Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by BONHOMME Marc
This critical analysis examines how Québec Solidaire’s Intersyndical Militant Network (RMI) inadvertently strengthened the party leadership’s centrist position through superficial resolutions. Despite the RMI celebrating the adoption of their proposal for a “campaign against the right-wing (…)
, by RIOUX Bernard
The new era is characterised by far-right parties taking power in different parts of the world, including Donald Trump’s party in the United States. This situation poses a series of challenges to the ecosocialist and ecofeminist left and to the political and social left as a whole worldwide, in (…)
, by BONHOMME Marc
In the wake of Trumpism, there is no shortage of disruptive events capturing our attention. Creating media chaos to destabilise his opponents is a Trump tactic. In Québec and Canada, we already have the tariff war, the dramas of the federal Liberals and now the federal election, in Quebec the (…)
, by BONHOMME Marc
The election night in the Terrebonne by-election, won handily by the Parti Québecois (PQ), was difficult for Québec Solidaire as well as for the Liberals and Conservatives. It was quite a plunge for Québec Solidaire, with vote share down by two-thirds.
To twist the knife in the Québec (…)
, by PACO, POPINOT Camille
Since 24 February 2025, it has now been three years since Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Officially, it was to fight against NATO and to “denazify” Ukraine. Since then, Vladimir Putin has become the “most influential member of NATO” to quote Zelensky’s (…)
, 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 BOULERICE Alexandre, FRAPPIER André, RIOUX Bernard
Alexandre is Deputy Leader of the NDP and MP for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. He explains his vision of the political situation in the context of Trump’s rise and on the eve of the calling of federal elections.
1. Generally, how does the NDP plan to oppose the control announced by the Trump (…)
, by LAXER James
In 1969, a caucus of NDP members known as the Waffle organized to promote a socialist and nationalist agenda, which included the replacement of US private ownership of Canadian industry with Canadian public ownership. Many of the core ideas that the Waffle stood for were first developed and (…)
, 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 (…)
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