Return of the ‘F’ word: Fascism and remembrance
Portrait of Donald Trump. Illustration by Luca Federici/Flickr. Every November 11th, when Canada honours its veterans and war dead, I think of my late parents. Dad served in the British…
Robert Hackett
Democratic socialists gathered to compare notes. Listen in
Protesters flying a DSA flag during the George Floyd protests in Austin, Texas. Photo from Flickr. The subject of democratic socialism just won’t go away. It emerged most famously in…
What the Anjali insurgency tells us about today’s NDP
BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai speaks during a news conference in downtown Vancouver, October 19, 2022. Photo from www.anjaliforbc.ca. “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to…
Pie in the sky: a history of the Ontario Waffle
Waffle leaders James Laxer and Mel Watkins in 1972. Photo courtesy Toronto Public Library. The following essay by Robert Hackett appeared in the October-November 1980 edition of Canadian Dimension. It…
Opening Up to Media Democracy
In January 2008, Canadian Dimension published a theme issue on Big Media highlighting the need for progressives to organize a movement to “break the monopolies” and democratize communication policy. Articles…