MORE CONCESSIONS IN  US, CANADA
2) ONTARIO'S ECONOMIC UPDATE: WOULD YOU LIKE WAGE RESTRAINTS WITH THAT TAX CUT?
3) CUPE DELEGATES PRESS FOR STRONGER FIGHTBACK
4) ANOTHER FASCIST ATTACK IN CALGARY
5) HARPER IGNORES THE OBVIOUS - Editorial
6) THE WALL PLUS 20 - Editorial
7) SFL CANCELS LABOUR MINISTER'S INVITATION
8) 5,000 NORTEL PENSIONERS CONVERGE ON OTTAWA
9) TRILATERAL PEACE CONFERENCE MEETS IN TORONTO
10) REALITIES, CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE PEACE MOVEMENT
11) UK TORIES LINKED TO LATVIAN FASCISTS
12) KOREA AND "THE WALL"
13) CUBAN FIVE MEMBER RESENTENCED TO 22 YEARS PRISON
14) BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF INDIA'S GADAR REVOLUTIONARIES IN CANADA
15) HEALTH CARE IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
16) MERCHANT MARINERS ASSISTED IN VICTORY OVER FASCISM
17) WHAT'S LEFT

October 16-31
1) MINING INTERESTS DICTATE CANADA'S POLICY
2) CPC RAISES ALARM OVER ANTI-COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
3) VICTORIES FOR ALL CANADIANS - Editorial
 4) BE AFRAID.... VERY AFRAID - Editorial
5) COPE ELECTED OFFICIALS HELP KEEP HEAT ON CAMPBELL
6) THE CONTINUING ALLURE OF "NON-LETHAL" WEAPONS
7) PEOPLE'S CO-OP: NOT READY FOR RETIREMENT
8) DOCUMENTARY SHINES LIGHT IN DARK CORNERS
9) COLOMBIAN PRISONER DRIVEN TO SUICIDE
10) JAILS NOTORIOUS FOR BRUTALITY
11) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA MARKS 60TH ANNIVERSARY
12) MIXED RESULTS IN EUROPEAN VOTING
13) A SPECIES IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION
14) WHAT'S LEFT

October 1-15
1) UNEMPLOYED TO HIT 57 MILLION: OECD
2) ECONOMIC RECOVERY?  FOR WHOM?
3) COMMUNIST PARTY SLAMS EI "REFORMS"
4) UNIONS, MICHAEL MOORE BACK SUDBURY STRIKERS
5) SUPPORT STRIKING SUDBURY STEELWORKERS!
6) LEGAL OBSERVERS TO MONITOR 2010 OLYMPICS
7) SMELL OF DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN - Editorial
8) KENNEY IMPOSING FAR-RIGHT AGENDA - Editorial
9) CLEAN UP THE TORY/CORPORATE SLUDGE
10) WILDROSE VICTORY A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ALBERTA
11) Bill 177 - BACK TO HARRIS TORY POLICIES
12) H1N1, PUBLIC HEALTH AND RACISM INTERTWINED
13) PROSECUTORS RELUCTANT TO TREAT GAY-BASHINGS AS HATE CRIMES
14) A TASTE, BUT NOT A COMPLETE MEAL
15) "ALMEIDA LIVES TODAY MORE THAN EVER"
16) YOUTH UNION CONFERENCE PLANNED IN PERU
17) WHAT'S LEFT

September 16-30
1) ECONOMIC TRUTHS COUNTER "RECOVERY" MYTH
2)  UNIONIZATION RATES RISE SLIGHTLY IN CANADA
3) COMMUNIST PARTY PREPARES FOR 36TH CONVENTION
4) ACT TO BRING HOME STRANDED CANADIANS
5) MAKE AFGHANISTAN AN ELECTION ISSUE - Editorial
6) ALTERNATIVES TO THE HST - Editorial
7) BC BUDGET UPDATE: A DELIBERATELY MISLEADING DOCUMENT
8) LABOUR SLAMS BC LIBERAL BUDGET
9) B.C. CHIEFS REJECT ATTACK ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
10) THREE WARLORDS TO VISIT CANADA
11) LEONARD PELTIER AGAIN DENIED PAROLE
12) THE LOCKERBIE CASE: COVER-UPS AND HYPOCRISY
13) "TRUST IN IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SHATTERED"
14) CZECH COURT OVERTURNS KSM BAN
15) BIG SHIFT IN JAPANESE POLITICS
16)WPC TRILATERAL PEACE CONFERENCE IN TORONTO OCTOBER  2-4
17) WHAT'S LEFT

