Canadian Author and Activist
If you hope to win a wealth tax, you need a powerful force advocating to abolish billionaires. To win minimalist measures to taper extreme inequality requires building a socialist movement demanding the expropriation of capitalists’ socially derived wealth. In a positive development, there’s been significant discussion about adopting a wealth tax in Quebec over the... Continue Reading →
The leader of the PQ is promoting an anti-Palestinian conspiracy theory. As Paul St-Pierre Plamondon spews absurd racism, Quebeckers are ever more critical of the Jewish supremacist state. Recently Parti Québécois (PQ) head Paul St-Pierre Plamondon (PSPP) claimed the federal government is turning a blind eye to a Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Canada. In French... Continue Reading →
Avi Lewis has a colonialism problem while some of his left supporters have a deification problem. Recently Joel Bergman posted “Eby betrays indigenous people — Lewis refuses to criticize him”. In his Facebook statement the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party noted, “David Eby, the NDP premier of British Columbia, has moved to amend the... Continue Reading →
Trump’s illegal blockade of Iran highlights Liberal party hypocrisy. After repeatedly raising the importance of international maritime law Ottawa has yet to condemn the US’ flagrant violations of international law. In recent weeks Mark Carney’s government has repeatedly complained about Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. As part of its asymmetric response to US/Israeli... Continue Reading →
The Liberals Defence Industrial Strategy is likely to be an economic disaster. While the plan to stimulate arms production will generate substantial corporate profits, there will be meagre economic benefits for most Canadians or new jobs. Two months ago Mark Carney announced a new Defence Industrial Strategy to further militarize the economy, universities and government... Continue Reading →
After Avi Lewis won the NDP leadership race a leftist playwright labelled him an “anti-imperialist”. Today he reappointed Heather ‘CIA’ McPherson party foreign critic. As NDP foreign affairs critic over the past five years McPherson has generally backed the Liberals’ US empire aligned policy. McPherson, a member of the NATO Parliamentary Association, applauded an individual... Continue Reading →
Those promoting violence across western Asia are hammering at our civil liberties. Authoritarian Zionism has made significant gains in recent days. Monday the Toronto police announced they would ban protests in a neighbourhood because three in ten people living there are Jewish. They conceded to the months-long push by genocidal Jewish supremacists to suppress a... Continue Reading →
The mad dog must be put down. Or at least Canada must stop granting Israel unique benefits as it commits a second genocide. Israel is seeking to permanently depopulate a large swath of southern Lebanon. Tel Aviv has ordered the evacuation of all Lebanese south of the Litani River. On Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... Continue Reading →
Defeat of the NDP’s No More Loopholes Act should spur support for a resolution to the party convention calling on Ottawa to withdraw from NATO. By citing the alliance to justify voting against Bill C-233 government officials reminded us that NATO strengthens the worst tendencies of our political culture. On Wednesday, Parliament voted by a... Continue Reading →
The Liberals are backing away from their extreme support for US/Israeli aggression on Iran, but they must be pressed to go far further and end their bid to isolate that country. After a series of statements over the weekend strongly endorsing the aggression, foreign affairs minister Anita Anand toned down her belligerence on Monday. She... Continue Reading →
Many self-described “Jewish” institutions should be considered crime scenes. They are gathering places for those who ought to be prosecuted under the War Crimes Act and are often places where young Canadians are illegally “induced” into joining a foreign military while flouting genocide statutes and charity law. A La Presse investigation published Thursday into... Continue Reading →
The first leg of my Failure of Social Democracy tour was well attended and we intervened at the NDP debate. Now, can we pull off something similar at the party convention in Winnipeg? At The Failure of Social Democracy: NDP militarism and imperialism tour out west last week turnouts in Victoria, Powell River and Kelowna... Continue Reading →
Bravo to Avi. Shame on Lewis supporters who attacked me. Now let’s get him to say, “yes I agree with NDP members calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO”. On February 6, I began an article asking “Is Avi Lewis a war monger? Does he want to prolong the costliest proxy war in Canadian history?”... Continue Reading →
Jack Layton was a warmonger and Tommy Douglas was deeply anti-Palestinian. To end complicity in empire and Zionism NDP members need to hear the truth. In response to my recent article “To break with imperialism, NDP must break with Layton legacy”, Jimothy McGill posted “If you thought the NDP had no political instincts, may I... Continue Reading →
Jack Layton was a warmonger and the veneration of the late NDP leader highlights the party’s militarist ethos. A few months ago, leadership candidate Heather McPherson declared, “Jack believed that hope could triumph over fear, that everyone deserves a seat at the table in the fight for something better. Standing at his statue in Toronto... Continue Reading →
A socialist review published an interview about “Reclaiming Socialism” in Canada’s NDP but ghosted a Socialist Caucus instigated campaign promoting a platform titled “Capitalism can’t be fixed — onwards to a socialist future”. The omission highlights the professional left’s hostility to an insurgent bid to expand the “Overton window” that launched with call for a... Continue Reading →
I’m in BC next week to discuss the Failure of Social Democracy: NDP militarism and imperialism and protest the NDP leadership debate. Left supporters of Avi Lewis should back our ongoing push to challenge the NDP brass and capitalism. Two weeks ago, the NDP’s unelected three person vetting committee rejected Bianca Mugyenyi’s candidacy. Despite supporters... Continue Reading →
Canadian media is so anti-Palestinian that a leading critic of the industry calls pointing out crass media bias “antisemitism”. In November longtime TV Ontario host Steven Paikin participated in a five-day Israeli government organized trip to that country. According to the Israeli consulate message to participants, they were among “a carefully chosen group of... Continue Reading →
The struggle against Canadian imperialism has taken various forms. On occasion it has included blockades, Molotovs and arms while a lively current battle is about paying the NDP $130,000. In Haiti, they’ve repeatedly burned tires in front of the Canadian embassy or chucked rocks and Molotov cocktails at it. In Ramallah, they’ve pelted the Canadian... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum was a masterclass of ‘judge what I say, not what I do’ spin. Within hours the government was already contradicting his most salient words. In Davos, Switzerland, last week Canada’s prime minister challenged Donald Trump, questioned the rules based international order and defended sovereignty. Carney declared, “Principled... Continue Reading →
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