The Case For A Maoist Approach To Electoral Politics
Communists aren’t a strong enough force to confront Canadian settler capitalism either within the state or by turning away.
Communists aren’t a strong enough force to confront Canadian settler capitalism either within the state or by turning away.
“Dead names can be a really tricky thing for trans people. Essentially, after a legal name change, you really just want to leave that behind. So, having to repeatedly tell people, it's not an easy process emotionally.”
The focus on securing electoral office orients political discourse to concentrate on the imbecilic minutiae of parliamentary drama.
“We need to be going well beyond what the IPCC has said what the global average should be, which is 45 per cent (reduction in emissions). Civil society groups have said that 60 per cent is a good fair share.”
Our situation demands we invest our energies into direct action for change, rather than changing parliament’s window dressings.
O’Toole’s defence of increasing for-profit involvement in the public healthcare system relies on similar talking points made by provincial Conservative politicians in Alberta and Ontario in recent years.
“I’ve had officers put hands on me on two instances where I was on the side of the road, doing my job.”
We examined comments the party leaders made on abortion, the climate emergency, Indigenous people, policing, housing, child care and pharmacare.
Unions and those on the left should make clear how limited the Liberal anti-scab proposal is.