JANUARY 2011
January 17, 2011 - No. 1
The People vs. U.S. Steel -- Public Right Yes!
Monopoly Right No!
• Long Live the Spirit of '46, the
Spirit of Breaking New Ground: Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
- Rolf Gerstenberger
• Canadians Stand as One for
Pension Rights
• Locked Out Stelco Workers Win
Right to Employment Insurance
• Lock Out News
• Hamilton Mayor Writes Prime
Minister
• U.S. Steel's Willful Neglect
• Look What U.S. Steel Is Doing in
Indiana
January 18, 2011- No. 2
Vietnamese People Celebrate Communist Party's
National Congress
• Long Live the Communist Party of
Vietnam! All Out to Support the Heroic Vietnamese People!
• Eleventh National Congress of
Communist Party of Vietnam
• Communist Party of Vietnam --
Glorious History and Sustainable Development - Voice of
Vietnam
• 50th Anniversary of Vietnamese
National Liberation Front Celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City
January 19, 2011 No. 3
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Vale's Contempt for Canadian
Workers, Canada's Institutions and Way of Life
• U.S. Steel Loses Appeal in
Federal Court - Rolf Gerstenberger
• Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right
No!
- Report and Commentary on Court Decision
January 20, 2011 No. 4
Jean Claude Duvalier
• Mothballed Playboy Dictator
Recalled to Service - Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté
• Duvalier Charged with Theft and
Corruption
• The Complex Political Maze of
Haiti
- Radio Havana Cuba
• Whose Baby Is This...?
- Jean St-Vil
• Meetings in Ottawa and Montreal
SUPPLEMENT
• Reference Material on the
Political Crisis in Haiti
January 21, 2011 No. 5
• The Arizona
Shooting - Interview with Sandra L. Smith
• Who Should We Blame for the
Arizona Shooting? - U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization
• Civility and Politics -
Kathleen Chandler
Secret Trials Update
• Government Argues It Doesn't Have
to Show Good Faith in Secret Hearings - Matthew Behrens,
Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
U.S. Double Standard on Terrorism
• Trial of Notorious Terrorist
Posada Carriles on Minor Immigration Charges - U.S. National
Free the Five Committee
• Posada's Crimes and Connections
January 24, 2011 - No. 6
ArcelorMittal
• Ontario Liberal Party
"ArcelorMittal Election Rally" Costs the People $43.6 Million
Chrysler Plan for Windsor
• Letter to the Editor
Quebec
• Rio Tinto Alcan Workers Oppose
Destruction of Industrial Jobs - Interview, Marc Maltais,
President, Syndicat des travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
• Government's Wood Auction System
Contradicts Interests of Forestry Workers and Communities -
Pierre Chénier
• Impact of the Office of Wood
Marketing - Carl Proulx, National Representative for
Abitibi-Temiscamingue, CEP
January 25, 2011 No. 7
Discussion on Nation-Building -- The Necessity to
Restrict Monopoly Right to Control and Manipulate Prices: Proposal for
a Modern Formula to Determine Prices of Production
• Part Six: Determining Prices of
Production in Practice -- Introduction to Karl Marx's Formula for
Prices of Production - Worker' Centre of CPC(M-L)
January 26, 2011 - No. 8
• All Out to
Demonstrate in Support of Locked Out Steelworkers on January 29!
• On January 29 Hamilton Welcomes
Everyone
Post Office
• Harper Government Appoints New
CEO of Canada Post - Louis Lang
• Urban Negotiations: Canadian
Union of Postal Workers Files for Conciliation - Denis
Lemelin, National President and Chief Negotiator, CUPW
Injured Workers
• Pay-the-Rich Schemes to Deprive
Injured Workers of Monies that Belong to Them by Right -
Pierre Chénier
• Anti-Worker Reforms to
Compensation System - Interview, Steve Mantis, Secretary,
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
January 27, 2011 - No. 9
66th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
• International Day of
Commemoration in Memory of Those Murdered by the Nazis
• About Auschwitz
- Dougal MacDonald
Alberta Tar Sands
• The Kearl Lake Project
- Peggy Morton
• Facts and Observations
• Claiming Social Wealth from the
Tar Sands
• The Concerns of Fort McMurray
Workers
- Roland Lefort
January 28, 2011 - No. 10
Harper Government "Reforms"
• Further Attacks on Migrant Workers
- Peggy Askin
Statscan Report
• Consumer Prices Continue to Rise
Vale
• Fired Workers Must Be Reinstated
- Steve Rutchinski
Iron Ore Company of Canada
• Labrador West Workers Step Up
Fight for Health and Safety - Interview, George Kean
Ontario
• Full-Time College Support Workers
Prepare for Negotiations - Christine Nugent
Colonialism by Consent: Dissolution of the Netherlands
Antilles
• Brief Reflections on the Changing
of the Colonial Guard
- Joceline Clemencia
January 31, 2011 - No. 11
Exhilarating Day of Action in Hamilton
• Ten Thousand Workers and Their
Allies Break New Ground
FEBRUARY 2011
February 1, 2011 - No. 12
Battle of Stalingrad
• Historic Soviet Victory Inspired
the World
• Turning Point of the Second World
War - Dougal MacDonald
"War Without Borders"
• Washington Intensifies Push into
Central Asia - Rick Rozoff, Stop NATO
February 2, 2011 - No. 13
U.S. Steel
• Contradictory Words That Many
Call Outright Lying
• United States Steel Corporation
Reports 2010 Fourth Quarter - K.C. Adams
TML Windsor Correspondent
• Windsor Chrysler Plant Shut Down
for Lack of Steel
Hamilton Day of Action
• What the Workers Had to Say
February 4, 2011 - No. 14
People's Commission Network Forum
• People's Commission Network
Forum: Whose Security? Our Security!
• Mohamed Harkat Barred from
Attending Montreal Dinner in His Honour
• Mohamed Harkat: Eight Years On
- People's Commission Network
• Blacklisting in Canada
- People's Commission Network
• Justice for Hassan Diab! Stop the
Extradition!
• Kafkaesque Justice: The Case of
Hassan Diab
12th Anniversary of Bolivarian Revolution
• Significant Occasion Celebrated
• The Revolution Is Here to Stay
- Radio Havana Cuba
Honduras
• Thousands Protest Anniversary of
Coup Government
February 7, 2011 - No. 15
In Memoriam
• Gerald Robert Smith
Egypt
• The Egyptian People Are Fighting
for Genuine Regime Change
• Role of Egyptian Military -Jamilé
Ghaddar
• Egyptian Women Stand Second to
None
• Canada-Wide Actions in Support of
Egyptian People
• Concerning the Democracy Movement
Erupting in Egypt and Other Arab Countries - Nathan J. Freeman
• The President's Promises and the
Bloody Events of Wednesday, February 2 - Statement from
Protesters at Tahrir Square to Egyptian People
February 8, 2011 - No. 16
Update on Political Crisis in Haiti
• Hands Off Haiti! Vigorously
Oppose Death Squad Democracy!
• Calls for Aristide's Return
• Will Swiss Banks Block Release of
Stolen Haitian Funds to "Baby Doc" Duvalier?
Cubans on Frontline of Combatting Cholera Epidemic
• Effective Cuban Humanitarian
Assistance
• Canadian Network on Cuba Steps Up
Cuba for Haiti Campaign
Campaign to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
• Oppose Attempts to Deny Oscar
López Rivera Parole!
• Free Oscar López Rivera Now
- U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization
February 9, 2011 - No. 17
Discussion on Nation-Building -- The Necessity to
Restrict Monopoly Right to Control and Manipulate Prices
Proposal for a Modern Formula to Determine Prices of Production
• Part Seven: Determining Prices of
Production in Practice -- Rate of Profit, Prices of Production and
Their Relation to the Economy as a Whole
February 10, 2011 - No. 18
Harper-Obama Summit
• Prime Minister's Office Marching
to the Drumbeat of the U.S. Empire
• Harper's Stand on Sovereignty --
The Border Is Gone, So It's Not About Sovereignty - Enver
Villamizar
• South Western Ontario and the
Security Perimeter
• Big Business Organizations
Applaud Harper's Annexationist Agenda
• Harper's Stand on Keystone
Pipeline -- Another Reason He Is Unfit to Govern - Peggy
Morton
SUPPLEMENT
• "Shared Vision for Perimeter
Security and Economic Competitiveness Between Canada and the United
States" - Official Documents and Statements
February 11, 2011 - No. 19
• Desperate Bid
of the U.S. to Avoid Regime Change in Egypt
• "Canada's Role in Egypt's
Democratic Development" -- Emergency Debate in the House of Commons
- Pierre Soublière
• Role of the Military Fully Exposed
• Significant Developments in the
Current Uprising
SUPPLEMENT
• U.S.-Style Democracy Building in
Egypt
February 14, 2011 - No. 20
Canada Post's "Modern Post"
• Serious Consequences Suffered by
Montreal Workers - Interview, Alain Duguay, President, CUPW
Montreal Local
Toronto Events
• Valentine's Day Support Rally for
Locked Out Hamilton Steelworkers
• Rally to Defend Trade Union
Rights in Mexico
Quebec
• Scandalous Plan to "Manage
Chronic Disability" - TML Correspondent
• Situation Facing Injured Workers
in Remote Areas
66th Anniversary of Dresden Fire Bombing
• Allied War Crime Prelude to the
Cold War - Dougal MacDonald
Letter to the Editor
• Stalingrad and Modern-Day
Treachery
February 15, 2011 - No. 21
• May First Rally
on Parliament Hill: Hold Governments Accountable to the People!
