Michel Dugré
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Michel Dugré is a veteran Canadian
political activist. A member of the Revolutionary Workers League in the 1970s and 1980s, he later joined the successor Communist League
and served on its Central Committee. Since 1979, he has been a candidate in seven federal, two provincial, and three municipal elections.
Dugré is a garment presser and has worked as a meat packer. He has also written for the Communist League and affiliated groups. In 1987, the journal New International
published Dugré's essay, "Land, labor, and the Canadian socialist revolution," which reviewed the history of Canadian farming policy and the potential for a farmer-labour political alliance.
Dugré was one of the Communist League's leading proponents for a "oui" vote in the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty. He said that a vote for Quebec sovereignty would reflect "the long-standing and legitimate aspirations of the French-speaking majority in [Quebec] for equality and justice" and "[make] it possible to unite working people across Canada against the capitalist rulers' attacks on our unions, our social services, and our rights."
When Dugré ran for mayor of Montreal
in the 1998 Montreal municipal election
, he called for the creation of a workers and farmers government and said that he would introduce a thirty-hour work week for municipal employees without a cut in pay. In the 2006 Toronto election, he pledged to stop deportations and legalize all immigrants and indicated that he supported the Six Nations
in Grand River land dispute.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
political activist. A member of the Revolutionary Workers League in the 1970s and 1980s, he later joined the successor Communist League
Communist League (Canada)
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...
and served on its Central Committee. Since 1979, he has been a candidate in seven federal, two provincial, and three municipal elections.
Dugré is a garment presser and has worked as a meat packer. He has also written for the Communist League and affiliated groups. In 1987, the journal New International
New International
New International is a magazine of Marxist theory published by the Socialist Workers Party of the United States between 1934 and 1940, and since 1983.The magazine was founded and edited by Martin Abern and Max Shachtman...
published Dugré's essay, "Land, labor, and the Canadian socialist revolution," which reviewed the history of Canadian farming policy and the potential for a farmer-labour political alliance.
Dugré was one of the Communist League's leading proponents for a "oui" vote in the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty. He said that a vote for Quebec sovereignty would reflect "the long-standing and legitimate aspirations of the French-speaking majority in [Quebec] for equality and justice" and "[make] it possible to unite working people across Canada against the capitalist rulers' attacks on our unions, our social services, and our rights."
When Dugré ran for mayor of Montreal
Mayor of Montreal
The Mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of Montreal City Council.The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and provincial laws within Montreal....
in the 1998 Montreal municipal election
Montreal municipal election, 1998
The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada held municipal elections on November 1, 1998, to elect a mayor and city councillors. Pierre Bourque was returned to a second term as mayor against a divided opposition....
, he called for the creation of a workers and farmers government and said that he would introduce a thirty-hour work week for municipal employees without a cut in pay. In the 2006 Toronto election, he pledged to stop deportations and legalize all immigrants and indicated that he supported the Six Nations
Six Nations
Six Nations may refer to:* Iroquois Confederacy, a group of First Nations/Native American people that originally consisted of five nations, later six...
in Grand River land dispute.