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Hundreds rally in Toronto in solidarity with Cuba
All images by Michael Laxer Hundreds marched in solidarity with Cuba in downtown Toronto on Sunday across the street from the US consulate. The rally was organized by the Bolivarian Circle Louis Riel Toronto, Canadian Peace Congress, Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association TorontoCommunist Party of Canada, Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network, Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity and others. Protesters chanted and carried placards demanding an end to the oil

The Left Chapter
7 days ago1 min read


Canadian Communists condemn US economic terror against Cuba, call for solidarity
Image via jonathan buttle-smith jbs, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Condemn U.S. economic terror against Cuba: Canada must act! The Communist Party of Canada condemns the Trump administration’s January 29th executive order, a dangerous and illegal escalation seeking to strangle Cuba by imposing a total blockade on its fuel supplies. This latest act of economic warfare in a 65 year history of U.S. aggression is driven by a singular goal: to destroy the socialist revolution that, 9

The Left Chapter
Feb 22 min read


Canadian Communists call for an Arctic Zone of Peace
A U.S. Air Force F-16 in Greenland, 2021 -- public domain image For an Arctic zone of peace! Greenland crisis tramples Indigenous sovereignty and risks militarization, resource plunder and environmental disaster Donald Trump’s renewed and sharpening rhetoric about annexing Greenland to the United States is quickly escalating into a dangerous confrontation among countries within the US-NATO imperialist camp. Both Trump’s threats and the response from many NATO states – to depl

The Left Chapter
Jan 223 min read


Canada must condemn U.S. imperialist aggression and kidnapping in Venezuela: Communists
Canadian PM Mark Carney and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand meet with Trump at the White House in October, 2025 (Anand is in the row on the left) -- public domain image The Communist Party of Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms the criminal military attack launched by the United States against the sovereign nation of Venezuela. While many details remain unclear, what is unequivocally clear is that the bombing of Caracas and the kidnapping of the country’s

The Left Chapter
Jan 73 min read


Communist parties in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Spain and South Africa condemn US imperialist assault on Venezuela
Free the Maduros! Jail Trump!: Communist Party USA Kidnapping and an act of war. That’s the only way to describe the attack on Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro’s removal by U.S. military forces. It’s unjust, illegal, and it’s yet another act of state terror against not only Venezuela but any country that refuses to submit to the Trump Doctrine. All of this comes from an administration that not only sees itself as above the law but has been granted carte blanche, or immu

The Left Chapter
Jan 47 min read


Report on the 41st Central Convention of the Communist Party of Canada
The 41st Central Convention of the Communist Party of Canada convened in Montreal from December 5-7, 2025, amidst a consequential and dangerous period for the working class in Canada and worldwide. The Convention met in a spirit of political unity, determined to analyze and respond to an accelerating imperialist drive towards world war, a rightward shift by the federal government, and a rapidly intensifying corporate assault. Delegates assessed a situation where the Carney g

The Left Chapter
Dec 15, 20257 min read


As economy reels from Trump trade war Canadian Communists strategize resistance
By C. J. Atkins, People's World MONTREAL—“This is a city whose history has, to no small degree, been written by Communists,” declared Communist Party of Canada leader Liz Rowley as the 41st Central Convention of the party opened in Montreal, Quebec, on Dec. 5. It’s the hometown of the famed Dr. Norman Bethune, who first proposed a public healthcare system for Canada and died in China offering his medical expertise to the revolution there. “It’s where the Communist Party of Qu

The Left Chapter
Dec 8, 20258 min read


"Peace & Prosperity, Not War & Austerity": Communist Party of Canada is a real alternative in the federal election
By Michael Laxer Calling on Canadians to "Join the Fight for Fundamental Change" the Communist Party of Canada is fielding a slate of 24...
Michael Laxer
Apr 14, 20252 min read


Solidarity with the Communist Party of Turkey!
Statements from Austria, Canada, the Netherlands and Palestine. Communist parties in Canada, the Netherlands, Austria and Palestine are...

The Left Chapter
Mar 27, 20254 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...
Michael Laxer
Feb 6, 20252 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,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 1, 20246 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...
Michael Laxer
Apr 24, 20241 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...
Michael Laxer
Mar 21, 20243 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...
Michael Laxer
Oct 5, 20233 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...
Michael Laxer
Apr 4, 20231 min read


Daily LIFT #910
Curb Monopoly Power!, Communist Party of Canada graphic 1978 -- Daily LIFT #910
Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 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...
Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20231 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...
Michael Laxer
May 6, 20222 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...
Michael Laxer
Dec 10, 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,...
Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20211 min read
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