Much has been said about the criminal syndicalism laws in the United States and the outlawing of syndicalist organizing under the first Red Scare in 1919. Yet it is often overlooked that similar laws targeting the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were passed in Canada in the context of capitalist attacks on militant working class organizing, and ruling class xenophobia, and fear of transnational labor solidarity, during World War One. Indeed, this September marks the 105-year anniversary of the passing of the most far-reaching anti-syndicalist law in Canada one that explicitly targeted the IWW making membership a crime. Notably, the Canadian criminalization of syndicalism predated the criminal syndicalism laws in the US. More than a century later we should reacquaint ourselves with these acts of government, which are largely forgotten today. Not only for our understanding of the role of the state in advancing the interests of capital and quashing resistance. But also because of re
OTTAWA As the RCMP marks its 150th anniversary, a familiar, nagging question about the storied national police force is resurfacing: Should the Mounties withdraw from small communities across Canada to fully concentrate on big-ticket federal files such as cybercrime, fraud and human trafficking?
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OTTAWA - As the RCMP marks its 150th anniversary, a familiar, nagging question about the storied national police force is resurfacing: Should the Moun.
OTTAWA A timeline of some key events in the evolution of the RCMP's structure and responsibilities: May 3, 1873: Act establishing the North-West Mounted Police introduced by then-prime minister John A. Macdonald.