- USW Local 1005
• Toronto Rally for Locked Out
Hamilton Steelworkers Opposes Theft of Pensions
• Global Days of Action in Defence
of Mexican Workers
• BC Coalminers on Strike for
Dignity in Retirement - Interview, Chris Nand, President, USW
Local 9346
• Rio Tinto Alcan Attempts to
Intimidate Alma Workers - Interview, Marc Maltais, President,
USW Local 9490
• New Report Published on Status of
Migrant Farm Workers in Canada
• Toronto Transit Workers Defend
Right to Strike - Steve Rutchinski
172 Years Ago Today
• Quebec Patriots Hung by the
British
February 17, 2011 - No. 22
• In Parliament:
Harper's Medieval Notion of Entitlements - Sandra L. Smith
• Hamilton Steelworkers' Opposition
to Secret Negotiations - K.C. Adams
• What Are Rio Tinto Alcan and
Alcoa up to in Quebec? - Pierre Chénier
• The Egyptian Revolution and the
Canadian Mass Media - Hilary LeBlanc
February 21, 2011 - No. 23
Forestry
• AbitibiBowater and the Continuing
Attacks on Workers in Canada and the United States
Nation-Wrecking in Northern Ontario
• Sale of Northern Ontario Dams
Causes Deep Concern Amongst the People
• Announced Sale of Northern
Ontario Dams
Statscan Report
• Consumer Price Index Change for
January 2011
United States
• Massive Opposition to Wisconsin
Anti-Worker Laws
February 22, 2011 - No. 24
• Uprisings in
North Africa and West Asia
February 23, 2011 - No. 25
Join Hamilton Steelworkers on Parliament Hill on
May First
• STOP Harper! Demand that
Governments Uphold Public Right, NOT Monopoly Right! - USW
Local 1005
Alberta
• Labour Relations Board's Decision
Permits Union Busting to Pass Unscathed - Peggy Morton
• Public Sector Negotiations
- Interview, Guy Smith, President, AUPE
• In Defence of Public Services
- Interview, Karen Weiers, Chair, AUPE Anti-Privatization
Committee
Quebec
• No to "Operation Northern
Warrior" War Preparations! No to Militarization of Public Space!
For Your Information
• Northern Warrior Military
Exercise 2011
• The Canada First Defence Strategy
February 24, 2011 - No. 26
United States
• Nation-Wide Resistance to
Anti-Social, Anti-Worker Attacks
February 25, 2011 - No. 27
Attacks on Toronto Public Sector Workers
• Attempt to Give Free Rein to the
Wrecking of Public Services - Pierre Chénier
Letters to Toronto Newspapers
• Ideology Offers Simplistic
Solutions on Waste Pickup
• An Attack on One Is an Attack on
All
• Privatizing Garbage Pickup Won't
Save Money
Study
• Inside the Labour Market
Downturn: October 2008 to October 2010 - Statistics Canada
Greece
• Continued Mass Actions to Oppose
Anti-Social Austerity Measures
February 28, 2011 - No. 28
UN Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Libyan
Authorities
• Oppose the Threats to Use Force
Against Libya! Oppose the Use of Force to Resolve Conflicts Within and
Between Nations! - CPC(M-L)
• Sanctions Are and Remain Acts of
War and Intervention Against Sovereign Nations -- Hands Off Libya!
• The Cynical Danse Macabre
- Fidel Castro
• An Invasion of Libya Will Be an
Act of War - Nathan J. Freeman
• The Oil Humanitarianism
- Radio Havana Cuba
• The Unreliable Sources of the
Imperialists' "Reliable" Information
• Canadian Government Hypocrisy to
Justify Sanctions Against Libya
For Your Information
• Chapter VII of the UN Charter
• Imperialist "Responsibility to
Protect" Doctrine
• Prime Minister's Statement on
Implementing Sanctions Against Libya
MARCH 2011
March 1, 2011 - No. 29
Libya
• Oppose Canada's Intervention in
Libya Under the Pretext of Humanitarian Aid! No to a "Humanitarian"
Imperialist Occupation of Libya! No to all Outside Interference in
Libya! Hands Off Libya! - CPC(M-L)
• U.S. Preparations for Libyan
Invasion
Toronto Public Sector Workers
• Legislation Banning Transit
Strikes Aimed at Privatizing Public Transit -- It Must Not Pass!
United States
• Defiant Resistance Mounts in
Wisconsin and Across the Country
• Canadian Unions Join Protests
• Struggle for Working Class Rights
and Dignity Continues in Wisconsin - TML Correspondent in
Madison
March 2, 2011 - No. 30
Conservative Party Charged with Election Law
Violations
• Election Financing Regime and Its
Enforcement at a Crossroads - Anna Di Carlo
• Director of Public Prosecution
Charges Harper Conservatives with Violations of Elections Act
• Elections Canada Backgrounder
• Elections Canada Charges
Quebec National Assembly
• Marginalize the People -- Liberal
"Solution" to the Political Crisis - Christine Dandenault
• The Liberals Only Want Reforms
that Don't Bring About Fundamental Change - Serge Lachapelle
British Columbia
• Election of New Premier
Underlines Anachronism of Political Party Rule - Charles
Boylan
March 3, 2011 - No. 31
• Defend the
Dignity of TTC Workers
• Toronto Community Day of Action
for Public Services
• Toronto Mayor Ford's Retrograde
Discourse on Taxpayers - David Greig
• Basic Economics and the
Privatization of Public Services - K.C. Adams
Opposition to U.S. and NATO Plans to Invade Libya
• Statement by Cuba's Minister of
Foreign Affairs to the UN Human Rights Council
March 4, 2011 -No. 32
Charges of Election Spending Violations
• Conservatives Refuse to Be
Accountable Under Canada's Electoral Laws - Anna Di Carlo
Legislation to Freeze Assets of Corrupt Regimes
• More Hypocrisy in the Name of
Supporting "Democratic Reforms and Accountability"
Libya
• NATO's Inevitable War (Part One)
-Fidel Castro
• As U.S. Warships Near Libya,
Danger of Imperialist Military Intervention Grows - Sara
Flounders, International Action Center
• When Historical Memory Is Erased
-- In the Square the Flags of King Idris Wave - Manlio
Dinucci, Il Manifesto
March 7, 2011 - No. 33
All Out to Celebrate the Centenary of
International Women's Day
• Celebrate One Hundred Years of
Women's Conscious Participation in the Struggle for the Rights of All!
- Janice Murray
Fight of the Toronto Public Sector Workers
• On the "Monopoly" of the
Unionized Toronto City Workers - David Greig
• Oppose the Attacks on TTC Workers
- Pierre Chénier
Libya
• No to a "Humanitarian
Intervention" in Libya! - Presentation by Margaret
Villamizar, Windsor Peace Coalition
• NATO's Inevitable War (Part Two)
- Fidel Castro
March 8, 2011 - No. 34
Celebrate the Centenary of International Women's
Day!
• Our Security Lies in the Fight
for the Rights of All - CPC(M-L)
• Women Reject the Direction the
Charest Government Is Taking Quebec: Stop Paying the Rich! Increase
Funding for Social Programs! - PMLQ
• Women Demand Their Rights Be
Guaranteed, Not "Access to Opportunity" - Dagmar Sullivan
• What Constitutes an "Enormous
Stride" for Women? - Elaine Baetz
• Call for Canadian Border Services
Agency to Stay Out of Women's Shelters
• Marches Across Canada Demand
Action on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
For Your Information
• Some Facts on Women in the
Workplace
March 9, 2011 - No. 35
The Federal Budget -- Who Decides?
• Oppose Government Cutbacks to
Public Services and Privatization of Federal Assets Like Canada Post!
- USW Local 1005
• Failed Monopoly AbitibiBowater
• Use of Bankruptcy Protection to
Legalize Wrecking of the Economy and Anti-Worker, Anti-Social Attacks
- K.C. Adams
March 10, 2011 - No. 36
• Patriarchal
Declaration of the "Relative Privilege" of Canadian Women -
Peggy Morton
Pensions
• Mobilizing for Public Pensions
Not Flaherty's Privatized Pension Savings Plans
• Autoworkers Speak Out on Pension
Reform - Marsha Chomyshyn, Ken Anderson, Karen
Mendel
• Sorting Out the Pension Problem
- Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
Nationwide Tours Defend Revolutionary Cuba
and Build Support for Cuba's Humanitarian Mission in Haiti
• Bernie Dwyer, Journalist and
Co-Producer of "The Day Diplomacy Died", March 18-31
• Cuban Doctor Speaks on Cuba's
Humanitarian Medical Mission, Mar. 19-April 3
March 11, 2011 - No. 37
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Ambitious Program to Raise People's
Standard of Living and the Nation's Prosperity Continues in 2011
March 14, 2011 - No. 38
48th Anniversary of the Founding of the
Internationalists
• Canadian Revolutionary Youth in
Step with the Times!
