Canada Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/canada-movements-and-struggles/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:41:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Canada Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/canada-movements-and-struggles/ 32 32 22825446 A Strategic Perspective for Uniting Ecosocialists in Quebec https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/14/a-strategic-perspective-for-uniting-ecosocialists-in-quebec/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/14/a-strategic-perspective-for-uniting-ecosocialists-in-quebec/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:41:45 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6433 ‘Révolution écosocialiste’: Basis of Unity Newly formed ‘Révolution écosocialiste’ organization proposes a green, ecosocialist and democratic program for building a mass movement in the 21st century. Introduction by Richard Fidler: Ecosocialist activists in Quebec have formed a new organization, Révolution écosocialiste (RE). The following English translation of the group’s Basis of Unity is taken from Climate & Capitalism. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/12/14/a-strategic-perspective-for-uniting-ecosocialists-in-quebec/feed/ 0 6433 Quebec’s October Crisis, 1970 https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/18/quebecs-october-crisis-1970/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/18/quebecs-october-crisis-1970/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:24:12 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6247 What Today’s Left Learned from Ottawa’s Turn to Repression Reposted with permission from Life on the Left. By Richard Fidler: Fifty years ago this month the federal government, invoking the War Measures Act – its first use in peacetime – occupied Quebec with 12,000 troops, arrested without a warrant almost 500 citizens, and carried out […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/18/quebecs-october-crisis-1970/feed/ 2 6247 50 Years Ago: When Canada Suspended Civil Liberties https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/16/50-years-ago-when-canada-suspended-civil-liberties/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/16/50-years-ago-when-canada-suspended-civil-liberties/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:05:03 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6232 Recollections of Montreal Under the War Measures Act By John Riddell: It was October 16, 1970, fifty years ago today. Turning on CBC radio over breakfast that day, I was startled to learn that the War Measures Act had been decreed across the entire country. The Canadian equivalent of martial law, War Measures were invoked […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/16/50-years-ago-when-canada-suspended-civil-liberties/feed/ 2 6232 ‘Socialist Voice’ (2004-11) Now Available as a Searchable Archive https://johnriddell.com/2020/06/22/socialist-voice-2004-11-now-available-as-a-searchable-archive/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/06/22/socialist-voice-2004-11-now-available-as-a-searchable-archive/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:03:13 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5852 A complete set of Socialist Voice, a Marxist publication based in Canada, has been posted by Marxists Internet Archive. The following text on the MIA site introduces a fully linked Socialist Voice table of contents.–JR Introduction to ‘Socialist Voice’ Socialist Voice: Marxist Perspectives for the 21st Century was an online journal published in Canada from 2004 to 2011. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/06/22/socialist-voice-2004-11-now-available-as-a-searchable-archive/feed/ 4 5852 Canada’s ‘Liberals’ Have a Disturbing Imperial Streak https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/12/canadas-liberals-have-a-disturbing-imperial-streak/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/12/canadas-liberals-have-a-disturbing-imperial-streak/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:59:09 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5348 Ottawa’s disgraceful role in promoting regime change in Venezuela By Vijay Prashad: Canada’s embassy in Venezuela has just been closed. The spur for this closure is an open attempt by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to overthrow Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Canada is one of the leaders of the Lima Group, a network of countries that came together […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/12/canadas-liberals-have-a-disturbing-imperial-streak/feed/ 0 5348 A life for socialism: Bea Bryant (1922-2016) https://johnriddell.com/2018/03/19/a-life-for-socialism-bea-bryant-1922-2006/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/03/19/a-life-for-socialism-bea-bryant-1922-2006/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:59:20 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5017 Marxist activist and community organizer By John Riddell: Half a century ago, the highpoint of my schedule as a socialist organizer in Toronto was the monthly hour-long drive up Bayview Avenue for an evening with Bea Bryant and her partner George in their Richmond Hill home. Their solidarity work in that sleepy and conservative suburb was […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/03/19/a-life-for-socialism-bea-bryant-1922-2006/feed/ 3 5017 Quebec independence a key to building the left in Canada https://johnriddell.com/2017/08/31/quebec-independence-a-key-to-building-the-left-in-canada/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/08/31/quebec-independence-a-key-to-building-the-left-in-canada/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:18:51 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4603 By Richard Fidler Richard Fidler is a socialist and activist based in Ottawa. The following article first appeared on his blog, Life on the Left. —JR Introduction: The 2017 edition of the Université populaire (the People’s University), meeting in Montréal August 17-19, included a panel of speakers from Quebec and English Canada on the possibilities […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/08/31/quebec-independence-a-key-to-building-the-left-in-canada/feed/ 0 4603 Climate vandalism and North American capitalism https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/07/climate-vandalism-and-north-american-capitalism/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/07/climate-vandalism-and-north-american-capitalism/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:24:41 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3862 (First published in The Bullet, June 7, 2017. Reposted by permission.) By Socialist Project. North America has been witness to two distinct forms of climate vandalism over the last year. North America has been witness to two distinct forms of climate vandalism over the last year. In the case of the United States, it came […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/07/climate-vandalism-and-north-american-capitalism/feed/ 0 3862 Key to the Leap: Leave the oil in the soil https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/06/key-to-the-leap-leave-the-oil-in-the-soil/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/06/key-to-the-leap-leave-the-oil-in-the-soil/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:50:33 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2957 In the Autumn 2016 issue of Canadian Dimension magazine George Martell argues that “the Leap Manifesto offers a genuine opportunity to move beyond social democracy — to directly face up to capitalism — if we are prepared to take the Manifesto’s demands seriously.” Martell’s thoughtful essay is followed by responses from activists representing a variety of viewpoints, […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/06/key-to-the-leap-leave-the-oil-in-the-soil/feed/ 0 2957 NDP publishes discussion guide on Leap Manifesto https://johnriddell.com/2016/09/20/ndp-publishes-discussion-guide-on-leap-manifesto/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/09/20/ndp-publishes-discussion-guide-on-leap-manifesto/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:34:39 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2893 By John Riddell. The Federal New Democratic Party has sent its constituency groups a detailed guide to the Leap Manifesto, which compares the Manifesto’s provisions with adopted NDP policies. The manual is a response to a decision by the party’s April 2016 convention to adopt the Manifesto as a basis for discussion. NDP-guidebook-on-Leap-Manifesto The guide’s […]

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