Canadian Author and Activist
Some in the NDP are once again up to their undemocratic shenanigans. A committee of three-party insiders is angling to suppress a campaign with a thousand volunteers proposing an eco-socialist alternative to our wealth-concentrating economic system. On Monday the NDP Chief Electoral Officer released a statement to the National Post and Toronto Star accusing me of lying. Éric Hébert-Daly stated, “It has... Continue Reading →
The NDP needs to rekindle the anti-capitalist thinking and activist energy that spurred its creation. That logic has shaped my campaign’s recently released platform. In July 1933 the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) met in Regina for its first national convention. About 130 delegates approved what became known as the Regina Manifesto. It said, “genuine international... Continue Reading →
A rookie Liberal MP defied the law and his government in service of a state committing a live streamed holocaust. Because it was on behalf of Israel it will likely pass with little uproar. A week ago, Toronto MP Vince Gasparro released an unusual video in which he announced that the anti-genocide Irish rap group... Continue Reading →
Mark Carney is slashing the public service as he boosts the war machine. Unfortunately, the NDP has been too supportive of militarism to effectively boost unions that want the federal government to focus on human welfare rather than corporate warfare. The Carney government is cutting tens of thousands of jobs from the federal public service.... Continue Reading →
The NDP has let an individual who applauded a Nazi, supported buying a tar sands pipeline, engaged with a CIA talk shop, sits on a NATO parliamentary body and praises Canada’s leading proponent of a state committing a holocaust to participate its leadership race. But they may block someone who has spent two decades challenging... Continue Reading →
“No CCF Government will rest content until it has eradicated capitalism and put into operation the full programme of socialized planning which will lead to the establishment in Canada of the Cooperative Commonwealth.” — 1933 Regina Manifesto During two months of campaigning to lead the NDP we’ve questioned the foundation of our economic system more... Continue Reading →
Resistance to militarism is growing. Hopefully it can restrain Mark Carney’s extremism. In recent days we’ve seen messages from the Council of Canadians, Toronto District Labour Council and other established left groups questioning militarism. One of the five demands of the Draw the Line coalition that brought out tens of thousands Saturday was “End the... Continue Reading →
It doesn’t matter how many crimes Israel commits, Zionist authoritarianism marches on. The bid to shut down my NDP leadership campaign, the barring of Kneecap from Canada and the Carney government’s new “hate” legislation highlight the staying power of Zionist authoritarianism two years into a live streamed holocaust. From the moment I announced my bid... Continue Reading →
Anglicans should apologize for their role in Zionist dispossession, not embolden genocidal fanatics. On Monday St. Paul’s Bloor St. Anglican church in Toronto succumbed to pressure from genocide lobbyists and cancelled the room for my NDP leadership event with Rabbi David Mivisair, student encampment organizer Sara Rasikh and former Canadian Union of Postal Workers president... Continue Reading →
Amidst Israel’s live streamed holocaust, its advocates in this country can still get public events cancelled. And on the day a United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, incited these acts, Mark Carney is about to further empower genocide... Continue Reading →
As most of world concludes Israel is a rogue terrorist state, Canadian media give prominent positions to Zionist activists. The appointment of Ben Mulroney to anchor Global New’s The West Block highlights the genocidal character of the media establishment. Yesterday Al Jazeera noted, “Israel has attacked six countries in the past 72 hours” while antiwar.com... Continue Reading →
Canada’s support for Israel’s live streamed holocaust is an indictment of the whole damn system. The upcoming Draw the Line protests are a step towards recognizing and challenging this reality, but we should go further, faster, as my campaign to lead the NDP is proposing. Two years into what has been deemed a genocide by... Continue Reading →
If more people, especially “liberals”, would have listened to the anti-Zionist appeals of a long ago Concordia Student Union (CSU) perhaps Canada wouldn’t be complicit in a live-streamed holocaust today. The National Post’s condemnation of the CSU’s 2025-26 handbook brought back memories of my time in student government. In “Concordia’s rabidly anti-Israel student union must... Continue Reading →
Challenging power is never easy and if you have success backlash is certain. But we won’t be deterred in our bid to oppose genocide, militarism and capitalism. Over 1000 NDP members, covering all the party’s regional, equity and age requirements, have signed my nomination form to participate in the leadership race. That’s twice the number... Continue Reading →
It’s time to draw a line. We need to derail Mark Carney’s militarist and capitalist agenda. On September 20, a coalition of more than 100 organizations are planning protests across the country to challenge Carney’s support for genocide, attacks on collective bargaining and sell-out to Donald Trump. Draw the Line’s website states: “We refuse to... Continue Reading →
Heather vs Avi. That’s how the liberal media and NDP brass would like to frame the leadership race but, unfortunately for them there’s an anti-genocide, anti-military and anti-US insurgent left campaign promoting economic democracy, degrowth and land back policies, which is already shaping the debate. In “Heather McPherson, Avi Lewis prepare NDP leadership bids”... Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Mark Carney has floated the notion of deploying Canadian troops to Ukraine. This would be mistake. Canadian soldiers should not be dispatched to that country. Instead, it’s time for Ottawa to change tack and promote a diplomatic resolution to the violent conflict. In Kyiv Sunday Carney said Canada would consider sending troops to... Continue Reading →
Recent events illustrate the geopolitics of political prisoners and are a lesson for us all about how the system favours certain ways of looking at the world. Marwan Barghouti has been locked up for nearly a quarter century. One of 10 000+ Palestinians kidnapped by occupation forces, Barghouti has been labeled the “Palestinian Nelson Mandela”... Continue Reading →
The NDP’s greatest achievement was bitterly condemned at the time. It contributed to the party’s defeat in the next election. The subject has some broad lessons for my internationalist, anti-capitalist, insurgent campaign to lead the NDP. The first lesson is you can win even if you lose. Another lesson is if you confront entrenched power,... Continue Reading →
Genocide advocates are whipped up by my call to defend Canadians’ civil liberties and a colonized people’s internationally enshrined right to resist a brutal occupation. The panic highlights just how weak the NDP’s opposition to a live-streamed holocaust has been. On Sunday I told a Montreal 4 Palestine demonstration that as part of my bid... Continue Reading →
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