Wine Rack Workers Go On Strike
On May 10, 86% of Wine Rack workers represented by SEIU Local 2 voted to take strike actions. Workers are now calling for a total boycott on Wine Rack to support the strike.
PHOTOS: Bring Our Children Home March, Toronto
On June 6th, 2021, Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and their allies convened at Queen’s Park in Toronto. The week prior, the remains of 215 children were found in an unmarked grave at the former site of Kamloops Indian Residential School.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Young Worker and Residential Schools, 1934
These articles, detailing the inhuman maltreatment and violence perpetrated against Indigenous people in the colonial residential school system, date back to 87 years ago — but they prove that this recent discovery was not an isolated incident, nor was it simply evidence of a so-called “dark chapter in Canadian history”.
Windsor-Essex Commemorates 73 Years of Nakba
Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) at the University of Windsor and others organized a Nakba 73 rally and commemoration at Windsor’s Riverfront, attended by more than 1,000 people.
Photos: Toronto’s Rise Up Shabbat + Memorial for Regis-Korchinski Paquet
On May 21st, YCLers attended IfNotNow’s Rise Up Shabbat against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto. Days later, on May 24th, a memorial for Regis Korchinski-Paquet was held.
Windsor YCLers Rally in Support of Locked-Out Reliance Workers
Windsor-Essex YCL-LJC members came out in support and solidarity with Unifor Local 1999 and all locked-out HVAC workers at Reliance Home Comfort.
Les jeunes communistes appellent à une véritable réconciliation : nous déplorons la découverte des 215 enfants
Comité exécutif central de la YCL-LJC, 31 mai 2021. This article is also available to
Young Communists Call for Real Reconciliation: We Mourn the Discovery of the 215 Children
The Young Communist League of Canada – Ligue de la jeunesse communiste du Canada mourns the 215 children found at Kamloops Indian Residential School and calls for the Canadian state to end its genocide of Indigenous people and begin reconciliation now.
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Understanding Marxism: Historical Materialism
This post is the third part of a biweekly series posting chapters of Frank Cunningham’s Understanding Marxism: A Canadian Introduction