Reflections on the NDP at 50
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- Published on Saturday, June 18 2011 13:44
The gains by the NDP in the 2011 federal election have made the questions of what the NDP is today and how people opposed to the austerity agenda should relate to it even more important. The editors of New Socialist Webzine are glad to publish this contribution by Murray Cooke on the NDP past and present.
As always, we welcome constructive comments and other submissions that address these questions. Readers may also want to read the article, "After the Election 2011: Building our Movements on Shifting Ground."
Vancouver's Hockey Riot: How to Understand It
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- Published on Friday, June 17 2011 20:17
By Dave Zirin
How do we understand the riots that exploded in Vancouver after the beloved Canucks lost the Stanley Cup Finals?
A Letter About Trotskyism
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- Published on Saturday, June 11 2011 16:11
This is the third in a series of letters by one of the editors of NS Webzine. The first two are here and here.
Dear A,
You asked me if the people who publish this webzine are Trotskyists. Speaking only for myself here, I don't consider myself a Trotskyist. I think the best of Trotskyism can contribute to the kind of socialist politics that's needed today, but that we need to go beyond Trotskyism. Let me try to explain.
Grassroots Anti-Poverty Movements in the South
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- Published on Tuesday, June 14 2011 15:02
By Maryann Abbs
Review of Augusta Dwyer, Broke But Unbroken: Grassroots Social Movements and Their Radical Solutions to Poverty (Winnipeg: Fernwood, 2011).
What's at Stake at Canada Post?
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- Published on Tuesday, May 24 2011 13:52
By Cindy McCallum Miller
Canadians embrace the urban myth that postal workers strike regularly, usually at Christmas and always over money. That's as far from the truth as believing Stephen Harper is a feminist. The last pan-Canadian strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) was in 1997 but that will soon change.