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The Communist League has run candidates in some federal, provincial and municipal elections in Canada, most notably in
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were closed by 2008, with CL members from those locations relocated to Montreal to consolidate the organization there.
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spearheaded by the SWP and changed its name to the Communist League. The new group ceased publication of the
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and primary spokesperson, succeeding Steve Penner in the early 1990s.
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As the Communist League has not registered as a political party with
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Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire
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In 1990, the RWL left the FI to become part of the new
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