The Great Depression 1929-39: A Marxist analysis – part 2

In the second part of his study on the Great Depression, Alex Grant details the punitive policies enacted in Canada against the mass of the unemployed, who were herded into “slave camps”. This led to an inspiring communist-led mass walkout and march on-to-Ottawa. Also, this period led to the founding of new political formations like the CCF, forerunner of the NDP, Canada’s labour party.