The rightward turn of the federal NDP under Thomas Mulcair means that there has never been a more important time than now to build the socialist alternative within the party.  Socialism cannot be “amended” out of the NDP.  It has been there since the founding of the CCF and NDP, and it takes energy from the struggles of the youth, or workers, and of oppressed peoples (such as the Quebec student movement, Occupy, and Idle No More).  Even though we have had this temporary set-back with the watering down of the party constitution, the battle for the future of the NDP is nowhere near over.  We call on everybody who opposed the change to the preamble of the constitution to help us continue the fight!

The year 2012 is coming to an end. This has been a year in which the optimism of the capitalists was crushed under the millstone of the world recession. The early signs of growth have given way to desperation as the world economy is once again plunged into recession. Battles are coming in Canada and internationally, but nothing can be achieved without material resources. We are not funded by multinational companies buying favours of politicians. We have to rely on the sacrifices of our supporters and allies. This is the way socialists have always organized. We would like to wish all our comrades and friends a red new year 2013, full of fruitful revolutionary struggle, while at the same time we appeal for a donation towards building the movement against capitalist austerity.

On Friday, 7th September, Canada’s Conservative government announced that Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and expelled Iranian diplomats from Canada. This latest act by the Canadian government, rightly described as “bizarre” by many commentators, comes after a recent history of aggressive behaviour towards Iran.  The Marxists of Iran and Canada are issuing this joint statement to condemn this latest round of aggression by the Canadian government.

Fightback will be taking a break for the next couple of weeks during the holiday period.  Our next update will be on Wed. 4th Jan. 2012. In the meantime, we're asking our supporters to help us in the new year. 2011 has been a an exciting year for revolutionaries.  We are sure that 2012 will only bring bigger events — which also means that there has never been a greater need for Marxist ideas than now.  With your support, let us make it a Red New Year!

Fightback editor, Alex Grant, was interviewed on the Jim Richards show on Toronto radio station CFRB Newstalk 1010 yesterday. Newstalk 1010 is a well-known right-wing talk radio station.  Alex talked about the #OccupyToronto movement and why it was gaining such traction at this particular period of time.  Listen to Alex go head-to-head with Richards who tries to discredit the movement.

As you can see, we have just redesigned www.marxist.ca. We hope you like the new design which should enable us to reach more and more workers and youth looking for a socialist alternative. In these times of recession and austerity, the ideas of Marxism have never been more valid. However, none of this work comes easy. Our new design, our regular print publications, plus all the ongoing organizing we do, is only possible due to the kind support and sacrifice of our subscribers. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our subscribers for making what we do possible, and for those who have not yet taken out a subscription, we hope that this will inspire you to do your bit to support the cause.

We wish all of our readers and supporters a Merry Marxmas and a Red New Year!  This will be the last update for 2010; new articles will return on 4th January 2011.

After trillions of dollars in bailouts to the banks and bosses, the crisis’ bill has been passed directly to us--the working class. Marxist ideas and methods are proving to be the only way to fight back against cuts and austerity.  This New Year, we ask our readers to join us as a sustaining subscriber--to help continue building socialist activism in Canada. Every single contribution will put us that much closer to finishing off capitalism once and for all!

Activists in Toronto recently held a solidarity BBQ that raised over $1,400 for the efforts of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) revolutionary flood relief campaign.  This was genuine international solidarity on display, with youth and workers from all sorts of communities coming together to assist the relief of workers and poor in Pakistan.  If you are interested in helping out with the PTUDC campaign, please click here .

Fightback will be taking a break for the next couple of weeks during the holiday period. Our next update to our website will be on Tuesday, 5th Jan. 2010. In the meantime, we're asking our supporters to help us in the new year. As all of our readers and supporters know, the capitalist crisis has hit workers hard and we can only expect the attacks to get worse in 2010.  There has never been a greater need for Marxist ideas than now.  With your support, let us make it a Red New Year!

This past summer, the Marxists in Quebec launched their French paper, La Riposte. La Riposte is a paper that speaks for all sections of the working class in Quebec; Fightback is proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the supporters of the International Marxist Tendency In Quebec in our struggle against the capitalist Canadian federal state. With the launch of their new website, www.marxiste.qc.ca, we're sure that we are now one step closer to a socialist Quebec, a socialist Canada, and a socialist world.