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Canada’s leading socialist publication, following in the tradition of The Worker, The Clarion and The Canadian Tribune. PVOnline.ca
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Divestment is a powerful tool for confronting and weakening apartheid - here's a way we can strengthen the campaign for divestment from Israel #BDSMovement #cdnpoli #PalestineGenocide
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Divestment campaigns are critical – here’s how we can strengthen them - People's Voice
By Dave McKee   During apartheid in South Africa, one of the key tools that solidarity movements around the world used was the campaign for divestment. The tactic became so effective […]
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December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Cuba's decision to allocate a share of professionals’ foreign earnings toward maintaining universal social programs is not “theft”; it is the redistribution of wealth to sustain equity and public welfare #Cuba #cdnpoli
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CBC spreads misleading propaganda about Cuba’s “wage confiscations” - People's Voice
By Julio Fonseca, Samantha Hislop and Isaac Saney   Recent reports from CBC News have revived long-standing and misleading allegations that the Cuban government “confiscates” the wages of Cuban profes...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Bill 3 is aimed squarely at Quebec labour’s ability to act on non-workplace-related issues – meaning social and political activity – it is a frontal attack, and unions are treating it as such #canlab #qcpoli
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Quebec unions mobilize against anti-labour Bill 3 - People's Voice
By Stéphane Doucet  Quebec’s right-wing Coalition Avenir Québec government has put forward many extremely unpopular and politically significant bills for its fall session, but one in particular has pu...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Eyewitness report from Greek trade union delegation to #Palestine
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“In an Occupied Homeland” | A Chronicle of the PAME Solidarity Mission to Palestine
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November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The significance of a Nakba exhibit at a federal museum, in a country whose government continues to support the genocide of Palestinians through ongoing provisions of arms and diplomatic reticence, should not be underestimated #Palestine #cdnpoli
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Welcome announcement of Nakba exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights  - People's Voice
PV Cultural Bureau   To judge by the many keffiyehs in the group, a large number of attendees at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Annual Public Meeting in Winnipeg on November […]
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November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Plainly, Bill C-12 is not concerned with either “national security” or the fortunes of legally enfranchised workers. Rather, this act fulfills longstanding plans to further weaken labour and to divide the class by fear and isolation #cdnpoli
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Liberals’ “fix” to Bill C-2 is still racist legislation that needs to be blocked - People's Voice
By Cam Scott  On October 8, Liberal Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree introduced Bill C-12, The Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. This new legislation closely rese...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Doug Ford has, no doubt, been enjoying the divisions evident during the early days of #OFLconvention2025. But now that the elections are through, delegates have a chance to reorient the federation into a united, fighting force for working people. #WeAreOne
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Amid divisive leadership contest, OFL delegates urge labour unity around action campaigns - People's Voice
By Dave McKee   Faced with a pro-corporate blitz from Ontario’s right-wing Conservative government, working people might have expected the opening days of the Ontario Federation of Labour convention t...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Union struggles in Canada are being steadily – albeit unevenly – drawn to the political arena. So how can labour best fight? #canlab #cdnpoli
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As union struggles are steadily drawn to the political arena, how can labour respond? - People's Voice
By Dave McKee   Working people in Canada find themselves caught between two pretty big economic challenges these days. On the one hand, several years of declining real wages – combined […]
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October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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“In this moment of global instability, the world needs bridges of solidarity, not walls of hostility. It needs the example of Cuban doctors, not the fiction of Cuba-sponsored mercenaries.” #unblockcuba
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Cuba solidarity network condemns Washington’s false accusations of Cuba’s involvement in Ukraine war - People's Voice
In a statement issued October 14, the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) said it rejects and condemns in the strongest possible terms “the recent spurious, unfounded and politically motivated claims […]
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October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Watching Ireland’s presidential election today, capping off Catherine Connolly’s very important campaign #catherineconnolly

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Left unity and independent political action raise real prospects for Ireland’s presidential election - People's Voice
Ireland is in the final days of a presidential election campaign which has raised real prospect of victory for left-wing candidate, Catherine Connolly. To discuss the significance and development of [...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Between commercial language and vague signposting of outcomes, the strategy contains almost no news for working people, all while wages continue to stagnate and rents soar. #mbpoli #cdnpolitics
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Kinew government’s Economic Strategy doesn't mention climate but pledges a sizable transfer to private business - People's Voice
By Cam Scott   On September 25, the Manitoba NDP launched their new Economic Development Strategy, pledging to make Manitoba a “have” province by 2040 and to “foster a business climate […]
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October 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The rise of residential school denialism correlates to an accelerated drive towards resource extraction. The OneBC platform pledges “ending control over public resources on the basis of racial identity or historical grievances.” #canpoli
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Rise of residential school denialism reflects drive for more resource extraction - People's Voice
By Robert Crooks   Millions of people across Canada paid solemn tribute to the Indigenous victims of the residential school system on September 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. […]
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October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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With their province-wide strike which began October 6 – the first in Alberta’s history – @albertateachers moves into the lead of the wider struggle to defend the quality of life of working people in Alberta. #AlbertaTeachers #abpoli
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All out in Alberta to support teachers in fight for public education! - People's Voice
PV Alberta Bureau Provincial government employees held strike-readiness rallies before settling at the last minute.  Healthcare workers have been similarly rallying in preparation. And with their prov...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Rather than adequately funding colleges, the ON govt has exacerbated the crisis by shifting funding even further away from college campuses, towards subsidizing duplicate programs offered by private companies #onpoli #canlab. Solidarity with @opseusefpo.bsky.social!
