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Michael Laxer
Feb 62 min read
Communists launch election campaign in Ontario
Launching as the "People's Alternative for Ontario" under the slogan "Vote to Put People and Planet Before Profit", the Communist Party...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 1, 20246 min read
South African, Indian, Greek and Canadian Communists condemn attacks on Lebanon
Aftermath of Israeli attack on Beirut -- image via X The South African Communist Party (SACP) along with the Communist parties of Canada,...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 24, 20241 min read
Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the KKE visits Canada
Dimitris Koutsoumbas speaks in Montreal -- Images via the KKE and video screenshots The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that the...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 20243 min read
Communist parties in Uruguay, Canada and the Dominican Republic denounce US imperialist attacks on Cuba
Communist parties in Uruguay, Canada and the Dominican Republic have all issued statements in solidarity with Cuba and denouncing US...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Communist Party calls for Canada's "long embrace" of war criminals to end
The Communist Party of Canada released a statement October 3 in the wake of the outrageous scandal of the Canadian parliament giving a...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 4, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #915
Make Canada a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, Communist Party of Canada, early 1980s -- Daily LIFT #915 Cover of a leaflet from the early...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Daily LIFT #910
Curb Monopoly Power!, Communist Party of Canada graphic 1978 -- Daily LIFT #910
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Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20231 min read
Legendary Canadian Communist leader Tim Buck b. Jan. 6 1891
Legendary Canadian Communist leader Tim Buck was born January 6, 1891 Buck was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada from...
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Michael Laxer
May 6, 20222 min read
A People’s Alternative for Ontario: Communist Party running 12 candidates in provincial election
The Communist Party of Canada-Ontario is running 12 candidates in the provincial election that began May 4. Several of these are in...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 10, 20211 min read
A Century of Struggle, Communist Party of Canada documentary launches Dec. 12
As part of its centennial celebration the Communist Party of Canada has released a documentary, A Century of Struggle: The Story of the...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20211 min read
One hundred years in the struggle for socialism!
In the midst of an election campaign in which the party is running 26 candidates on an avowedly socialist and anti-capitalist platform,...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20215 min read
Trudeau stumbles out of the gate: Election roundup #1
The Left Chapter's first election roundup. Image via twitter. As the first two weeks of the grand farce that is the 2021 federal election...
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Michael Laxer
May 31, 20211 min read
Communist Party of Canada celebrates 100 years with online event and upcoming documentary
The Communist Party of Canada turned 100 years old on May 28, 2021. On Sunday, May 30 the party celebrated 100 years of fighting for...
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Michael Laxer
May 28, 20212 min read
Communist Party of Canada: 100 years of fighting for socialism
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of Canada. The party was formed in Guelph, Ontario on May 28, 1921....
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Michael Laxer
May 21, 20215 min read
The Construction of Socialism -- The LPP on socialist nationalization, 1952
The Communist Party of Canada on the difference between capitalist and socialist nationalization. Socialist Canada -- Illustration for...
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Michael Laxer
May 4, 20211 min read
Daily LIFT #449
Win With Salsberg, communist provincial election card, Toronto, 1948 -- Daily LIFT #449 Joe Salsberg was a towering figure in Ontario and...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 9, 20202 min read
"I am going to remain loyal to my class, the working class, the builders of the future."
Annie Buller, Union Organizer and Communist leader, b. December 9, 1895 "I am not guilty of this charge. I have said before and I say...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #319
Ad for a "club" subscription to "The Canadian Worker" and the American magazine "The Liberator", November, 1923 -- Daily LIFT #319 The...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20207 min read
Monopoly capitalism and economic crisis
Excerpts from The Road to Socialism in Canada, Program of the Communist Party of Canada, 1972. Part of the Toronto Stock Exchange frieze...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20201 min read
Daily LIFT #298
Advertisement for The Worker newspaper, Canada, early 1936 -- Daily LIFT #298 The Worker was the newspaper of the Communist Party of...
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