{"id":3274313,"date":"2024-05-16T16:56:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3274313"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:56:47","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-the-communist-party-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-the-communist-party-of-canada","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: The Communist Party of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>When you hear the word &#8220;communist&#8221;, what do you think you hear? Have you checked that?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3274314\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-the-communist-party-of-canada\/attachment\/lunchbox2024communists\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2024Communists\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3274314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024Communists.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Liz Rowley<\/strong>, Leader of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/\">Communist Party of Canada<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Ivan Byard<\/strong>, the General Secretary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ycl-ljc.ca\/\">Young Communist League<\/a>. 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