The Red Review | Issue #31 (Apr 2026)
A Socialist Action Journal
End Canadian Complicity in War against Iran
by Yves Engler
The US and Israel have launched a massive war of aggression against Iran. Canada has assisted directly and helped pave the way for the war. In three weeks, the US and Israel have killed 1500 Iranians. They’ve assassinated top officials and Israel has said they’ll kill whomever else they want. They’ve also destroyed massive amounts of civil infrastructure, including ecologically sensitive oil and natural gas facilities. At the same time Israel has killed over a thousand Lebanese. They’ve destroyed large swaths of Beirut and are seeking to ethnically cleanse the south of that country. As they destroy Lebanon and Iran, the Jewish supremacist state continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza and displace them in the West Bank.
Capitalism’s Seven Contradictions Threaten Humanity
by Gary Porter
Every day the media reports new outrages, more climate catastrophes, escalating wars and attacks, mass killings, new threats, sanctions, tariffs and assassinations. Most people admit feeling anxiety, discouragement and depression. But some are beginning to organize, develop demands and build huge protest movements. Three recent examples: the people in Iran, Venezuela and revolutionary Cuba who are resisting US military might and the people in Minneapolis who successfully drove out Trump’s racist goons and defended undocumented workers. We are witnessing the obvious decline of the US led empire, the increasing economic difficulties of Western Europe and the long economic doldrums of Japan. From a Marxist viewpoint, society is organized into classes, defined by their relationship to the means of production.
Emergency Departments: a Refuge or a Death Sentence
by Kurt Young
In 2018 my mother became ill to the point of hospitalization. She had begun developing stones in her gall bladder which led to a host of debilitating symptoms. Her initial surgical admission at a hospital in Mississauga went without incident. A semi-private room was provided to her pre and post-surgery. After several years of discomfort, the extreme pain returned. My mother was admitted to the emergency ward. Due to her condition not being considered severe enough, she was made to wait 18 hours before admission. When a gurney had become available, my mother was then placed in a staff only hallway for several more hours until a room could be made available. This was a large room with bays separated by thin cloth suspended on a rail and track system. Even at this point in time my mother had yet to see a doctor.
Solidarity with Students - Dump Thug Ford
by Tyler Brittain
Hundreds of students, many traveling from universities across Ontario, converged on the Legislature at Queen’s Park in Toronto on March 24. They gathered to protest draconian austerity measures being imposed by the Doug Ford Conservative government. The premier’s sweeping changes to Ontario’s public post-secondary education system include slashing the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and ending the tuition freeze. The current 85% grants and 15% loans formula has been reversed to 75% loans, or more. This means more debt, higher costs, and more barriers for students who are already struggling with the high cost of living, including rising expenses for rent, food, transportation and housing. This will drive thousands out of school, with grim prospects for the future.
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Revolutionary Socialism in Canada: What’s Next?
by Gary Porter
“Capitalism can’t be fixed.” The contradictions deeply embedded in the capitalist system are irreconcilable, un-resolvable. Canadian workers, organized independently of the ruling class and with an experienced revolutionary socialist leadership, are the only force capable of overturning capitalist rule. To accomplish this historic task, a substantial part of the working class must be organized in militant unions. The unions require a class struggle political leadership, prepared to carry the fight decisively against the billionaires who exploit workers and suppress their rights. Such a struggle quickly involves the capitalist state, the bosses’ police, and their courts.
The Tasks of the Proletarian Revolution “The April Theses”
by V.I. Lenin
The April Theses is a pivotal political document that outlines a series of directives proposed by Vladimir Lenin upon his return to Russia in April 1917. In it, Lenin, a leader of the Bolsheviks, called for the rejection of the existing provisional government, advocating for the seizure of power by the Soviets and the redistribution of land to the working class. The theses articulated ten key points, including demands for the nationalization of banks, control of industry by workers, and an end to Russia’s involvement in World War I. Initially met with skepticism by some Bolshevik leaders, the ideas gained traction among the general populace, contributing to their popular support.