For almost half a year, the chairman of the Kurier trade union (representing food delivery couriers), Kirill Ukraintsev, has been in custody. He is charged with repeated violations of the law for holding public events. But in fact, he is being persecuted for legitimate trade union activities, and for defending the rights of one of […]

Since Feb. 20, 2021, Molson Coors company has locked out 300 of its workers, unionized with Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers (CUBGW) Local 325, at their Toronto brewery. On Feb. 22, Labour Fightback explained that the struggle of these workers to defend good union jobs is the fight of the entire working class. […]

The Brazilian section of the International Marxist Tendency has faced an online attack from an anonymous individual in an attempt to silence our revolutionary ideas. The IMT would like to send our full support and solidarity to the Brazilian comrades of Esquerda Marxista and comrade Johannes Halter, who has endured personal threats as well as […]

This article was originally published by the Pakistan Trade Union Solidarity Campaign. International solidarity is flooding in as people all around the world are demanding the release of Mohammad Amin. Comrade Amin was abducted by the Pakistan Rangers on 14 July 2020 in Karachi and his whereabouts are still unknown. His home was raided by the […]

Since the arrest of Max Guerrero and three other activists, Fightback has launched an international solidarity campaign to oppose the charges. Our appeal to supporters around the world has been met with a resounding level of support. The legal fund we created for our comrade has surpassed it’s target. We have seen thousands of letters […]

Below we publish an open letter by the McMaster Indigenous Student Community Alliance (MISCA), condemning the unjust charges laid against Fightback activist Maximiliano Herrera and 3 others by the Hamilton Police Service. Importantly, the letter makes it clear that the problem extends well beyond the arrest of these four activists, which is only part of an ongoing […]

On the morning of Tuesday, October 22, our comrade Max was arrested by plainclothes police officers in front of his home in Hamilton. His family was made to watch as Max was placed in handcuffs and forced into the police cruiser. Max was held in police custody for almost 10 hours. In that time, he […]

Each and every day, the capitalist press provides Canadians with a steady dose of half-truths, inconsequential fluff pieces, and open lies. We read that austerity is good for workers, refugees are plotting to destroy ‘Western civilization’, and that capitalism, whatever its faults, is the best economic system imaginable. As the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky once […]

Below we publish a collection of messages from around the world stand in solidarity with CUPW-STTP against anti-democratic back-to-work legislation. Marxistiska Studenter Stockholm Hello comrades! We in the Marxist Students in Stockholm support your struggle for equal pay for women workers and an end to the injury crisis. The right to strike is the most important right […]

On the cold night of Nov. 28, the city of Hamilton stood in solidarity with CUPW against back-to-work legislation. A picket line was set up in front of the Canada Post processing plant in the Hamilton neighborhood of Stoney Creek. The picket lines were made up of different community, labour, and political groups, as well […]