Bill C-39: A Direct Attack on Labour, Nature and Indigenous Rights
By Gary Porter
Bill C-39, the “Building Canada Strong Act,” introduced by the Carney government in September 2026, is a sprawling 243-page omnibus bill that seeks to fast-track major infrastructure projects and curbs labour disruptions. While the government frames it as a necessary measure to strengthen the economy, the legislation has drawn fierce opposition from organized labour, environmental groups, Indigenous nations, and political adversaries. The anti-C-39 coalition argues that the bill represents a dangerous concentration of executive power that undermines constitutional rights, environmental safeguards, and Indigenous sovereignty.
Bill C-39 an Attack on Indigenous Rights
By Rin Simon
Bill C-39, Building Canada Strong Act, poses serious risks to the environment protections, Indigenous rights and Human Rights broadly. This move by the Federal Government under the current leadership of Mark Carney is yet another attack on the rights of Indigenous peoples cloaked in the Language of mutual respect and honesty. If this were the case this government would respect the law and meet the minimum standard of free, prior and informed consent (as per the UN Declaration) before moving forward with any projects that would affect Indigenous peoples rights.
Escalate the Struggle to Kill Bill C-39
By Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed
Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed (CCBF) calls for immediate escalation of the struggle to Kill Bill C-39. Titled the ‘Building Canada Strong Act’, the legislation brazenly prioritizes the interests of corporate investors, in the process subordinating workers and the environment. The 243-page bill makes sweeping changes to the Canada Labour Code. It undermines the right to strike, and introduces new powers to designate entire “regions of national interest” in order to bypass environmental protection and Indigenous consultation. Without the right to strike, organized workers swiftly go from collective bargaining to collective begging. Without environmental safeguards, corporations have free reign to plunder the environment.
Electoral Punishment Widespread
By Red Review
British Columbia: NDP premier David Eby’s snap election call backfired, and Lorne Doerkson’s Conservative Party swept to power October 24th. It was the NDPs worst election result in 25 years. The Conservatives took 64 seats winning 48% of the popular vote, the NDP won just 27 seats with 37.4% of the popular vote and the Greens took just 2 seats with 11% of the popular vote. BC population did not move right. In fact the Tories got fewer votes than in 2024. Compared to last election, the Conservative raw vote count held steady, the Greens increased significantly and the NDP dropped by 300,000 votes. The turnout was low in this election with many people disaffected with the sudden call of the election (in the midst of province wide municipal elections) and with the lack luster campaign-promises of the leading parties.
Reverse the Layoffs! Nationalize Stelco!
By John Wilson
On September 28, Cleveland-Cliffs, the American company that owns Stelco, idled certain operations in Hamilton, and announced the indefinite layoff of 350 employees at its Hamilton Works plant and a further 50-plus workers at its Lake Erie Works plant. This action contravened its 2024 purchasing agreement to maintain the existing workforce and operations for 5 years. Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly followed up with an ultimatum giving Cleveland-Cliffs 15 days to reverse the job cuts or face potential legal action under the Investment Canada Act. CEO Lourenco Goncalves responded: “This court case will be good. The company is obviously going to try force majeur and that the market conditions are unforeseen and couldn’t be avoided.”
Mass Demonstrations Erupt Across France
By Richard Wagman
On October 17, 24 and 31st well over 1 million demonstrators took to the streets throughout France: in the big cities, the smaller towns and even in the countryside. This is the biggest mobilization since the student revolt and general strike of May 1968. To paraphrase Marx, a spectre is haunting France - the spectre of the Yellow Jacket mass movement which first rose up against the high cost of fuel taxes in 2018. Motorists from semi-urban and rural regions lacking public transport occupied traffic circles, sparking a mass movement confronting President Macron’s neo-liberal policies. With a massive mobilization throughout France, Macron was eventually obliged to make a number of concessions to the working class.
