Avi Lewis has the moral courage to add substance to the NDP
Avi Lewis has both the moral courage and the policy credentials that have the potential to add substance to the NDP, writes former CUPE National President Paul Moist. Photo courtesy…
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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…
Avi Lewis brings bold Green New Deal vision to NDP campaign
Fillmmaker and Leap co-founder Avi Lewis is running for the NDP in the next federal election. He secured the nomination for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in late May.…
2021 NDP convention day three: Party offers roadmap for a better Canada
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks at his party’s convention on Sunday, April 11, 2021. To read Christo’s full coverage of the 2021 NDP convention, click here. The 2021 NDP…
2021 NDP convention day two: Party takes a historic step on Palestine
Jagmeet Singh at the 2021 NDP convention, April 10, 2021. Photo from Twitter. The second day of the 2021 NDP convention remained deeply flawed from a technical standpoint, meaning that…
2021 NDP convention day one: Encouraging signs, but a deeply flawed process
Jagmeet Singh at the 2021 NDP convention, April 9, 2021. More than 2,000 delegates will paritcipate in this year’s virtual event which will chart the future course of the party.…
NDP resolutions present opportunity to build a socialist Canada
According to CD columnist Christo Aivalis, NDP delegates have put forward a priority list that can be the foundation for a democratic socialist Canada based on social, economic, and environmental…
The fortunate Marxist: Ernie Tate (1934-2021)
Ernie Tate (1934-2021) was a long-standing supporter and leading member of Trotskyist groups in Canada and the United Kingdom and a founder of the International Marxist Group and Vietnam Solidarity…
Remembering Ed Finn
Ed Finn, trade unionist, editor and first leader of the NDP in Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo by Ben Welland. Shortly after I began working at the Canadian Centre for Policy…
Leo Panitch: Teacher, friend, comrade
Leo Panitch talks to the ENA Institute’s Director of Research, Nikos Erinakis, in 2018. Photo courtesy of ENA. The news of his hospitalization came unexpectedly just a few weeks ago.…
In appreciation of Leo Panitch
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. Photo courtesy of Socialist Register. The sudden death our friend and comrade Leo Panitch has led to an extraordinary outpouring…
Jack Layton is the NDP’s third rail
Former NDP leader Jack Layton at a rally in Saskatoon, April 9, 2011. Photo by Matt Jiggins/Flickr. The NDP is in the midst of a quiet crisis. The party has…
Mel Watkins: A Life Well Lived
Political economist, activist and professor Mel Watkins (1932-2020). Image created by Krishna Lalbiharie. Mel Watkins, who passed on April 2, was a wonderful human being, a friend and mentor, the…
The Waffle at 50
Walter Gordon, left, chair of the 1955-1957 Royal Commission on Canada’s Economic Prospects, and Cy Gonick, founding publisher of Canadian Dimension, and one of the leading figures of the Waffle…