Can Avi Lewis inject new life into the New Democrats?
Documentary film producer and Leap Manifesto co-author Avi Lewis is seeking the federal NDP nomination in a riding in southern British Columbia. Lewis is pictured here at an NDP convention…
Judy Rebick
Victory in defeat
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh at a capaign event in Parksville Beach, BC. Photo by Wayne Polk (Flickr). When the news broke that the Liberals had won every riding in the…
Election 2019: It’s a horse race
Top row, from left: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, Bloc…
Beyond teamsters and turtles: Jobs, justice, climate
Photo by Matt Brown Jobs, Justice, Climate is the slogan of what we hope will be a massive march in Toronto on July 5 and Vancouver on July 4. To…
Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics
Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics ( Nww Star Books, 2013) is both a tribute to a true Canadian hero and a reminder that once, not so long ago, an…
Stories from the front line of the victorious abortion struggle in Canada
Monday, January 28 is the anniversary of the deepest and most important victory the women’s movement in Canada has ever had. After almost 20 years of struggle, beginning with the…
Idle No More: A profound social movement that is already succeeding
I haven’t written about Idle No More yet because I am inspired by the plethora of Indigenous voices that we are finally hearing across the country, including of late in…
2012: A Year of Activism from Maple Spring to Idle No More
I think we will look back at 2012 as the year that everything changed. The year began with what became a powerful strike of Quebec students against an intransigent government…
So sad for the people of Gaza
I haven’t written a blog in a long time but the recent attack on Gaza has moved me to write. During the last attack in 2009, I was angry, furious…
Understanding the Victory of Thomas Mulcair
Most of the mainstream media, with the help of the Mulcair and Topp campaigns, constructed the leadership battle at the NDP convention as a battle between those who wanted to…
An extraordinary day in the life of Occupy Toronto
It’s hard to create a community based on love and compassion in the middle of a society based on greed and fear. The hippies tried it without much success even…
The Eviction of Occupy Toronto: An amazing, inspiring and sad day
With a report by Ezequiel Adamovsky It’s hard to create a community based on love and compassion in the middle of a society based on greed and fear. The hippies…
The morning after: Where are we and where do we go from here?
It was an extraordinary election. Both Stephen Harper and Jack Layton got the results they were aiming for. Stephen Harper got his majority and Jack Layton replaced the Liberal Party…
Vote for the Canada You Want
“We’re going to win, Judy,” Stephen Lewis told me over the phone a few days before the 1990 Ontario election. “C’mon Stephen, you guys always get a little delusional as…