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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


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...
Michael Laxer
Aug 30, 20215 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...
Michael Laxer
May 31, 20211 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....
Michael Laxer
May 28, 20212 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...
Michael Laxer
May 21, 20215 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...
Michael Laxer
May 4, 20211 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...
Michael Laxer
Dec 9, 20202 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...
Michael Laxer
Nov 6, 20201 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...
Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20207 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...
Michael Laxer
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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