September 1-15
1) LABOUR DAY 2009: TIME FOR ANGER AND ACTION
2) "ECONOMY STILL IN FREE-FALL
3) THE STRANDED CANADIANS - Editorial
 5) LAYTON SILENT ON "TROOPS OUT NOW" DEMAND
6) FREE TRADE SELLOUT BY MANITOBA NDP
7) BEWARE OF "RECOGNITION AND RECONCILIATION ACT"
8) HST REVOLT STUNS CAMPBELL LIBERALS
9) AUTHOR SLAMS MEDIA COVERAGE OF HONDURAS
10) WAR RESISTER CONTINUES BATTLE AGAINST DEPORTATION
11) BC SOLIDARITY FOR BAJA LEMPA COMMUNITIES
12) NO COMFORT FOR "COMFORT WOMEN"
13) DANISH COMMUNISTS EXPOSE POLICE SPYING
14) PAKISTAN ARMY CONTINUES OFFENSIVE AGAINST TALIBAN
15) WHAT'S LEFT

August 1-31
 1) END THE COUP IN HONDURAS! CANADA MUST ACT NOW!
2) SUDBURY MINERS TAKE ON A BIG FOE
3) WINNIPEG WATER CHANGES "A MONUMENTAL ROBBERY
4) CANADA'S EI BENEFITS WELL BELOW OECD AVERAGE
5) ABOUT THAT "BUMPY RIDE" - Editorial
6) NEW AND IMPROVED? - Editorial
7) CPP REFORMS - PUNISHING WORKERS WHO RETIRE EARLY
8) 2010 OLYMPICS UNDER INCREASING CRITICISM
9) LILIANY OBANDO TRIAL SET FOR AUG. 27
10) IN DEFENSE OF THE MOVEMENT OF IRANIAN PEOPLE FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
11) TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN HUGH MULZAC
12) HONDURAN OLIGARCHY: "THE WAR IS AGAINST CHAVEZ"
13) WHAT'S LEFT

July 1-31
1) ELECTION POSTPONED: UNEMPLOYED DEEP-SIXED
2)  NATIONAL STEEL CAR STRIKERS HOLD OUT FOR FAIR CONTRACT
3)  BORDER GUARDS ARMED -  BUT NOT IN AKWESASNE
4) HAMILTON COPS ANNOUNCE SURVEILLANCE OF PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS
5) MUNICIPAL WORKERS STRIKE IN TORONTO
6) WOMEN "LESS THAN STIMULATED" BY TORY ECONOMIC UPDATE
7) MORE HARPER HYPOCRISY - Editorial
8) KILLING INTERNET PRIVACY - Editorial
9) WHY THE GM TAKEOVER IS NOT "SOCIALISM"
10) "REPRESSION AND LIES WILL NOT STOP THE IRANIAN PEOPLE"
11) COMMUNIST PARTY CONDEMNS THREATS AND SANCTIONS AGAINST N. KOREA
12) HAPPY PRIDE '09, CANADA!
13) CONTINUING THE DEBATE ON YOUTH ISSUES
14) VISIT TO A COLOMBIAN POLITICAL PRISONER
 15) WHAT'S LEFT

June 16-30
1) AUTOWORKERS ACCEPT 3RD CONTRACT IN 12 MONTHS
2)  ONE IN 12 NOW JOBLESS AS ECONOMY SINKS
3)  COPS HARASS ANTI-OLYMPIC CAMPAIGNERS
4) WRONG ON CRIME - Editorial
5) NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY - Editorial
6) QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER TSB REPORT SLAMS CN RAIL
7) FLAHERTY BLAMES UNEMPLOYED FOR FEDERAL DEFICIT
8) THE STEREOTYPE OF "DANGEROUS YOUTH"
9) FUNES INAUGURATION A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR EL SALVADOR
10) POLITICAL UNEASE IN KOREA
11) NO SANCTIONS ON KOREA, SAYS PEACE CONGRESS
12) THE TROJAN HORSE
13) "CUBA WILL NOT RETURN TO THE OAS"
14) WHAT'S LEFT

 June 1-15
1) LABOUR PLANS JUNE 13 RALLY TO DEMAND "FIX EI NOW"
2)  THE ABSURD MR. HARPER - Editorial
3)  WHY NOT BE LIKE ECUADOR? - Editorial
4) BC PARAMEDICS WAGE "CONDITION CRITICAL CAMPAIGN"
5) CFS FOCUSES ON ABORIGINAL STUDENTS
6) STUDENT MOVEMENT TODAY: TACTICS AND PRIORITIES
7) POVERTY DRAINING NOVA SCOTIA'S ECONOMY
8) "THEY ACTUALLY CALL THIS EQUALITY"
9) WHAT IS THE FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY?
10) "GREEN SHOOTS" WITHER UNDER HEAT OF RECESSION
11) JOYA CONDEMNS NATO WAR CRIMES IN AFGHANISTAN
12) SOMALI PIRACY: PREDICTABLE RESULT OF GLOBAL EXPLOITATION
13) A CLEAR ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
14) NEW COMMUNIST PM FOR NEPAL
15) WAVE OF FASCIST ATTACKS FOLLOWS INDIAN ELECTION
16) WHAT'S LEFT

