Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by BONHOMME Marc
Through its public statement published in Le Devoir under the title “Beyond the End of the War, a Just Peace is Needed in Ukraine” [1], the Québec collective “Échec à la guerre” (“Checkmate to War”) shows itself favorable to Trump’s U.S. reversal regarding the war against Ukraine, seeing this (…)
, by RASHI Roger
The 2014 Peoples’ Social Forum achieved something very rare in Canada: it brought together social movements from one end of the country to the other around a goal that was clear at the time: defeating the Harper government in the 2015 federal election.
The context was very favorable. The Maple (…)
, by FIDLER Richard
February 24, 2022 marked the opening of a new phase in the developing reconfiguration of global capitalist and popular forces. Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine, the prompt mobilization of resistance by Ukrainians, and the quick shift toward public support for NATO in much of Europe, (…)
, by FRAPPIER André, RIOUX Bernard
A leading Québécois activist and editor, Bernard Rioux was interviewed by André Frappier in a recent issue of Nouveaux Cahiers du Socialisme. My translation is followed by links to a key article by Bernard also available in English. Footnotes are by NCS unless initialled by me. – Richard Fidler (…)
, par ALEWITZ Mike, ALLISON Sam, WILLIAMS Douglas
“Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea.” — Leon Trotsky
“LET’S RENT A TRAIN !” is an unprecedented historical film about the rise and fall of a militant revolutionary group that profoundly (…)
, by RIDDELL John
The socialist movement lost a long-time organizer and master builder with the death on December 26, 2022, of George Bryant at the age of 91. George and his life partner Beatrice Bryant were influential figures in the Ontario socialist movement from the 1950s. Bea Bryant died in 2016 (see A Life (…)
, by BEAUDET Pierre, BOUDREAU Philippe, FIDLER Richard, POULIN Richard
Pierre Beaudet, who died a week ago, left a rich legacy of published works, both books and articles, that will remain a valuable resource for present and future generations of socialists in Quebec, Canada and internationally. I cannot inventory all of them, but I do wish to draw attention to (…)
, by FIDLER Richard
Although I was long acquainted with his work I did not meet Pierre Beaudet until the World Social Forum in Caracas in 2006. We soon became good friends. Soon afterwards, Pierre found employment at the University of Ottawa, where he was instrumental in establishing the School of International (…)
, by REBICK Judy
“Pierre was a great leader, an extraordinary thinker and had a big heart. The world will miss Pierre greatly.”
Just when we needed him most to explain how the global political reality will change with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pierre Beaudet, one of Canada’s most brilliant progressive (…)
, by CANET Raphaël
April 2001. 60,000 people walked the streets of Quebec City to denounce the imposition of neoliberal globalization through the signing of free trade agreements by our governments behind closed doors. The gap between the worldview of the economic-political elites and that of the people, opened in (…)
, by KECSKES Bruce
In so far as participating in bourgeois democracy remains a component of socialist strategy in Canada, voters on the Left are largely limited electorally to the New Democratic Party (NDP). As with many western socialist and social democratic parties, however, the federal NDP has been following a (…)
, by CANADIAN DIMENSION Editorial Board, GONICK Cy, GRAHAM Paul S.
This is a statement by a majority of the members of the Canadian Dimension editorial board regarding the resignations of three members last month. A dissenting view by CD founder Cy Gonick is also published here, followed by an addendum composed by longtime CD editorial collective member Paul S. (…)
, by CLARKE John
As socialists, our solidarity should be with the international working class, not with governments or states
The United States is the world’s hegemonic power, though that position is less secure than it used to be. It dominates and exploits countries across the planet, imposing puppet regimes (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
We salute the heroism of the farmers and pay homage to the departed souls who sacrificed their all to the larger cause. We demand that the Government of India stop vilifying the movement and criminalising the human and democratic rights defenders and others who are part of the widespread support (…)
, by WONG Vincent
It was a warm summer night in downtown Ottawa, with COVID-19 restrictions dampening what would otherwise have been a bustling weekend in the capital. As my partner and I crossed Elgin Street, we heard shouting behind us from a few young men in a pickup truck.
“Go back to your country, you (…)
, by PALMER Bryan D.
Ernie Tate (1934-2021) was a long-standing supporter and leading member of Trotskyist groups in Canada and the United Kingdom and a founder of the International Marxist Group and Vietnam Solidarity Campaign in Britain.
Born poor on Belfast’s Shankill Road in the midst of the Great Depression (…)
, by RIDDELL John
The socialist movement lost an outstanding educator and organizer with the passing of Ernest (Ernie) Tate in Toronto on 5 February. An outstanding partisan of global anti-imperialist solidarity, Ernie also contributed, with his partner Jess MacKenzie, to building revolutionary Marxist groups and (…)
, by HEARSE Phil
Ernest (‘Ernie’) Tate, one of the founders of the International Marxist Group and the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign in the 1960s, has died from cancer at the age of 86 at his home in Toronto. He played a vital role in a campaign that would re-shape the British far left.
Ernie was born in 1934 (…)
The death of Leo Panitch has made the world a darker place. His writings have carried us through some of the most difficult periods in the history of the socialist left, as wave after wave of the neoliberal onslaught broke workers’ organizations, serving up one defeat after the next. Leo’s work (…)
, by McNALLY David
I am still processing the shocking news of Leo Panitch’s death. Like anyone else who spent years on the Left in Canada, I had an ongoing—sometimes friendly, sometimes fractious—relationship with Leo. For many years, we were members of the Department of Politics at York University, a progressive (…)
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