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Author: Pete Marlowe

Solidarity 1983: BC’s Near Revolution

November 8, 2023 Pete Marlowe, Leslie Kemp

Forty years ago, in the fall of 1983, BC was heading to a General Strike and then it was all called off. This was a defeat for BC’s unions and social movements, that opened the gates to cuts in public services and attacks on unions. The percentage of workers in unions has fallen more in […]

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Lessons of the Winnipeg General Strike: 1919

July 17, 2019 Pete Marlowe, Bill Hopwood, Aiden Sisler

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was a crucial event in Canadian history. It is probably the closest the working class in Canada has come, so far, to taking power, albeit in one city. Although it is one hundred years ago, the lessons are rich for workers today and will be vital for future class […]

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Vancouver – Jean Swanson for “The City We Need”

June 9, 2018 Pete Marlowe

Vancouver’s political revolution is rolling forward. Jean Swanson is running again for City Council! This follows from the political earthquake she caused in last November’s city by-election. On June 9, at a rally at The Crescent in Shaughnessy, a Vancouver neighbourhood so tony it should be called Anthony, Jean Swanson announced she is a candidate […]

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