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TBPL used to be committed to the central principle of decolonization, which is to decentre settler colonial perspectives and re-centre Indigenous perspectives.

TBNewswatch is looking back at the top 10 stories of each month in 2023, as chosen by Dougall Media's director of news, Leith Dunick. Here are the picks from March.

In a letter to the editor, John Pateman argues Thunder Bay's recently-cut sister cities program offered valuable global connections.

In recent years it has become widely accepted, even by Communist Party members, that Hungary 1956 was no counter-revolution, and that the Russian invasion was wrong. So it came as a genuine shock to read a piece in the Morning Star of 15 May, headed: “Despite its best efforts, you can still see socialism in Budapest” with a sub-heading that includes the words “Infamous for the misunderstood events of 1956”. By “misunderstood” it’s clear that the author (one John Pateman) does not mean the Stalinist lies about a “counter-revolution” — quite the contrary.

In recent years it has become widely accepted, even by Communist Party members, that Hungary 1956 was no counter-revolution, and that the Russian invasion was wrong. So it came as a genuine shock to read a piece in the Morning Star of 15 May, headed: “Despite its best efforts, you can still see socialism in Budapest” with a sub-heading that includes the words “Infamous for the misunderstood events of 1956”. By “misunderstood” it’s clear that the author (one John Pateman) does not mean the Stalinist lies about a “counter-revolution” — quite the contrary.