Should Canada Join the EU? A Marxist Perspective
By Gary Porter
From a Marxist standpoint, Canada joining the European Union as an “associate member” is not international solidarity or working-class progress. It is a strategic realignment of capitalist elites—a tactical maneuver by Canadian and European ruling classes to manage inter-imperialist rivalries, especially in response to pressure from the United States. In this article we examine the class character of the EU, Canada’s subordinate position within American imperialism, and the specific dynamics of the proposed alliance. Canada already has a trade agreement with the EU: the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA). About 95% was implemented in September 2017; the remainder requires approval by all 27 EU members, with 17 having approved and 10 holdouts, including France.
ANTARSYA: Anti-Capitalist Left Co-operation for the Overthrow
By Barry Weisleder
For ten days in September, I visited Athens. Across the ancient capital of Greece, in a country of 10 million in the south-east corner of Europe, I witnessed inspiring political events. This included a mass demonstration on the 13th anniversary of the murder of popular rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a member of the fascist party Golden Dawn. I joined a rally for migrant workers’ rights, and a protest by teachers against new unfair regulations. I spoke to scores of activists at a roof-top celebration of Jose Marti Brigadistas who delivered material aid to revolutionary Cuba. A highlight of the trip was a two-hour meeting with leaders of the anti-capitalist united front ANTARSYA. The name is an acronym that embodies the tumultuous history of the workers’ movement: “Anti-capitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow”.
International Youth say No to the Attack on Education
By Socialist Action
We have entered a period of wars and global political instability, during which capitalist blocs collide for global hegemony and the maximization of their profits at the expense of the working class’s needs. Youth is targeted by bourgeois governments, called upon to become cannon fodder for the capitalists, while simultaneously witnessing its educational rights and employment prospects continuously deteriorating. Education at all levels constitutes a central domain for bourgeois policy, as it becomes a massive field of profitability and, through it, the labor force required by the job market in each given period is shaped—both in terms of its knowledge and qualifications, as well as its consciousness and ideology.
Fight for Trans Rights and Safety for all LGBTQ+ People
By Kshama Sawant
Solidarity With Everyone Mourning the Loss of Juniper Blessing. I stand in solidarity with the family and friends of University of Washington student Juniper Blessing. Condolences to all those mourning the loss of Juniper, who was brutally murdered recently in Seattle, while simply doing laundry. While the killer’s motivations remain unclear, this horrific act of violence is still another reminder of the dangerous reality facing LGBTQ+ people everywhere, even in a supposed sanctuary city like Seattle. It needs to serve as a call to action to renewedly fight for justice for all our trans and queer siblings. We need to build mass movements of working people to fight back against the right-wing, anti-trans attacks, and to defeat the anti-trans bills being advanced around the country.
Lessons from Zimmerwald 1915 International Anti-War Conference
By Zimmerwald Conference
It is clear that ‘forever wars’ for imperial plunder can be stopped only by international working class solidarity in action. But how? What can we learn from history? During World War 1, the famous Zimmerwald Conference brought together ostensibly anti-war workers’ parties. The Zimmerwald Left, led by V.I. Lenin, paved the way for the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the launch of the Communist International in 1919. Instead of liberal pacifism, the position of the Z Left was ‘No War but Class War.’ The anti-war gathering, held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915, was the first of three international conferences convened by anti-militarist socialists in response to the outbreak of World War I and the resulting collapse of the Second International.
THE ZIMMERWALD MANIFESTO 2015
By Zimmerwald Movement
Workers of Europe! The war has lasted for more than a year. Millions of corpses lie upon the battlefields; millions of men have been crippled for life. Europe has become a gigantic human slaughter-house. All science, the work of many generations, is devoted to destruction. The most savage barbarity is celebrating its triumph over everything that was previously the pride of mankind. Whatever may be the truth about the immediate responsibility for the outbreak of the war, one thing is certain: the war that has occasioned this chaos is the outcome of Imperialism, of the endeavours of the capitalist classes of every nation to satisfy their greed for profit by the exploitation of human labour and of the treasures of Nature.