February 17, 2020

5 Minutes

Canada

As Lima Group prepares to meet in Gatineau, Trudeau consolidates position as main Trump ally

PV February 17, 2020

The Lima Group meets in Gatineau on February 20, across the river from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill. The group was originally established on August 8, 2017 by twelve countries that initially signed the Lima Declaration:...

2 Minutes

Canada Indigenous peoples

In Fredericton, working class allies defend Indigenous rights against Big Oil

PV February 17, 2020

By Caleb Thompson On Friday, February 14, dozens of activists gathered at Fredericton’s city hall in support of the Wet’suwet’en people, whose land is being invaded and stolen. Activists then marched to Westmorland Street...

5 Minutes

Culture

A passionate and entertaining account of GDR socialism

PV February 17, 2020

A Socialist Defector: from Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee Author: Victor Grossman Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 2019 Thirty one years ago the Berlin Wall came down and the working class in the German Democratic Republic (GDR),...