May 16-31
1) NDP FALLS SHORT, CAMPBELL WINS BC ELECTION
2) COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN GENERATES BUZZ IN BC
3) BC COMMUNISTS CONDEMN HYDRO SELLOUT
4) TORONTO LABOUR HOLDS FIRST STEWARDS ASSEMBLY
5) VANCOUVER TRUSTEES ADOPT COMPLIANCE AND NEEDS BUDGETS
6) ABITIBI-BOWATER CLOSURES: COMPANY NOT LEAVING NEWFOUNDLAND QUIETLY
7) UNEMPLOYMENT CLOCK HITS THE ROAD
8) CANADIAN LABOUR: LATENT THREAT OR SPENT FORCE?
9) A DECADE OF RECESSION? - Editorial
 10) THE BLOODBATH IN SRI LANKA - Editorial
11) MILLIONS MARCH ON MAY DAY ACROSS PLANET
12) SWINE FLU CRISIS LAYS BARE MEAT INDUSTRY POWER
13) MILITARY HYPOCRISY IN EAST ASIA
14) SACP WELCOMES ANC ELECTORAL VICTORY
15) CHALLENGES AT THE POLLS - AND AFTER
16) WHAT'S LEFT

May 1-15
1)  FOR A UNITED, MILITANT AND MASS STRUGGLE
2)  OPEN FOR BUSINESS: ONTARIO BUDGET 2009
3)  INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY - WFTU STATEMENT
 4) BC COMMUNIST CANDIDATES CALL FOR RADICAL CHANGE
5) ECONOMY GETTING WORSE, NOT BETTER - Editorial
6) STV NO REMEDY FOR VOTERS - Editorial
7) COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SAVE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
8) WHO REALLY BUILT THE RIDEAU CANAL?
9) YOUTH ISSUES TO RAISE ON MAY DAY
10) SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS CONCLUDES WITH CONTROVERSIAL DECLARATION
11) TEN YEARS AFTER THE NATO ONSLAUGHT AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
12) WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE MARKS 90TH ANNIVERSARY
13)  WHAT'S LEFT
April 16-30
1)  WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
2)  CHRYSLER EXTORTS CANADIAN AUTOWORKERS
3) CAW ENTERS DANGEROUS WATERS
4) RACIST RAIDS FUEL DIVISIONS - Editorial
5) THE LURE OF FASCISM - Editorial
6) KICK OUT THE CAMPBELL LIBERALS
7) COMMUNIST CANDIDATE BREAKS GROUND IN KOOTENAY WEST
8) WHY THE STV IS UNDEMOCRATIC
9) BC SCHOOL BOARDS FACE NEW FUNDING SHORTFALLS
10) SCIENCE UNDER FIRE ON EARTH DAY 2009
11) PEACE CONGRESS DEMANDS "CANADA OUT OF NATO"
12) "THE PEOPLE'S VOTES COUNTED"
13) US-KOREA FREE TRADE DEAL SPARKS CONTROVERSY
14) WHAT'S LEFT
20) NEW ISSUE OF REBEL YOUTH ON SALE

April 1-15
1) CLC LAUNCHES EI CAMPAIGN IN HAMILTON
2) CNTU CALLS FOR "MASSIVE MOBILIZATION" ON EI
3) ONTARIO STUDENT LEADER CALLS FOR PROVINCE-WIDE MOBILIZATIONS
4) MILITANT ACTION WINS PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR AUTOWORKERS
5) WINNIPEG BUDGET FAILS WORKING PEOPLE
6) HOMELESS AND   POOR: A CAPE BRETON WORKER IN BC
7) GALLOWAY DECISION: CRIMINALIZING DISSENT - Editorial
8) THEN THERE'S JASON KENNEY... Editorial
9) BUSH FREE TO ENTER, GALLOWAY BARRED
10) "CRISIS NOT AN ANOMALY OF CAPITALISM"
11) MASSIVE GENERAL STRIKE ROCKS SARKOZY IN FRANCE
12) FMLN HOPES TO REBUILD EL SALVADOR
13) MEETINGS ACROSS CANADA MARK 2004 COUP IN HAITI
14) SOUTH KOREA'S MISSILE SPECULATION FRENZY
15) WHAT'S LEFT

March 16-31
1) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BLOCK STELCO LAYOFFS
2) WILL WE LET CANADIAN STEEL BECOME A MEMORY?
3) TORY BLITZKRIEG AGAINST AUTO WORKERS
4) WORKING PEOPLE DIDN'T CAUSE THE CRISIS
5) BC HAS HIGHEST CHILD POVERTY IN CANADA
6) CHANGING LEADERS IN ONTARIO - People's Voice Editorial
7) OUT OF CONTROL COPS - People's Voice Editorial
8) CAMPUS CLAMPDOWN A DESPERATE TACTIC
9) GOOD CAPITALIST, BAD CAPITALIST?
10) THE AFGHAN QUAGMIRE: IMPERIALISM STAYS THE COURSE
1) LEE MYUN BAK'S FIRST YEAR
12) VICTORY FOR WORKERS IN GUADELOUPE
13) COMMUNIST & WORKERS' PARTIES JOINT STATEMENT ON PALESTINE
14) WFTU CALLS FOR APRIL 1 DAY OF STRUGGLE