Quebec
• Mass Demonstration in Montreal
Rejects Charest Liberals' Anti- Social Agenda
• A New Direction for Quebec! Stop
Paying the Rich! Increase Funding for Social Programs! -
Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
Toronto Public Sector
• Self-Serving Use of Corruption in
Public Housing to Justify Privatization - David Greig
Furnace Collapse at Vale Inco's Copper Cliff Smelter
• A Thorough Investigation Must Be
Carried Out and Vale Must Pay Full Wages for Lost Time! -
Steve Rutchinski
March 15, 2011 - No. 39
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• U.S. Steel's Removal of Coke for
Production to the U.S. - Press Release USW Local 1005
• Steelworkers Discuss U.S. Steel's
Latest Provocation
• New Billboards in Hamilton
Support Locked Out Steelworkers and May First Rally on Parliament Hill
Quebec
• Lucien Bouchard's Fraudulent
Defence of the "Best Interests of Quebeckers" - Gabriel
Girard-Bernier
United States
• Wisconsin Struggle for Rights
Rages On
• Highlights of Wisconsin's
Anti-Union, Anti-Social "Budget Bill" - Voice of Revolution
March 16, 2011 - No. 40
Anarchy and Violence in the Name of "War on
Terror"
• Demand a Full and Immediate
Public Inquiry into G20 Police Violence - Philip Fernandez
• Call to Join Abousfian
Abdelrazik's Campaign for Justice Against Blacklisting -
Project Fly Home
International
• Hillary Clinton Declares
International Information War
• Documents Seized From Egypt's
State Security Agency
• Documentary Reveals More U.S.
Subversive Plans Against Cuba
• U.S. Citizen Sentenced to 15
Years Imprisonment for Crimes Against Cuba
• Trial of U.S. Terrorist Posada
Carriles
SUPPLEMENT
• Operation Surf -- U.S. Attempt to
Subvert Cuban Revolution - Deisy Francis Mexidor, Marina
Menéndez and Jean Guy Allard, Granma International
March 17, 2011 - No. 41
Intereference and Aggression in North Africa and
West Asia
• NATO, War, Lies and Business
- Fidel Castro
• Bahrain: U.S. Backs Saudi
Military Intervention, Conflict With Iran - Rick Rozoff, Stop
NATO
• Photo Review of Recent
Developments
March 18, 2011 - No. 42
• Hands Off
Libya! No to International Gangsterism in the Name of "Protecting
Civilians!" Support the Call for a Ceasefire!
• The Security Council Resolution
• U.S. Empire Dominates World
Affairs and Canada Is Its Willing Accomplice
• African Union High Panel on Libya
Set for Nouakchott Meet
March 19, 2011 - Special Edition
• Imperialists
Begin the Bombing of Libya - Al Jazeera and Agencies
• French Warplane Shot Down
- Voice of Russia
• Coalition of Criminals Launches
Aggression Against Libya
• Canada's Filthy Role in
Aggression Against Libya
• African Union Opposes Military
Intervention into Libya
• Egyptians Vote in Referendum
- Al Arabiya and Agencies
March 20, 2011 - Special Edition
• Arab League
Now Distances Itself from the Airstrikes - Sandra L. Smith
• No to the Use of Force to
Settle Conflicts Between and Within Nations and Peoples! -
PMLQ
• Unholy Alliance of Liberals and
Fascists - Hilary LeBlanc
• Harper and Other Warmongers Are
Not Fit to Rule! - Philip Fernandez
• Why Russia Didn't Veto
- Nikolas K. Gvosdev, GlobalSecurity.org
• African Union Demands Immediate
Stop to Libya Attacks
• Libyan Sources Report Italian
POWs Captured. Additional Coalition Jets Downed. Qatar Has Joined the
War - Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Global Research
• Yemen's Friday Massacre
Continues
March 21, 2011 - No. 43
This Week in Parliament
• A Government Which Is Unfit to
Rule Will Deliver a New Budget
• Conservative Election Law Charges
Likely to Drag on for a Long Time
Quebec
• Workers Oppose Legalization of
Theft of Pensions by AbitibiBowater and Charest Government -
Pierre Chénier
• Interview - Robert
Drolet, President, Syndicat national des travailleurs des pâtes
et papier de Donnacona
• Letter to Local Liberal Member of
the National Assembly
Ontario
• Mayor Imposes His Dictate on
Toronto Community Housing
March 22, 2011 - No. 44
In the Parliament
• Disgraceful All-Party Agreement
in Support of Canadian Military Action Against Libya
• Canadians Want an Anti-War
Government
• Parliamentary Take-Note Debate
• Motion Endorsing UN Security
Council Resolution 1973 on Libya
Recent Developments
• Libyan Authorities Advocate for
Peaceful Solution
• France Proposes New "Political
Steering Committee Outside of NATO"
• U.S. Aim to Get Rid of Gadhafi
• China and India Oppose Military
Intervention
March 23, 2011 - No. 45
Denounce the Federal Budget of the Rich and Their
Monopolies
• Organize and Fight for a New
Direction for the Economy
March 24, 2011 - No. 46
• Hamilton
Steelworkers Oppose U.S. Steel's Latest Provocation
• Press Conference Remarks by USW
Local 1005 President Rolf Gerstenberger
• Picket in Greensville and
Leafleting in Dundas
• Letter to the Editor of the
Spectator
• U.S. Steel's Concern for the
Economy -- The Facts
• Solidarity Benefit in Support of
Locked-Out Steelworkers
Windsor
• Pension Forum Highlights Demand
for Public Pensions
Quebec -- The Bachand Budget
• Students Reject Claims by Parties
of the Rich that Education Is a Privilege - PMLQ
• One More Step in the Sellout of
Quebec's Natural Resources - Correspondent in the Lower St.
Lawrence
Statistics Canada Report
• Consumer Price Index for February
- Excerpts
March 25, 2011 - No. 47
Oppose Canada's Involvement in Wars of Aggression
--
Hands Off Libya! Get Out of Afghanistan! Dismantle NATO!
• NATO "Clinches Deal to Take Over
Libya Military Ops"
• Foreign Interests in the War on
Libya - Interview, Professor Francis Boyle
• International Opposition to War
on Libya
• Protests Across U.S. on 8th
Anniversary of Invasion of Iraq
March 28, 2011 - No. 48
Quebec Workers' Fight the Government-Protected
Monopoly Abuse of Power
• No to the Quebec Budget! The
Economy Needs a New Human-Centred Direction! - Christine
Dandenault
• Rio Tinto's Provocations Against
Alma Aluminum Workers - Interview, Marc Maltais, President,
USW Local 9490
• Tembec Continues Attacks on
Forestry Communities - Interview, Carl Proulx, National
Representative, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, CEP
• Government Betrayal of Pension
Responsibilities - Interview, Gilles Bordeleau, President,
USW Local 6887, CCR Xstrata Refinery in Montreal
Bernie Dwyer Tour in Ottawa -- March 28
• "The U.S. Covert War Against Cuba"
Haiti
• Aristide's Return and Haiti's
Popular Movement - Dan Coughlin, Haiti Liberté
• Haitians Boycott Second Round
Between Neo-Duvalierists - Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté
March 29, 2011 - No. 49
• Hands Off
Toronto's Public Services and the Workers Who Provide Them! No to
Privatization! All Out for the April 9 Day of Action!
• Mayor's Anti-Social Agenda: Abuse
of Power and the Wrecking of Toronto
Post Office
• Urban Negotiations: Response to
Canada Post's Unacceptable Offer - Denis Lemelin, National
President & Chief Negotiator, CUPW
• Untenable Working Conditions at
the Post Office - Interview, Ken Heydrich, 2nd Vice-President,
CUPW Hamilton Local
Bernie Dwyer Tour in Montreal -- March 29
• "The U.S. Covert War Against Cuba"
Japan
• Seminal Moment in Nippon's History
• The Risks and Good Sense
- Radio Havana Cuba
March 30, 2011 - No. 50
April 9 -- Toronto Community Day of Action for
Public Services
• All Out in Defence of Public
Services! - Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
Anti-Worker Amendments to Ontario Occupational Health
and Safety Act
• McGuinty Government's Rush to
Amend Occupational Health and Safety Act - Dave Killham,
Executive Director, Workers Health and Safety Centre
• Amendments to Occupational Health
and Safety Act - Sid Ryan, President, OFL
• Imposing Ministerial Control over
Workers Centres and Occupational Health Clinics - Rolly
Marentette, Chair, Windsor and District Labour Council Health and
Safety Committee
In Memoriam
• American Lawyer Leonard Weinglass
Passes Away - Radio Havana Cuba
• Leonard Weinglass: His Memory and
Legacy Endures - Isaac Saney, National Spokesperson, Canadian
Network on Cuba
• For Lenny - Ricardo
Alarcón de Quesada
• In Memory of Leonard Weinglass
- Gerardo Hernández
March 31, 2011 - No. 51
41st Anniversary of the Communist Party of Canada
(Marxist-Leninist)
• Take Up CPC(M-L)'s Work for
Political Renewal on a New Historical Basis - Central
Committee, CPC(M-L)
APRIL 2011
April 1, 2011 - No. 52
Election 2011
• Canada Needs an Anti-War
Government -- Vote Marxist-Leninist! - Press Release, MLPC
Imperialist Powers Must Stop Interfering in Libyan Civil
War
• Oppose U.S.-Led Liberal/Fascist
Axis! - Hilary LeBlanc
• Criminal Acts by the Harper
Government -- Time to Draw the Line - Pierre Soublière
• Canadian to Command NATO Mission
-- Canada's Everlasting Shame
• Study Finds Canada's Military
Spending at Highest Point Since WWII
• Canadian Military Exports to the
Middle East
& North Africa - Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
• Recent Developments
• Libyan War and Control of the
Mediterranean - Rick Rozoff, Stop NATO
April 4, 2011 - No. 53
• April Issue of
Workers' Forum Off the Press!