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Ontario's province-wide college strike is a fight for both a decent contract and to protect public colleges - People's Voice
PV Ontario Bureau   The current strike by 10,000 college support staff, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), is a struggle that brings together the workplace-based fight for ...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Too busy to read? Well, People's Voice has you covered - thanks to AI, we are now including an audio version of each article published online, so you can get your daily dose of working-class media on the go! Check out PVonline.ca for details. #cdnpoli #canlab
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August 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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The Air Canada fight shows that labour unity works - independent labour political action led by a united trade union movement is the powerful force that holds the key to victory #canlab #cdnpoli #LabourDay2025
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Labour Day 2025: Needed now – a strong, united and mobilized trade union movement! - People's Voice
The federal government’s latest intervention to break free collective bargaining took place just two weeks before Labour Day when striking Air Canada employees were ordered back to work, within hours ...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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No Room for #Genocide! Palestinian BDS National Committee launches new campaign - pressure the Cdn government to act now! #BDS #cdnpoli
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Palestinian BDS National Committee launches “No Room for Genocide” campaign - People's Voice
Calls on governments to use visa and immigration policies to oppose genocide and apartheid   Countering the wilful negligence and complicity of states in Israel’s genocide against 2.3 million Palestin...
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August 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Excellent analysis of Trump's "War on Blackness" from the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists #canlab
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CBTU calls for unity and solidarity in fight against Trump’s “War on Blackness” - People's Voice
Statement from Coalition of Black Trade Unionists   It’s remarkable but perhaps inevitable that THIS American president would impose a military occupation on the capital city itself. But this atrocity...
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August 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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All stages of the military economic cycle are linked to environmental damage, starting with consumption of energy and resources for normal military activity, weapons testing and production, as well as their transport #NATO #cdnpoli
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Militarism and climate change: a suicidal spiral - People's Voice
Investments to address environmental pressures suffer from chronic underfunding, while trillions of dollars fuel arms buildup and war  By María Julia Mayoral  Global military spending is rising rapidl...
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August 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Defeating fascism means recognizing its different forms, building the left, and mobilizing a mass united fight #cdnpoli #canlab
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Defeating fascism means recognizing its different forms, building the left, and mobilizing a mass united fight - People's Voice
By David Lethbridge   On September 3, People’s Republic of China President Xi Jingping addressed a mass gathering marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people’s war of […]
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August 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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"Part of this current struggle needs to be renationalizing #AirCanada and repealing the ‘Open Skies’ policy. But there’s no way this government will do that without being forced to by working people – we need to fight!” #aircanadastrike #canlab
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Solidarity with flight attendants includes fight to repeal Section 107, renationalize Air Canada - People's Voice
PV staff  Once again, the Liberal federal government is directly intervening in the collective bargaining process on the side of the employer, using Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code […]
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August 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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“There is very clear path for #AirCanada to avoid job action: pay your workers when they’re on the clock, and pay them a wage that allows them to live and work in dignity." #canlab #cdnpoli
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Air Canada flight attendants hold country-wide day of action, get solidarity pledge from OFL - People's Voice
Air Canada flight attendants held a day of action at airports across Canada August 13, to highlight the rampant abuse of unpaid work in the airline industry, and the need […]
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August 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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“Let us develop diverse forms of actions for the elimination of nuclear weapons as our common goal everywhere in the world, placing the effort to inherit and disseminate the damage and sufferings of the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
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On 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, global conference calls for action to win a world without nuclear weapons - People's Voice
The International Meeting of the 2025 World Conference against A and H Bombs ended in Hiroshima City on August 4 after adopting a declaration which calls on “the peoples of […]
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August 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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The current genocide is in #Palestine is part of a much broader imperialist project. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya, Syria, Iran, China, Korea, #Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, we see the same pattern – nations and peoples who resist are punished
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From Cuba to Palestine – working people, internationalism and solidarity - People's Voice
By Rozhin Emadi   Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit Cuba on behalf of my union. What I witnessed was nothing short of remarkable. Despite the brutal and […]
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August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The struggle ahead requires a shift of scale – it is no longer just a matter of mobilizing one’s workplace, but of mobilizing all progressive allies #cdnpoli #canlab
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“No” vote at Canada Post a resounding victory for workers, union - People's Voice
Far from bringing a resolution, rejection is another step in protracted conflict  J.P. Fortin  After months of uncertainty fueled by government interference, postal workers rejected Canada Post’s “fin...
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August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM