Leftist Lessons & Cautions

Leftist Lessons & Cautions

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Is "The Left" LOSING Right Now? Why Liberalism Won’t Save Us
Is "The Left" LOSING Right Now? Why Liberalism Won’t Save Us
Is the American Left actually losing—or are we fighting on terrain we never chose?In this video, I answer a rising question in my comment sections: Are we lo...
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Is "The Left" LOSING Right Now? Why Liberalism Won’t Save Us
Neoliberalism's Failure and What the Left Must Do | Perspectives Journal
Neoliberalism's Failure and What the Left Must Do | Perspectives Journal
2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer Grace Blakeley sits down with Luke Savage in for a conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism and what the left must do if it is to win the working-class.
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Neoliberalism's Failure and What the Left Must Do | Perspectives Journal
Former Socialism's Faults
Former Socialism's Faults
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Former Socialism's Faults
The Fatal Flaws of the Futureless Left
The Fatal Flaws of the Futureless Left
The rise of doomers, preppers, and antinatalists on the Left reveals something deeper than the hollow posture of rebellion: a collapse of belief in tomorrow. A Left that chants “No future” isn’t just demoralized — it’s unserious, misanthropic, and bound to lose.
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The Fatal Flaws of the Futureless Left
how the left lost the internet
how the left lost the internet
why i left the left the left the leftdrop your favorite youtuber in the comments!media matters report: https://www.mediamatters.org/google/right-dominates-on...
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how the left lost the internet
Corporations Would Literally Kill You to Turn a Profit
Corporations Would Literally Kill You to Turn a Profit
Coca-Cola killed trade unionists in Latin America. General Motors built vehicles known to catch fire. Tobacco companies suppressed cancer research. And Boeing knew that its planes were dangerous. Corporations don't care if they kill people — as long as it's profitable.
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Corporations Would Literally Kill You to Turn a Profit
The perils of left populism
The perils of left populism
In a recent piece for The Breach, writer and organizer Emma Jackson calls for an “expansive left populism” to defeat the far-right. While she identifies many of the fronts on which the left must fight, it remains unclear how populism as such should serve as a working program for broad left demands, given its susceptibility to the politics of reaction.
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The perils of left populism
Finding a new purpose for the NDP
Finding a new purpose for the NDP
In a first-past-the-post system like Canada’s, it’s not unusual for the major parties to consolidate support in the run-up to an election. But in the bigger picture, the NDP—and the Canadian left more generally—seems to be at a loss for purpose in a political landscape that is suddenly oriented around threats from our southern neighbour.
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Finding a new purpose for the NDP
NDP insiders are trying to cook the leadership race
NDP insiders are trying to cook the leadership race
The New Democratic Party needs a bold, democratic renewal—but insiders appear to want a short, rigged race to lock in the status quo. Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs discuss the consultant class’s grip on the party, and what a different kind of NDP might look like. ________________________________
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NDP insiders are trying to cook the leadership race