Bill Passes Ruling Toronto Transit Workers' Strikes
Illegal
• Oppose Unjust Anti-Strike
Legislation! Defend the Dignity of TTC Workers! All Out for April 9 Day
of Action!
• Anti-Strike Legislation Based on
Misinformation and Twisted Principles - Bob Kinnear,
President, ATU Local 113
British Colombia
• Elkview Coalminers Continue
Strike for Pension Improvements
• Southern Interior Forestry
Workers Oppose Unacceptable Offer
Post Office
• Edmonton Postal Workers Develop
Resistance to Untenable Working Conditions
Paris Commune
• Paris Commune -- Harbinger of the
New Society - Colleen Pearse
April 5, 2011 - No. 54
Parliament Hill May First -- Join Local 1005 USW!
• Break New Ground to Defend the
Rights of All! - USW Local 1005
• Call for Action -- May 1st
Workers' Day in Ottawa - Wayne Fraser, Director, USW District
6
• Poem: Join Us May First on
Parliament Hill - Bill Mahoney, USW Local 1005 Retiree
Toronto Community Day of Action for Public Services
• Who Should Claim the Value
Created by Mass Transportation? - Workers' Centre, CPC(M-L)
Quebec
• Recent Developments at Rio Tinto
Arvida in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean - Interview, Alain Gagnon,
President, Syndicat national des employés de l'aluminium
d'Arvida
• Xstrata Workers in Rouyn-Noranda
Face Job Losses and Propaganda for Closure
Auto
• Henniges Plant Closure in Welland
- Ron Walker
April 6, 2011 - No. 55
• The Battle of
Election Promises
• Harper Government Continues
Attempts to Censor Report on Afghan Detainees
• Foreign Control
• Air Canada: Negotiations and
"Different Paths" - New Horizons
• Workers and Retirees Denounce
Minister of Finance and His Anti-Social Budget at Oshawa Rally
• Windsor: Autoworkers Suspicious
of Chrysler's Continued Plant Shutdowns
• Life in the Windsor Post Office:
If This Is Friday, This Must Be Forceback - May Keeney
April 8, 2011 - No. 56
April 9 Day of Action to End the War in
Afghanistan
• All Out to Oppose the War on
Afghanistan and Libya! Get Canada Out of NATO! Dismantle NATO! Canada
Needs an Anti-War Government!
• The War Against Libya -
Letters to the Editor
• Recent Developments in Libya
• The Politics of Assassination
- Tony Seed
April 11, 2011 - No. 57
• International
Anti-War Actions Oppose War on Libya and Foreign Occupations of Iraq
and Afghanistan
• There Is No Such Thing as U.S.
Bombers Bringing "Humanitarian" Aid - Voice of Revolution
• "Humanitarian" Bombs Fall on Libya
- Juventude Rebelde
North Africa and West Asia
• Libyan Government Accepts African
Union's Peace Plan
• Egyptians Remain Steadfast in
Demands for Change
• Violent Repression Against
Escalating Anti-Government Protests in Yemen
12th Anniversary of NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
• Serbians Commemorate Victims of
NATO Bombing
U.S.-Sponsored Terrorism Against Cuba
• Down with the Acquittal of
U.S.-Backed Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles! Hands Off Cuba! No to
Impunity!
• When Is a Terrorist Not
Considered a Terrorist? - Isaac Saney, National Spokesperson,
Canadian Network on Cuba
April 12, 2011 - No. 58
Election 2011
• Announcement - MLPC
• Leaders' Debates and the Need for
Practical Politics
• Bogus Talk About Planned Deficit
Reduction
Toronto Day of Action in Defence of Public Services
• No to Anti-Social Offensive of
Ford Regime and the Wrecking of Toronto
• Who Should Claim the Value
Created by Mass Transportation, Part Two - Workers' Centre,
CPC(M-L)
April 13, 2011 - No. 59
French Leaders' Debate
• Quebec Quebec Quebec. They Just
Can't Make It Go Away
• MLPC Candidates in Quebec
• On the National Leaders' Debate
- Letters to the Editor
• The Need for Democratic Renewal
- Anna Di Carlo, National Leader, MLPC
9th Anniversary of Venezuelan Coup d'Etat
• Venezuelans Celebrate Bolivarian
Nation-Building Project
Haiti
• Rogue's Democracy Sure to Give
Rise to Death Squad Democracy
• Cuba Criticizes Breach of
Commitments to Haiti
• Cuban Doctors: A Rich Tradition
of Assisting the Impoverished - Radio Havana Cuba
• Speech by Cuban Minister of
Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla to Special Session of UN
Security Council
April 14, 2011 - No. 60
Leaders' Debate -- Abstracting Absence
• The Missing Voice of the Working
Class
• Hamilton to Harper: You Are Not
Welcome!
• Rally to Oppose Harper's "Ethnic
Costume Photo Op"
Whose Economy? Our Economy! Who Decides? We Decide!
• Who Decides the "Worth" of an
Individual?
• The Spirit of '46 -- No Means No!
- USW Local 1005
• The Gentle Man -
Poem, Bill Mahoney
• Air Canada CEO Payment Excessive
- CAW Local 2002
Honduras
• U.S to Open New Military Base
Côte d'Ivoire
• President Seized by French
Military Forces
• The Right of Might (II)
- German-foreign-policy.com
Libya
• Canada's Disgraceful
Participation in "Contact Group on Libya"
• All About Oil, or All About
Banking? - Ellen Brown, webofdebt.com
April 15, 2011 - No. 61
50th Anniversary of Declaration of Irrevocable
Socialist Nature of Cuban Revolution and Defeat of U.S. Invasion at
Playa Girón
• Cuban Communist Party Holds 6th
Congress
• Message of Greetings from the
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
• Grand Celebrations in Revolution
Square
• Historic Victory at Playa
Girón
• Playa Girón, Where History
Changed - Radio Havana Cuba
• Events Commemorate Cuba's Victory
at Playa Girón
April 18, 2011 - No. 62
Election 2011
• Small Parties to Hold Joint Press
Conference
and Public Forum
• On the Unequal Treatment of
Political Parties - Anna Di Carlo
• Electoral Politics Means
Opposition to Organizing People to Participate in Governance
Toronto Day of Action in Defence of Public Services
• What the Workers Had to Say
Contempt for Workers' Rights
• Workers' Demand for Anti-Scab
Legislation Goes Unheard in Ontario Legislature
April 19, 2011 - No. 63
Cuba
• Militant Celebration of 50 Years
of Socialism and Victory at Playa Girón
• Communist Party Holds Landmark
6th Congress
SUPPLEMENT
• Central Report to 6th Congress of
Communist Party of Cuba - Raúl Castro, Second
Secretary, Central Committee
April 20, 2011 - No. 64
Election 2011
• Conservatives' Racist Pursuit of
the "Ethnic Vote" -- Indictment of Democratic Institutions Which Are
Supposed to Uphold the Public Good - Philip Fernandez
• Torontonians Denounce
Conservatives' "Ethnic Politics"
• Industry Minister's "Canadian
Values" Denounced in Huntsville
North Africa and West Asia
• Libya: Over Time, Growing Doubts
- Radio Havana Cuba
• Recent Developments in Libya
• Egypt: Mubarak's Former Ruling
Party Dissolved
• Yemen Government Forces Continue
Violent Repression
• U.S. Condemned for Support of
Violent State Repression in Bahrain
April 21, 2011 - No. 65
Election 2011 -- Missing Voice of the Working
Class
• Steelworkers Say: Concessions Are
Not Solutions!
• Steel Not Steal! Protest Opposes
U.S. Steel's Looting of Hamilton Coke
• Growing Support for Locked Out
Steelworkers
Post Office
• Sky-High Strike Vote Puts the
Pressure on Postal Negotiations - CUPW
XL's Calgary Plant Closures Eliminate 500 Jobs
• Manufacturing Yes! Nation
Wrecking No! - Peggy Askin
• Interview - Louise
Craig, Representative, UFCW Local 401
May Day
• Workers in Northern BC Organize
for May Day
April 22, 2011 - No. 66
Earth Day 2011
• Political Empowerment -- A
Necessity to Protect the Natural Environment
• U.S. Denies Climate Change
- Radio Havana Cuba
• UN Debates Bolivian Resolution on
Rights of Mother Earth
Wrecking of Social and Natural Environments by Canadian
Mining Firms
• Mayan Women, Victims of Gang
Rapes, Announce Lawsuit Against Hudbay Minerals - Rights
Action
• Human Rights Violation Complaint
Against HudBay Minerals
Libya
• UK Warned Against Military Ground
Operations
• Civilian Casualties Continue
Under Stepped Up NATO "Humanitarian" Bombings
April 25, 2011 - No. 67
Election 2011 -- For an Informed Vote!
• Small Parties Hold Joint Press
Conference and Public Forum
• Foundation for Democratic
Advancement Study Shows Elite Nature of Canada's Democracy
U.S. Imperialists Use Drones in War to Seize Libya
• Hands Off Libya! Stop the
Warmongers! Canada Needs an Anti-War Government!
• Recent Developments in Libya
Haiti
• As Inauguration Nears, Martelly
Prepares Duvalier Amnesty and Political Offensive - Kim Ives,
Haiti Liberté
April 26, 2011 - No. 68
Election 2011
• Stop Harper! - David
Greig
• "No to Harper's Take-Over of
Mississauga-East Cooksville!" Says MLPC Candidate
• MLPC Candidate in Pontiac Calls
for a New Pro-Social Direction for the Economy
Yemen
• Protests Continue Despite Plans
for President's Resignation
Cuba
• 6th Congress of Communist Party
Inaugurates Bold New Era of Socialist Nation-Building Project
• 2012 National Conference Convoked
• Toronto Event in Support of
Cuba's Fifty Year Fight Against U.S. Terrorism
SUPPLEMENT
• Closing Speech to 6th
Congress of Communist Party of Cuba - Raúl Castro.
First Secretary, Central Committee
April 27, 2011 - No. 69
Election 2011
• Stop the Warmongers! Reject the
Halifax Chronicle Herald's Call for Invasion of Africa - Tony
Seed
Libya
• Legal Murder? - Radio
Havana Cuba
Bahrain
• Mass Repression by Government and
Foreign Troops Continues
Pakistan
• Massive Protest Against U.S.
Drone Strikes
Japan
• Reconstruction Under Nuclear
Tension - Radio Havana Cuba
April 28, 2011 - No. 70
April 28 Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or
Injured on the Job
• Governments Must Guarantee the
Right to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions - Pierre
Chénier
• Ontario Government Prepares to
Step Up Attacks on Injured Workers - Interview, Peter Page,
President, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
• Situation in Quebec's
Construction Sector - François Patry, Director, Health
and Safety Department, FTQ
Election 2011 -- Missing Voice of the Working Class
• All Out for May First on
Parliament Hill! Break New Ground to Defend Public Right and Set a New
Direction for the Economy!
• Workers' Issue Resounding Call to
"Stop Harper!" in Val d'Or
• MLPC Candidate in
Laurentide-Labelle Calls for Solutions to the Forestry Crisis that
Favour the Workers and Communities
April 29, 2011 - No. 71
Election 2011
• The Main Concern for Quebec
- Christine Dandenault
• Another Electoral Coup Against
Quebec on the Horizon - Normand Chouinard
• Quebec "Cracking for Jack"?
- Christian-Simon Ferlatte
• NDP's Asymmetrical Federalism --
The Same Fraud as Harper's Open Federalism - Benoit Legros
and Mikaël St-Louis
British Royal Wedding
• Constitutional Monarchy --
Remnant of Medievalism and Colonialism That Should Be Abolished Not
Celebrated!
April 30, 2011 - No. 72
• Resistance and
Responsibility -- Let Us Together Defend the Rights of All! -
CPC(M-L)
• Steelworkers Are Going to
Parliament Hill May First to Make Their Voices Heard!
• USW Local 1005 Calls on You to
Take Up the Work to Change the Situation! - USW Local 1005
• Forestry Workers Will Be Present
on Parliament Hill on May First
• Toronto Workers Must Make Their
Voices Heard!
• Time for a New Direction for the
Economy: Demand that U.S. Steel Stop Its Arrogant Refusal to Settle a
Respectable New Contract with Hamilton Steelworkers - Rolf
Gerstenberger
• Join in May Day to Defend the
Rights ofAll! - Halifax May Day Committee
• March for Workers' Demands on May
First! - Edmonton May Day March and Rally
• In Defense of the Revolution --
May First in Havana - Radio Havana Cuba
Photo Review
• Workers' Struggles in the Past
Year
MAY 2011
May 2, 2011 - No. 73
Election 2011
• Electoral Coup in the Making
- Anna Di Carlo
• While the Media Attempt to
Silence the Voice of the Workers, the Workers' Voice Rings Loud and
Clear - Enver Villamizar
• Workers Are Not a Vote Bank!
Across Canada They Are Coming Forward to Change the Situation!
- Pierre Chénier
May 3, 2011 - No. 74
• Statement of
the MLPC on the Results of the 41st General Election
• Vigorous May Day Actions Across
the Country and Around the World
May 5, 2011 - No. 75
Historic May First Rally and March on Parliament
Hill
• Take Up the Work to Change the
Situation! - Rolf Gerstenberger, President, USW Local 1005
• Donnacona Workers Demand
Governments Be Held to Account for Destruction of Manufacturing and
Legalized Theft of Pensions
• What the Workers Had to Say
May 6, 2011 - No. 76
An Attack Against One Is an Attack Against All
• Supreme Court of Canada
Criminalizes Ontario Farm Workers' Right to Defend Themselves
The Harper Agenda and Need for a New Direction for the
Economy
• Shipbuilding Yes, But Not the
Militarization of Shipbuilding - Tony Seed
• Alarming Rise in
Consumer Price Inflation
May 9, 2011 - No. 77
Canadian Labour Congress 26th Constitutional
Convention
• Taking up Social Responsibility
to Stop the Neoliberal Offensive of the Harper Government
• May Issue of Workers' Forum Off
the Press!
• Lively Meeting in Courtenay, BC
Discusses How to Hold the Harper Government to Account
66th Anniversary of the Victory Over Fascism
• The Overthrow of the Imperialist
System Is the Only Guarantee for Peace
• Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War
May 10, 2011 - No. 78
• 26th
Constitutional Convention of Canadian Labour Congress Opens in
Vancouver
Discussion
• End of the Social Contract and
the Necessity to Break New Ground
British Columbia
• Growing Opposition to Raw Log
Exports - Pierre Chénier
In Defence of Public Services
• The People Speak, Ford's Toadies
Hear Nothing
• Deputation to Toronto City
Council's Public Works and Infrastructure Committee - David
Greig
Palestine
• Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Package
- Nathan J. Freeman
• Egypt and Israel Heading for
Crisis: Mood in Cairo Turns Against Close Ties - Jonathan
Cook, Global Research
• Palestinian National
Reconciliation Agreement
May 11, 2011 - No. 79
Time for a New Direction for the Forest Industry
• Attacks on Forest Workers and the
Community of Saint-Fulgence - K.C. Adams
• Fraser Paper Retirees Demonstrate
Against Theft of Pensions
CLC Convention
• Delegates Adopt Resolutions on
Economic and Social Policies
Yemen
• Pentagon Says Military Aid to
Saleh Regime Will Continue
May 12, 2011 - No. 80
• Hamilton
Steelworkers Cope with Disinformation About the Dangers Posed by U.S.
Steel
CLC Convention
• Highlights of Day Three
Energy
• The People of Alberta Must
Decide, Not an Energy Superboard
• First Nations Hit Back Against
Harper: Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Will Still Be Stopped in Its
Tracks - First Perspectives
Denial of Farm Workers' Rights
• Are Supreme Court Judges Detached
Careerists or Anti-Worker Activists? - K.C. Adams
• State-Sanctioned Indentured
Labour: The Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
May 16, 2011 - No. 81
63rd Anniversary of Al Nakba
• Palestinian People Step Up Their
Struggle for Independence and the Right of Return
• Israel Stripped 140,000
Palestinians of Residency Between 1967 and 1994
• U.S. Envoy to Israeli-Palestinian
"Peace Talks" Resigns
For Your Information
• New Statistical Report on
Palestinians Worldwide
• Israel Criminalizes Commemoration
of the Nakba - Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Electronic Intifada
May 17, 2011 - No. 82
In Defence of Public Services
• Building Opposition to Toronto's
Cuts to Social Spending
• Forensic Accountants Expose
City's Fabrications in Favour of Privatization - David Greig
• Ford Austerity Agenda -
No One Is Illegal
CLC Convention
• Day Four and Conclusion
Windsor
• High School Students Walk-Out to
Resist Anti-Social Measures and Defend Right to Education
In Defence of Rights
• Hassan Diab vs. Canada's Unjust
Extradition Law -- Toronto, May 19
• The Need to Step Up the Struggle
Against Security Certificates
May 18, 2011 - No. 83
Quebec's Anti-Worker Bill 11
• Charest Government Legislates
AbitibiBowater's Monopoly Right - K.C. Adams
• Retirees' Statement Rejecting
AbitibiBowater Bill
• Communiqué in Support of
Retirees - Réseau FADOQ and FARQ
• A Shared Struggle to Safeguard
Pension Funds - Jean-Paul Lizotte, Representative, Donnacona
Retirees
• Letter to Member of National
Assembly
Haitian Flag Day
• Long Live the Struggle of the
Haitian People for Complete Emancipation! Long Live Haiti!
• Neoliberal Champion Nominated as
Prime Minister
• UN Exonerates Itself of
Culpability for Cholera Epidemic
• Venezuela Will "Repay it's Debt"
to Haiti Through Continuation of Humanitarian Projects -
Rachael Boothroyd, Venezuelanalysis.com
• 208th Anniversary of Haitian
Flag Day
May 19, 2011 - No. 84
• Unite to Oppose
Harper's Plan to Wreck the Canadian Wheat Board! - Dougal
MacDonald
• Farmers, Not Government, Should
Decide CWB Future - National Farmers Union
• National Farmers Union on Future
of Wheat Board
Alberta
• Calgary Rally Demands that
Government Stop Underfunding Education
• Education Is a Right! Increase
Investments in Education! - Peggy Morton
Quebec
• Profiting from Turmoil: Charest
Government Officially Announces Northern Plan - Normand
Fournier
May 20, 2011 - No. 85
Windsor Meeting on Cuba's Economic Reforms
• Strengthening the Economic Base
for Development of the Country
Campaign to Free the Cuban Five
• New International Campaign
Demands Freedom for the Cuban Five
• Contracts Reveal Miami
Journalists on U.S. Government Payroll - Radio Havana Cuba
• Case of the Cuban Five and the
Media - Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, CubaDebate
Continued Attempts to Undermine Revolutionary Cuba
• Informative Note from the
Revolutionary Government
• Cuba Despises Lies -
Freddy Pérez Cabrera, Granma International
• Fabricating Pretexts --
Disinformation Campaigns Directed Against Cuba - Granma
International
Latin America and Carribean
• Preparatory Meeting for OAS
Counter Organisation, CELAC, Held in Venezuela - Rachael
Boothroyd, Venezuelanalysis.com
May 24, 2011 - No. 86
Post Office -- Urban Postal Unit Negotiations
• Canada Post Presents Unacceptable
"Final Offer"
• Canada Post Threatens the
Livelihood and Dignity of Postal Workers - Interview, Louis
Lang, Ottawa Postal Worker
France
• Militant Opposition to G8 Summit
Greece
• 24-Hour General Strike Against
Budget Cuts, Privatization
Honduras
• Government Prioritizes Neoliberal
Measures
• Role of USAID in New Selloff of
Honduras - Colectivo Morazan
May 25, 2011 - No. 87
Time for a New Direction for the Economy
• Government Study Predicts
Continuing Forestry Crisis
• Public Hearings on Quebec's
Anti-Worker Bill 11
• Brief Presented by AbitibiBowater
Donnacona Retirees
• Brief Presented by Active Workers
at Kruger in Trois-Rivières
• AbitibiBowater Threatens Yet More
Layoffs and Wrecking - K.C. Adams
Charest's Northern Plan
• Reflections and Questions
- Normand Fournier
• Consumer Price Index
April 2011 - Statistics Canada
Spain
• Country-Wide Protests Denounce
"Austerity Measures"
May 27, 2011 - No. 88
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Steelworkers Demand Governments
Act to Defend Canadians and Keep Stelco Producing!
• Steelworkers and Community
Members Oppose Removal of Stelco Coke
• Steelworkers United Against
Two-Tier Workplace and Shafting of Pensioners
Canadian Wheat Board
• Harper's Fraudulent Notion of
Choice - Dougal MacDonald
West Asia and North Africa
• Harper Government Imposes
Sanctions on Syria
• Canada Prepares to Extend
Participation in NATO Mission Against Libya
• NATO Intensifies Attacks on
Civilian Targets in Libya
May 30, 2011 - No. 89
In Defence of Public Services
• Speak Out in Support of Postal
Workers - K.C. Adams
• Continued Resistance to Wrecking
of Toronto - David Greig
• Vancouver Island Health Care
Workers Face Potential Layoff - Barbara Biley
• Concerns of Alberta Government
Employees - Interview, Glen Scott, Vice-President, AUPE
May 31, 2011 - No. 90
June 1 -- Ontario Injured Workers' Day
• All Out in Defence of Injured
Workers!
• The Need for the Labour Movement
to Defend Injured Workers - Interview, Al Bieksa,
Occupational Disability Training Co-ordinator, OFL
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• GM Executives Coerce Active and
Retired Autoworkers
In Defence of Public Services
• Keep Calgary's Parks Public
Palestine
• Rafah Crossing Reopens
Permanently - Nathan J. Freeman
• Gaza Committee Holds UN Secretary
General Responsible for Danger Facing Freedom Flotilla
JUNE 2011
June 1, 2011 - No. 91
Postal Workers Serve 72-Hour Strike Notice
• All Out to Support the Postal
Workers!
• Postal Workers Present Final
Offer and Issue Strike Notice - Denis Lemelin, President and
Chief Negotiator, CUPW
British Columbia
• Heiltsuk First Nation
Demonstrates Against Enbridge
• Enbridge Pipeline Means Violation
of Hereditary Rights and Theft of Natural Resources - Interview,
Frank Martin, Heiltsuk First Nation
June 6, 2011 - No. 92
• The Need for
Action with Analysis to Build the Workers' Opposition
Post Office
• All Out to Support the Postal
Workers!
• Postal Workers' New Proposal and
Management's Response - Denis Lemelin, President and Chief
Negotiator, CUPW
Palestine
• What Lies Behind the On-Again,
Off-Again "Iron Wall" at Rafah? - Nathan J. Freeman
June 7, 2011 - No. 93
• For an
Alternative Direction for the Economy
Quebec's Anti-Worker Bill 11
• Charest Government Rejects
Discussion and Amendments
Greece
• No Means No! Mass Meetings and
Mobilizations Express Determination to Hold Parasites and Their
Governments to Account
• Canadian Prime Minister's
Nefarious Visit - Dougal MacDonald
June 8, 2011 - No. 94
Post Office
• Postal Workers Fight to Defend
Public Services
• Why Canada Post Is Striking
- Denis Lemelin, President and Chief Negotiator, CUPW
Toronto Public Sector
• A Deceitful Process with an
Anti-Social Aim - David Greig
• Enhancing Toronto's Business
Climate -- A Strategy Aimed at Negating the Human Factor
• Disinformation about Toronto's
Program to Cut Jobs and Services to Pay the Rich
• Opposition to City Cuts in East
Toronto
June 9, 2011 - No. 95
Libya
• NATO Attempts to Expand
Aggression and Canada's Active Participation in Committing Crimes
• Open Letter Against Extending the
War - Windsor Peace Coalition
• Who Said What in the Parliament
- Parliamentary Hansard
Afghanistan
• Harper's Trip Used to Disinform
Targeted Assassination of Osama bin Laden
• U.S. Contempt of the Very Notion
of Rule of Law
• "American Justice" -
Prof. Marjorie Cohn
Pakistan
• NATO Tanker Torched
Syria
• France and UK Pressure Syria
Through UN Security Council - Russia Today
June 10, 2011 - No. 96
Air Canada
• Workers Prepare for Strike Action
to Defend Their Pensions
• Low Cost Carrier -- An Attack on
Our Wages and Working Conditions - New Horizons
• Acting With Impunity -
New Horizons
Venezuela
• The Pérez Becerra Case
• Statement of the Political Bureau
of the Communist Party of Venezuela
June 13, 2011 - No. 97
Postal Workers Continue Rotating Strikes
• Oppose Canada Post's Attempts to
Blame Postal Workers for Its Own Disruption in Service
• Calgary and Edmonton Postal
Workers Speak Out for Rights, Dignity and Public Postal Services
BC HST Referendum and the Necessity for a Modern Tax
System
• Vancouver Public Meeting on HST
• Defeat the HST Poll Tax!
- Barbara Biley
June 14, 2011 - No. 98
• Air Canada
Workers on Strike
Vote in Parliament to Extend Libya Mission
• Say No to Canada's Expanding
Foreign Military Engagement!
• Defence Minister's "Prudent
Planning"
• Get NATO Out of Libya
• Aim of Talk About NATO Fatigue
• Behind the Phony ICC 'Rape'
Charges: Are NATO Forces Preparing a Ground Attack? - Sara
Flounders, International Action Center
• First Shipment of Libyan Oil
Arrives in U.S.
• NATO to Consolidate Base in Turkey
Obama in Puerto Rico
• Demonstration to Demand
Independence and Release of Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera
• End U.S. Colonialism and Pay
Reparations Now! - Voice of Revolution
June 15, 2011 - No. 99
• Hold Air Canada
to Account for Disruption to the Economy, Not the Workers!
• All Out to Join Postal Workers'
Picket Lines! All for One and One for All!
• Pro-War Vote on Libya Extension
Exposes Fraud of "Balanced Parliament"
Ontario
• Toronto Public Meeting Confronts
Increased Attacks on Injured Workers
• Injured Workers' Rally Steps Up
Fight for Justice
Korea -- 11th Anniversary of June 15 North-South
Agreement
• Long Live the Korean People's
Struggle for Peaceful and Independent Reunification!
• Demonstrations Call for
Unconditional Talks Between North and South
• "Nobody Can Reverse Trend of June
15 Era Toward Reunification"
• Anniversary of June 10
Independence Movement
June 16, 2011 - No. 100
Postal Workers Fight for Rights
• Oppose Back-to-Work Legislation
Against Postal Workers! Demand that Governments Uphold Public Right,
Not Monopoly Right!
The People vs. U.S. Steel
• Steelworkers Renew Pledge to Hold
U.S. Steel to Account
• Steelworkers Upbeat About the
Anniversary of Local 1005
• USW Local 1005 and the Spirit of
'46, Then and Now
Anti-Worker Bill 11 Passed by Quebec National Assembly
• Hoax of Exceptional Circumstances
to Justify Concentration of Wealth - Pierre Chénier
June 17, 2011 - No. 101
Annexation No! Sovereignty Yes!
• No to a North American Security
Perimeter!
• Security Perimeter Being Put in
Place Behind Canadians' Backs - Enver Villamizar
• Government Backgrounder -- Public
Consultation on Shared Vision for Canada-U.S. Perimeter Security and
Economic Competitiveness
Lock Out at Post Office
• Windsor March in Solidarity with
Postal Workers
• Mass Rallies Held in Ottawa,
Toronto and Winnipeg
Air Canada
• Tentative Agreement: Who Said What
United States
• "Stealth Wireless Networks"
Created
Mexico
• Intensified U.S. Interference in
Internal Affairs
Cuba
• 10th Anniversary of Injustice
Against the Cuban Five
• Successful Meetings Held in
Vancouver and Nanaimo for Cuban Ambassador
June 20, 2011 - No. 102
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Oppose Anti-Worker Legislation!
Support the Postal Workers' Just Demands!
• Vancouver Rally in Support of
Postal Workers
Air Canada
• New Deal Gets Approval of Union
Leaders, Workplace Representatives - Canadian Auto Workers
• Machinists Union
(IAMAW) Local 764 Pension Committee Report
Libya
• Get Canada Out of Libya! Stop
NATO Bombing! Dismantle NATO!
• "The Right to Protect" Has
Triggered a Humanitarian Disaster - William Bowles, Global
Research
• U.S. Could Invade in October -
Mathaba
• NATO Incorporates Libyan
Experience for Global War Template - Rick Rozoff
June 21, 2011 - No. 103
• No to
Back-to-Work Legislation and the Conservative Government's Hooligan
"Enforcer" Role
• Ontario Government Condemned for
Abusing Back-to-Work Legislation
Forestry
• AbitibiBowater Will Not Stop Its
Demands Until the Government Upholds Its Social Responsibility to
Defend the People and Nation
• Tembec Workers Demand Investments
to Modernize Pulp Mill - Roger Gauthier, President, CEP Local
233
• Federal and Provincial
Governments' Role in Decimating BC Forestry Industry -
Interview, John Little, Organizer, USW Local 1-1937
June 22, 2011 - No. 104
Lock Out at Post Office
• All Out to Defend the Rights of
Postal Workers! - Louis Lang
• The Employer Is Hiding -- CUPW
• Government's "Goon Enforcer Role"
- Letter to the Editor
U.S. Steel's Pyrrhic Victory
• Despite Injunction Steelworkers
Still Have 8.6 Million Reasons Why No Means No! - USW Local
1005
Greece
• Greek People Break New Ground
- TML Correspondent in Athens
• 70th Anniversary of
the Soviet Union's Staunch Resistance to the Hitlerite Nazis'
Perfidious Invasion - Dougal MacDonald
June 23, 2011 - No. 105
• Militant Support
for Postal Workers and Rejection of Back-to-Work Legislation
June 24, 2011 - No. 106
Libya
• African Union Issues Warning to
UN to Stop Attacks
• Canada's Incitement of Libyan
Civil War - Enver Villamizar
• Canadian Warplanes Join NATO
Raids on Tripoli
• Lie of Humanitarian Aims in Libya
Put to Rest - Letter to the Editor
61st Anniversary of Start of Korean War
• Inhumane Atrocities and Crimes of
U.S. from the Korean War to the Present
June 27, 2011 - No. 107
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
• Condemn the Back-to-Work
Legislation Against the Postal Workers! - CPC(M-L)
• Workers' Rights Take a Big Hit
Under Harper's Majority Government
• Postal Workers' Militant
Resistance Sets Tone for Parliamentary Debate
June 28, 2011 - No. 108
Forestry
• Charest Government's Fraudulent
"Level Playing Field" - Pierre Chénier
• Kruger Workers Demonstrate
Against Permanent Layoffs
In Defence of the Rights of All
• Injured Workers' Public Meeting
Demands End to Government Attacks
• Defending Ontario Farm Workers'
Right to Organize - Interview, Stan Raper, UFCW, National
Coordinator, Agriculture Workers Alliance
• Farm Workers' Union Accuses
Mexican Consulate of Blacklisting Migrant Workers Involved in Organizing
First Anniversary of G8/G20 Protest
• Justice Needed for Victims of
State Violence at G20 - Philip Fernandez
• Toronto Events on First
Anniversary of G20 Protests
June 29, 2011 - No. 109
Harper's Mayday Mayhem
• Newfoundlanders Demonstrate
Against Harper Government's Wrecking Agenda - Tony Seed
Quebec
• Provocative Royal Visit
- Parti marxist-léniniste du Québec
• Hidden Behind the Charest
Government's Northern Plan - Normand Fournier
Libya
• Stop NATO Bombing! Get Canada Out
of Libya!
June 30, 2011 - No. 110
The People vs U.S. Steel
• Canadians Stand as One with
Hamilton Steelworkers
In the Parliament
• First Session of 41st Parliament
Comes to an End
Libya
• Statement on the International
Criminal Court
• U.S. Impunity and International
Conflicts - Granma International
Cuba
• USAID Planning to Spend Millions
on Infiltrating Youth - Jean-Guy Allard, Granma International
• Note to Our Readers
OCTOBER 2011
October 21, 2011 - No. 111
All Out to Support the Air Canada Workers!
Defeat Harper Government's Attempt to Criminalize the Right to Resist!
• Rally in Ottawa to Support Air
Canada Flight Attendants
• Defeat Harper Government's
Attempt to Criminalize the Right to Resist!
• The Slippery Slope -- From Raitt
to No Rights: A Look at the CIRB Referral - New Horizons
• Blame Air Canada, Not the Union
for "Unfair Labour Practices" - New Horizons
• We Are Not Perplexed. We Are
United! - New Horizons
For Your Information
• First Referral to CIRB Under
Subsection 87.4(5) of Labour Code
• Second Referral to CIRB Under
Section 107 of Labour Code
October 24, 2011 - No. 112
Post Office
• Postal Workers Gather for 24th
Triennial National Convention
• Legal Challenge of Back-to-Work
Legislation Launched - Peggy Askin
• Court Accepts Union's Challenge
to Appointment of Arbitrator
Air Canada
• Parliament Hill Rally in Defence
of Rights of Flight Attendants
• Smash the Silence on Flight
Attendants' Working Conditions - Pierre Chénier
Toronto Airport
• Support Security Screeners in
Defence of Their Rights! Reinstate the Suspended Workers!
October 27, 2011 - No. 113
• Stand as One
Against Harper's Barrelling Train
• Growing Opposition to Harper's
Destruction of Wheat Board and Nation-Wrecking
• Board Directors Launch Lawsuit to
Defend Farmers' Rights - Canadian Wheat Board
• Actions in Defence of Wheat Board
• Harper Government Has Bullied and
Outraged Prairie Grain Farmers - National Farmers Union
• Vancouver and District Labour
Council Denounces Wrecking of Wheat Board
• Harper Caught in Web of His Own
Deceit - Charlie Vita
• President of Battle River Railway
Urges Action to Defend Wheat Board
• Open Letter from Former Assistant
Commissioner of Canada Grain Commission
Discussion in the Parliament
• Significance of Wheat Board to
Nation-Building - Niki Ashton, MP
• Supply Management -- An
Important Principle - Niki Ashton, MP
• Destruction of the Wheat Board
Helps United States - Wayne Easter, MP
• Government's Tender of Audit to
Dismantle Wheat Board in Contempt of Parliament
NOVEMBER 2011
November 14, 2011 - No. 114
Attacks on Quebec Construction Workers
• Blame the Monopolies and Charest
Government Not Workers and Unions for Corruption and Violence in
Quebec's Construction Industry
• Anti-Worker Legislation in the
Name of "Improving Operation of Construction Industry"
• Blatant Union-Busting Legislation
Based on Alberta Model - André Vachon
• Charest Northern Plan's Need for
Cheap Labour - Normand Fournier
Education Is a Right
• Education Is Not a Privilege!
Society Must Guarantee the Right to Education for the Youth! -
Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ)
November 15, 2011 - No. 115
Growing Opposition to Harper's Wrecking
• Parliament Hill and Winnipeg
Demonstrations to Defend Canadian Wheat Board
• The Interests of Ontario Farmers
and Workers Are Served by Standing as One with Western Farmers -
Christine Nugent
Government Offensive Against Air Canada Flight Attendants
• Arbitrator Refuses to Recognize
Rights of Flight Attendants
Legalized Theft of Fraser Paper Workers' Pensions
• Thurso, Quebec Retirees Join
Victims of Brookfield Association
• Interview - Maurice
Lalonde, President, Thurso Retirees Association
AbitibiBowater's Stepped Up Anti-Worker Offensive
• AbitibiBowater Continues Its
Criminal Ways Using Yet Another Alias
• Absurd Decision to Close
Saint-Prime, Quebec Sawmill
• Preparations for More Anti-Labour
Restructuring
November 16, 2011 - No. 116
Growing Opposition to Harper's Wrecking
• Actions in Ottawa and Winnipeg
Uphold Wheat Board's Public Monopoly on Grain Marketing
A New Direction for the Economy
• Establishing Ownership Over Our
Resources and Decision-Making -- A Crucial Issue Facing All Canadians
• The Ring of Fire -- Mining
Development in Service of U.S. Imperialist War Preparations -
Dave Starbuck
• Media Offensive of Quebec Oil and
Gas Association Failing - Serge Lachapelle
November 22, 2011 - No. 117
Oppose Harper Government's Nation-Wrecking
• Harper Dictatorship's "Economic
Auction Plan"
• The Real Thieves -
Dougal MacDonald
• Attacking the Port of Churchill
In the Parliament
• Opposition to Wrecking
• Wheat Board Chair Explains Court
Case Against Harper Government
• Former Board Director Exposes
Collateral Damage If Wheat Board Destroyed
• Saskatchewan Economics Professor
Refutes Government Disinformation
November 23, 2011 - No. 118
• Tour Expresses
Profound Respect for Cuba's Humanitarian Internationalism in Haiti
• Update on Situation in Haiti and
Cuba's Ongoing Assistance
Campaign to Free Five Cuban Patriots in U.S. Jails
• Cuban Consul General's
Successful Visit to British Columbia and Calgary
• Vindictive Treatment of Cuban
Five Continues
Recent Developments in Latin America
• Nicaraguan People Prevail in
Presidential and Legislative Elections
• El Salvador Celebrates the
Bicentenary of its First Call for Independence
• Colombian Guerilla Leader Killed
by Army
• Consolidation of Union of South
American Nations
• Arms Sales to Honduran Drug
Traffickers by U.S. Government Agents
November 24, 2011 - No. 119
British Colombia -- Holding Governments to Account
• Abbotsford Residents Vote No! to
Privatization of Water
• Why All Canadians Should Be
Concerned About Developments in Abbotsford
• Water for Life -- Not for Profit!
- Statement of Waterwatchma.ca
Taseko Mine Project
• Uphold First Nation Rights as a
Matter of Principle! - Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell
The Right to Health Care -- The Right to Life
• Crisis in P3 Seniors Care
- Barbara Biley
• Harper Government Held to Account
for Endangerment of Public Health and Safety
November 25, 2011 - No. 120
• Steelworkers
and Rail Car Workers Call Demonstration in Support of Canadian Wheat
Board - Local 1005 USW
• National Farmers Union Holds 42nd
Annual Convention
Attacks on Quebec Construction Workers
• Blame Charest Government and the
Monopolies for Corruption and Intimidation!
• What the Workers Have to Say
November 29, 2011 - No. 121
Omnibus Crime Bill
• Youth Must Be Guaranteed a Bright
Future -- Not Criminalized and Jailed
• Growing Concern and Opposition of
Those Working in Criminal Justice System
• University of Windsor Law
Students Hold Public Forum
• Canadian Bar Association
Emphasizes Central Importance of Respect for Human Rights
• Concerns of Office of
Correctional Investigator About Inmate Treatment
• Quebec Association of Defence
Lawyers Calls for Complete Withdrawal of Bill
• Victim Advocacy Group Emphasizes
Need for Social Programs Not "Law and Order" Approach to Crime
November 30, 2011 - No. 122
Alberta Government's Privatization Agenda
• Fighting for the Right to Health
Care All Over Again - Peggy Morton
• Health Care Bargaining Committee
Calls for Rejection of Mediator's Report - Peggy Askin
Workers' Rights in United States
• Workers Face a New Fight to
Provide Their Rights with a Guarantee - Voice of Revolution
• Ohio Workers Win Repeal of
Anti-Worker Law
• House Committee Approves Bill
Attacking Postal Workers -- $3 Billion in Cuts Demanded
DECEMBER 2011
December 1, 2011 - No. 123
• Anti-Wheat
Board Act Passes Third Reading and Moves to Senate
• Board Directors Demand Government
Halt Seizure of $200 Million in Farmer's Assets - Canadian
Wheat Board
Protests Continue Against Dismantling of Wheat Board
• Farmers Protest in Winnipeg
• Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba Federations of Labour Release Joint Statement
• Steelworkers Demonstrate in
Hamilton
• Elimination of Wheat Board Will
Also Hurt Manufacturing Jobs - Interview, Steve Weller,
President, Local 7135 USW, National Steel Car
National Farmers' Union 42nd Annual Convention
• Farmers Discuss How to Step Up
Work to Defend Their Rights
December 2, 2011 - No. 124
• Harper
Government's Spurious Defence of "Intellectual Property" as Monopoly
Right
• Public Service Workers Union
Opposes Strengthening Drug Patents at People's Expense
• No to Attempts to Criminalize
Farmers for Infringement of Patented Crops
Airline Industry
• Government Offensive Against Air
Canada Workers Backed by Arbitrator's Refusal to Recognize Workers'
Right to Decide
• Many Lessons Learned
- New Horizons
• Conciliator Appointed in Air
Canada Pilot Dispute
• Air Canada's Low-Cost Carrier
Plan
• Binding Arbitration Forced on
Australian Airline Workers
December 7, 2011 - No. 125
Handing Over Control of Canadian Border to U.S.
Imperialism
• Harper Government's Conception of
Sovereignty
• When the Sovereigns Decide, They
Will Let You Know - Enver Villamizar
Colonial Policy Towards First Nations
• The Colonial Legacy at
Attawapiskat
• First Nations Are Not Wards of
the State - Philip Fernandez
• Attawapiskat Takes Militant Stand
• Dire Situation Facing Other First
Nations
December 8, 2011 - No. 126
Provincial Health Ministers Meeting
• Defend Public Health Care Against
Increasing Assault - Rob Woodhouse
British Columbia
Health Care Is a right!
• Seniors Demand Health Care as a
Right -- No to User Fees and Hospital Parking Fees -
Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell
• The Right to Pensions and Health
Care
• Stop the Trend to Private Health
Care
Opposition to Privatization of Public Services
• Defending Public Good Against
Monopoly Right - Barbara Biley
• Public Service Workers Launch
Petition Against Federal Government's P3 Dictate
• Cities Demand P3-Free Funding for
Infrastructure
• Organizing to Resist Federal P3
Agenda - Interview, WaterWatch, Mission/Abbotsford
December 9, 2011 - No. 127
Federal Court Rules Anti-Wheat Board Bill Illegal
• Stop the Harper Government's
Nation-Wrecking Plan to Destroy the Wheat Board!
• Wheat Board Calls on Government
to Respect Court Ruling and Uphold Law
In the Parliament
• Wheat Board Chair Addresses
Senate Committee
• Government's Doublespeak to Deny
Responsibility to Abide by Rule of Law
Open Letter
• Alberta Farmer Speaks Out on
Impact of Wheat Board's Destruction
For Your Information
• Orders and Reasons -
Federal Court of Canada
December 12, 2011 - No. 128
Founding of Community of Latin American and
Caribbean Nations
• An Historic Development for the
Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean - Claude Brunelle
• A Union is Born - Eva
Golinger, Postcards from the Revolution
Fourth Cuba-CARICOM Summit
• Deepening Relations Based on
Principle
Panama
• Former U.S.-Backed Dictator
Returns to Face Justice
Honduras
• Chaos in Post-Coup Situation
Leads to Increasing Violence and Repression
• Feeding the Monster --
Militarization and Privatized Security in Central America -
Annie Bird, Rights Action
December 13, 2011 - No. 129
• Cornelius Cardew
-- Outstanding Musician, Composer, Communist - Sandra L. Smith
December 15, 2011 - No. 130
Senate Vote on Legislation to Dismantle Wheat
Board
• Oppose the Harper Dictatorship's
Nation-Wrecking! - Sandra L. Smith
• Where Obeying the Law Is Optional
- Canadian Wheat Board Alliance
• Board Directors Ask Courts to
Halt Federal Bill and Restore Farmers' Right to Vote -
Canadian Wheat Board
• Windsor and District Labour
Council Passes Resolution Against Bill C-18
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
• Young Farmer Explains Importance
of Organizing Farmers as a Collective
• Explanation How Individual
Farmers Are Marginalized in "Free Market"
• Wheat Exporters Describe Strength
of Public Monopoly and Its Importance for Grain Quality and Economy of
Scale
• Impact of Wrecking on Producer
Cars and Farmer-Run Short Rail Lines
• Senators Ask Questions
December 16, 2011 - No. 131
Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• Harper Dictatorship Blocks
Steelworkers from Pursuing Justice
• Harper Government Capitulates to
U.S. Steel - Press Release, Rolf Gerstenberger, President,
Local 1005 USW
• Letter to Minister of Industry
- Ken Neumann, Canadian National Director, USW
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
• Working Class Must Have Organized
Say and Control over Terms of Employment and Working Conditions
- K.C. Adams
• Contrecoeur Workers Defend
Manufacturing Jobs
• European Steelworkers Protest
Monopoly Dictate
Rio Tinto
• Support Alma Workers' Fight
Against Outsourcing
Canada Post
• Postal Workers Win Pay Equity
Complaint After 28 Years - Peggy Askin
December 19, 2011 - No. 132
• CPC(M-L)
Expresses Condolences on Untimely Passing of Kim Jong Il
• Condemn Uncouth Statements of
Prime Minister and Opposition Leader on the Death of Kim Jong Il
December 20, 2011 - No. 133
Hands Off Workers and Their
Defence
Organizations
An Injury to One Is an Injury to All!
Our Security Lies in Our Fight for the Rights of All!
Post Office
• Harper Government's Attack on
Right to Negotiate an Attack on All Workers - Interview, Mark
Brown, Education and Organization Officer, CUPW, Metro-Toronto Region
Quebec
• Government's Attempt to Blame
Unions for Corruption and Collusion in Construction -
Interview, Yves Ouellet, Executive Director, FTQ-Construction
• Attacks on Unions and Working
Conditions Jeopardize Workers' Health and Safety - Normand
Chouinard
• Northern Plan's Fly-In-Fly-Out
Work System - Normand Fournier
Injured Workers
• Private Consultant's
Recommendations for Cutbacks Contradict Aim of Compensation System
- Interview, Steve Mantis, Secretary, Ontario Network of Injured
Workers Groups
• Rallies for Justice and Dignity
December 22, 2011 - No. 134
Manufacturing Yes!
Nation-Wrecking No!
Public Right Yes! Monopoly Right No!
AbitibiBowater
• Gangster Company Extorts Millions
from Nova Scotians
• Oppose Closures and Wrecking
- Pierre Chénier
Kruger
• Negotiations Break Down at
Trois-Rivières Plant
ArcelorMittal
• Working Class Must Have Organized
Say and Control Over Terms of Employment and Working Conditions, Part
Two - K.C. Adams
• Contrecoeur Workers Demand
Investments in Manufacturing - Interview, Claude Langlois,
President, Local 6586 USW
Rio Tinto
• Alma Workers Defend Union's
Strength of Numbers to Ensure Working Conditions and Standard of Living
- Interview, Marc Maltais, President, Syndicat des
travailleurs de l'aluminium d'Alma
