Privatization

2 Minutes

Canada

Kenney: a blood-sucking profiteer (literally)

PV November 10, 2020

In 1972, the impoverished and oppressed people of Nicaragua suffered a terrible crisis when an earthquake struck the capital of Managua. An estimated 5000 people were killed, and the city centre was destroyed. International...

6 Minutes

Labour

The fight to expand public services is the fight for the future

PV October 7, 2020

Four decades of privatization and cuts to public funding of healthcare, social care, housing and education are “the leprous hands of neoliberal capitalism” that allow “private corporations to walk away with billions that should...

2 Minutes

Canada

Election victory gives NB Tories free hand to carry out austerity

PV October 1, 2020

Communists committed to building working class resistance By Fredericton Club, CPC Though disappointing, the results of New Brunswick’s provincial election are unsurprising. The Tories won a majority with 27 seats, the Liberals won 17...

6 Minutes

Labour World

Sugar workers in Iran striking for wages, benefits and public ownership of their industry

PV September 22, 2020

By CODIR September 2 marked the 80th day since workers of the Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane complex in the south of Iran came out on strike, on June 15. They are demanding their unpaid wages, medical insurance,...