Leftist/NDP Lessons & Cautions

Leftist/NDP Lessons & Cautions

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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
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