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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GREAT START of the greatest issue facing labor/progressive/socialist policies forging a strong voice in a revitalized NDP.
My experience hails from the “Socialist caucus” of the CCF-NDP that charted the way forward for working-class/unionist POWER in Canada so successfully
I was a longtime member of the NDP. I am no longer and do not intend to become a member. The very issues that you have brought forward in the podcast rings very real with my experience with NDP. A was a former riding president becoming very disenchanted when one of our nomination meetings was clearly fixed. We were not even allowed to challenge the results. People were there to vote who did not live in our riding.
I am not at all optimistic that under the present regime insiders that the NDP can reform itself. It needs to move left, engage civil society groups that advocate for the marginalized, labour and a host of others that you have named. Until then I am not interested in working for the party. I have been there done that for many elections both provincial and federally giving them the best years of my life. I will now vote for the local candidate who I think can best get things done for our community.
I used to be proud of the NDP voice who spoke out about racism, homeless poor and addicted, public universal health care. I live in hope that things will change and wish I knew how the voices of former members might be heard with the view to make the party brass listen.
Thanks for your journalism. It is so needed.
Thank you for reporting this.
Capitalism poisons all.
When we allow our political establishments to be so blatantly corrupt in pursuit of their own personal enrichment, we cant be surprised at what it brings.
Every politician leaves office significantly more wealthy than when they entered, while the majority of its citizens are worse off than before their “reform”.
We’ve allowed corporations to exploit our own citizens for meager pay, and use part of their profits to buy off our politicians and change laws for their benefit.
We desperately need electoral reform, campaign finance reform, proportional representation, and unapologetic socialism.
Capitalism will not save us, when it is the reason we are in this position to begin with.
The NDP will not get a single vote from me as long as they’re pushing corporate shills, capitalism, and “free market solutions”.
Eat the rich.
Yes, the problem is very well aarticulated by many people, and you nailed it in these pieces. I’ve also left the NDP because of these issues, and my question is “How do we fix this issue? And get started on it RIGHT NOW” I listened to Naomi and Seth Klein’s conversation at the Chan centre, which was recorded just before the federal election. Seth has written about the solution in his book and so, of course has Naomi spelled it out in all her scholarship and books, but at the conclusion of this Chan Centre dialogue, Seth spelled out the road forward as he sees it, and I’d even get involved since the federal Green party’s leadership hijacking several years ago by a Zionist who should never have been made party leader and a good candidate basically prevented from winning by the party insiders, including E May, who I admire and like, but it happened and I now fear that it’s not going anywhere further than one stellar MP. So, what do we do, and who, much younger than me, is going to spearhead it, or at least start inviting people to step forward who are interested?