On June 26, 2010 all we heard in the media about the G20 Summit was the breakage that happened at the big demonstration in Toronto. Mayor David Miller denounced the “criminal acts that could only have been committed by people coming from the outside.” As for Chief of police Bill Blair, he announced the beginning of the hunt for “criminal elements,” which continues until now. Even the so-called socialist Jack Layton from the NDP made a quick statement condemning the “acts committed by demonstrators” who were targeting the symbols of the big bourgeoisie like banks and multinationals buildings.

- Some comments by a militant

In the tumult of events surrounding the G20 Summit, a certain segment of what is generally referred to as the “far left” found itself denouncing the Black Blocs and other masked militants who carried out apparently illegal acts. Some went so far as to claim that the various actions against the bourgeoisie and its state were carried out by agent provocateurs, even that they were planned by the police itself. One could read this kind of analysis from the pen of Trotskyist authors. The leader of the “Communist Party of Canada,” Miguel Figueroa, took his stand against the Black Block, too, calling for a public denunciation of “anarchists.”

The crisis of the imperialist system goes on with its impact on the proletarians and the masses throughout the world. The imperialist bourgeoisies in the world take advantage of the crisis to restructure the capitalist system at the world scale, to “improve” it in their interest and for their profits. For the proletarians and oppressed people, it means hunger and poverty, increasing unemployment and cost of living, sackings, closing factories, precariousness.

People who call themselves communists are fewer. Yet it is this aspiration to a more egalitarian society that has guided the actions of many revolutionaries. Here in Canada, there are several organizations, like the old “Communist Party of Canada,” that claim to be communist; but most of them don’t do more than support bourgeois politics or a section of the ruling class. Others are even hiding their adherence to communism by practicing “entryism” in social-democratic parties, believing it is possible to create a kind of “workers party” within the frame of bourgeois politics.

According to the MasterCard Worldwide Centres of Commerce Index, Toronto is fourth out of the 75 “most influential cities that drive the global economy” for its “ease of doing business,” right after Singapore, Hong Kong and London. The index is based on indicators such as “assessments of investor protection, quality of banking, the ease with which contracts are enforced, and other basic services.” It also considers regulations for urban development as well as social policies. In other words, the index rates the economical and political environment that better suits the needs of the capitalists.

From an ideological standpoint, the RCP is relying on Marxism- Leninism-Maoism. Why are we talking about Maoism here in Canada? Since 150 years, the working class has led numerous struggles against capitalism and exploitation. In Russia and China, great revolutions have shaken the bases of the bourgeois system. Significant victories came out of these revolutions, although the new bourgeoisie who took power there set them aside. Maoism is the synthesis of the whole communist movement experience, which is made up of both positive and negative lessons. Upholding Maoism is a bold statement that we not only want to overthrow the rotten capitalist system but we also pledge to continue the revolution until communism and the abolition of social classes. To rely on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism will allow us to go deeper and further in the struggle for our liberation.

On December 5th 2009 at the Café Nagua in Québec City, comrades from the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) held their third meeting on First Nations struggles. Fifty people or so coming from different walks of life and nationalities gathered to hear Michelle Bédard, a Huron-Wendat, member of the Canadian Métis Council