The Communist League in Canada was founded as the Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire in 1977 as the result of a merger of the League for Socialist Action, the Revolutionary Marxist Group and the Groupe Marxiste Revolutionaire. Originally a Trotskyist party, the RWL was the Canadian section of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. The group followed the US Socialist Workers Party's trajectory away from Trotskyism in favour of a view of Fidel Castro's Cuba as the vanguard of world revolution. The RWL purged members who did not support the new orientation, many of whom went on to form Socialist Challenge and Gauche Socialiste. In the late 1980s, the RWL left the USFI to become part of the new Pathfinder tendency based around the SWP. It changed its name to the Communist League in 1990. The new group ceased publication of the English Socialist Voice in favour of selling The Militant, published in New York City by the SWP. The Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire was a Canadian Trostkyist party formed on August 8, 1977 by the fusion of the Revolutionary Marxist Group and its Quebec counterpart, the Groupe Marxiste Revolutionnarie with the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The International Left Opposition (Trotskyist) of Canada, the Workers Party of Canada, Socialist Policy Group, Socialist Workers League, Revolutionary Workers Party, League for Socialist Action and Revolutionary Workers League were names of successive Trotskyist organisations in Canada. ... The Revolutionary Marxist Group was a Trotskyist political organization in Canada in the 1970s. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The United Secretariat of the Fourth International (USFI) is the largest Trotskyist international organisation. ... The Socialist Workers Party is a small communist political party in the United States. ... Cuban President Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926), has led Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista, and transformed Cuba into the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere. ... World revolution is a Marxist concept of a violent overthrow of capitalism that would take place in all countries, although not necessarily simultaneously. ... Socialist Challenge was the name of a Trotskyist group in English Canada formed by former members of the Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire who were expelled or resigned when the RWL moved away from Trotskyism in the early 1980s. ... Gauche Socialiste is a Trotskyist faction within the Parti de la Democratie Socialiste (PDS) in Quebec, Canada. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of the group of organizations, each known as the Communist League grouped around the Socialist Workers Party of the United States. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ...

Michel Prairie is the group's general secretary and primary spokesperson. Previous secretaries of the group are John Riddell, who was a leading figure in the LSA and the RWL, and Steve Penner, formerly of the RMG and a grandson of Jacob Penner. The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. ... There was also another Jacob Penner, leader of partisan group in Poland Jacob Penner and his wife, Rose Jacob Penner (August 12, 1880 - August 28, 1965) was a popular socialist politician in Canada. ...

The Communist League has run candidates in some provincial and municipal elections in Canada, most notably in Ontario and Quebec. John Steele was the party's nominal Ontario leader during the 1995 provincial election, and was the party's candidate for Mayor of Toronto in the 2000 election. He won 1,412 votes out of approximately 550,000 votes cast in Toronto. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... John Steele is a political activist in Ontario, Canada. ... Bob Raes Ontario New Democratic Party government was defeated by voters, who are angry at the mistakes made by the inexperienced NDP, and frustrated by rising taxes and unemployment. ... This is a list of mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Toronto municipal election of 2000, dubbed Toronto Vote 2000 was the municipal and school board election held in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000. ...

In early 2004, two former leading activists in the group, Roger Annis and former leader John Riddell, left the CL over a dispute regarding protests against the US invasion of Iraq, and started the Socialist Voice website, taking the name of the RWL's old newspaper. For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the...

Today, the group has a few dozen members in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, and operates Pathfinder Bookstores in each of those cities. Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ... Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell Governing Body Vancouver City Council Latitude: Longitude: 49°16...

As of the party congress held in 2000, the CL's Central Committee consisted of Carlos Catalán, Christian Cournoyer, Michel Dugré, Maria Isabel Le Blanc, Michel Prairie, and Joe Young. [1] 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China meets in 2002 The Central Committee is a leading body of an organization, most often a political party, especially Communist parties. ...