Socialist Voice

By John Riddell and Art Young
Two months after the protests against the G20 summit in Toronto and the accompanying police rampage, it is time for an initial balance sheet of what was gained and lost. [...more]

A LeftViews Article by Roger Rashi
In the past year Amir Khadir, Québec Solidaire’s first elected MNA (Member of the National Assembly), has become one of Quebec’s most popular personalities. He has won plaudits from all observers and, more importantly, from the public for his performance in and out of the Quebec parliament. [...more]

by Tim Kennelly
On March 13, 2008, Canada’s Parliament voted to extend the country’s military “mission” in Afghanistan to July 2011. The motion by the minority Conservative government was supported by the opposition Liberals. The warmakers correctly estimated that fixing an exit date would deflect mounting opposition to the war among the Canadian public and buy time for Canada’s continued participation. [...more]

Below is an English translation of an open letter to the French government published in the August 16 French daily Libération, concerning the $21 billion (current dollar equivalent) extorted by France from Haiti from 1825 to 1944. [...more]

by Roger Annis
The six month mark after Haiti’s January 12 earthquake saw a flurry of news reports in Canada and around the world. The depictions of the harsh conditions still prevailing for most earthquake victims took many people by surprise. The relative silence of the media over the last few months led many to assume that the international aid effort had accomplished much more than it has. [...more]

A REPLY TO THE U.S. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY

A LeftViews article by Art Young
When Israeli commandos attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters on May 31, murdered nine humanitarian aid workers and seized the cargo of badly needed supplies for Gaza, they touched off an international storm of outrage that continues to this day. The widespread anger has galvanized the international movement in solidarity with the Palestinian people, drawing in new forces and producing new initiatives. [...more]

Book Review by Suzanne Weiss
Anti-Semitism Real and Imagined: Responses to the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism. by Michael Keefer. Canadian Charger, Waterloo Ontario, 2010. 286 pages [...more]

by Derrick O’Keefe
On July 17, 200 people marched and rallied in Vancouver, Canada to protest the police repression of protests during the G8/G20 summit meetings in Toronto June 25-27. [...more]

by Roger Annis
What were they thinking? Mere days after its re-election in May 2009, the Liberal Party government of British Columbia announced a new consumption tax that took effect on July 1, 2010 and will fleece an estimated $1.9 billion from taxpayer pockets in the first year. [...more]

by Pablo Solon
Bolivia’s UN ambassador gave this talk to the Shout Out for Global Justice, sponsored by the Council of Canadians and attended by nearly 3,000 people on June 25 in Toronto, during the ten days of protests against the G20 meeting. [...more]